Avnet (AVT) Promotes Steve Phillip to CIO, Graeme Watt to Corp. VP
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Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) announced two corporate officer promotions. Steve Phillips, chief information officer, has been promoted to a corporate officer position of senior vice president for Avnet, Inc. from vice president. In addition, Graeme Watt, president of Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA, was elected as a new corporate vice president for Avnet, Inc.
From the release:
"Phillips joined Avnet in 2005 as part of Avnet’s acquisition of Memec, where he had served as senior vice president and CIO since 2004. Since joining Avnet, Phillips has been instrumental in driving several significant IT initiatives that have helped improve productivity and streamline operations. Under his leadership, Avnet was selected by IDG's Computerworld as one of the Top Green-IT Vendor Organizations in the U.S. for 2011. In addition, Avnet was named to the 2011 InformationWeek 500 as a leading technology innovator for its work in e-commerce, and in 2010, CIO magazine named Avnet a recipient of the CIO 100 award. The award honors organizations that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in IT.
Phillips is chairman emeritus for the board of the Arizona Technology Council, a trade association that connects, represents and supports Arizona's technology industry, and he serves as a director of Wick Communications, a private newspaper and specialty publication company."
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From the release:
"Phillips joined Avnet in 2005 as part of Avnet’s acquisition of Memec, where he had served as senior vice president and CIO since 2004. Since joining Avnet, Phillips has been instrumental in driving several significant IT initiatives that have helped improve productivity and streamline operations. Under his leadership, Avnet was selected by IDG's Computerworld as one of the Top Green-IT Vendor Organizations in the U.S. for 2011. In addition, Avnet was named to the 2011 InformationWeek 500 as a leading technology innovator for its work in e-commerce, and in 2010, CIO magazine named Avnet a recipient of the CIO 100 award. The award honors organizations that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in IT.
Phillips is chairman emeritus for the board of the Arizona Technology Council, a trade association that connects, represents and supports Arizona's technology industry, and he serves as a director of Wick Communications, a private newspaper and specialty publication company."
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