Gateway Names Tom Fisher Vice President of Global IT Architecture
Business Wire - January 20, 1999 12:37
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1999--Gateway (NYSE: GTW) today announced that Tom Fisher has been named vice president of Global IT Architecture. Mr. Fisher will report to Maynard Webb, senior vice president and chief information officer and will be responsible worldwide for application architecture, standards and processes.
"The world of information technology continues to accelerate, and Tom will help lead and manage that growth by implementing information technology processes vital to our business and critical to insuring effective client, supplier and customer relations," said Maynard Webb. "Tom and his experience in managing complex systems, information architecture and new business development will be a powerful resource to Gateway."
Mr. Fisher was most recently a principal with Whittman-Hart, Inc., in Atlanta, Ga. where his responsibilities included managing, evaluating and selecting emerging technologies for clients. Previously, he served as executive vice president, Business Development, for Exactium, Inc., where he established and ran the early U.S. operation, raised venture capital, developed and directed the OEM distribution strategy as well as strategic alliances. Mr. Fisher was also Director of Technology at KnowledgeWare, Inc. Mr. Fisher also held senior management positions at International Business Machines Corporation in business development and information architecture.
"I'm pleased to join Gateway," said Fisher. "Gateway's growth since 1985 is nothing short of phenomenal. I look forward to the challenge of further developing an information technology architecture for our clients worldwide."
Mr. Fisher earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He will be based at Gateway's administrative headquarters in San Diego, California.
About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 500 company founded in 1985, provides complete computing solutions for clients worldwide. The company has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Ireland and Malaysia and employs more than 16,000 people worldwide. Gateway products and services consistently win top awards from leading industry publications. Revenue for the year 1997 was $6.3 billion. For more information, visit Gateway at www.gateway.com.
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