DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- NCR Corporation today announced that it has named Jim Powell vice president of the Teradata Division's Communications and Energy Business Solutions Group.
Powell joins NCR from FarEasTone Telecommunications, a joint venture of AT&T Wireless and the Far Eastern Group in Taiwan, where he was an NCR data warehousing customer in his capacity as vice president of technology.
Powell, who has 24 years of telecommunications industry experience, will be based in NCR's Woodbridge, New Jersey office and will report to NCR Vice President of Application Development Tony Barrese. Powell's appointment was effective June 2000.
"With nine of the world's top fourteen telecommunication's companies as customers, NCR is clearly dominating this industry's data warehousing market. We are fortunate to have someone with Jim's experience joining us as we maintain our leadership position and continue to expand to emerging markets," Barrese said.
Powell, whose telecommunications experience also includes positions with GTE, will be responsible for setting strategy, designing solutions, creating external partnerships and working with the NCR sales and marketing teams on the proper deployment and execution of the programs.
"My long career in telecommunications has given me the breadth of operational and development experience needed to understand the telecommunication customers' needs and the technical savvy to implement a strategic vision," Powell said. "I'm excited about my role at NCR and look forward to contributing to the future growth and success of NCR's data warehouse business."
About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a US$6.2 billion leader in providing Relationship Technology(TM) solutions to customers worldwide in the retail, financial, communications, travel and transportation, and insurance markets. NCR's Relationship Technology solutions include privacy-enabled Teradata(R) warehouses and customer relationship management (CRM) applications, store automation and automated teller machines (ATMs). The company's business solutions are built on the foundation of its long-established industry knowledge and consulting expertise, value-adding software, global customer support services, a complete line of consumable and media products, and leading edge hardware technology. NCR employs 32,500 in 130 countries, and is a component stock of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. More information about NCR and its solutions may be found at www.ncr.com .
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