Office Depot Appoints Quincy Allen and Shashank Samant to Company’s Board of Directors
February 06 2020 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODP), a leading B2B integrated
distribution platform of business services, products and technology
solutions, today announced the appointment of Quincy Allen and
Shashank Samant to the Company’s Board of Directors. These
appointments expand the Board to ten directors.
“We are pleased to welcome Quincy and Shashank to the Office
Depot Board,” said Joseph S. Vassalluzzo, Office Depot’s Chairman
of the Board of Directors. “Their vast knowledge and proven
expertise in the technology services and product innovation
industries will have a positive impact to Office Depot’s
transformation and growth initiatives.”
Allen has over 35 years of leadership experience in the
technology services industry, most recently serving as IBM’s
Go-To-Market Leader of Cognitive Process Services and Chief
Marketing Officer for IBM Cloud from 2015 to 2018. Prior to joining
IBM, Allen served as Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Unisys
Corporation, a global information technology company, and Chief
Executive Officer at Vertis Communications, a direct marketing and
advertising company. Prior to Vertis, Allen held several leadership
positions with Xerox Corporation, including serving as President of
the Global Business and Strategic Marketing Group and President of
Production Systems Group, as well as Vice President of Xerox
Corporation.
Allen earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from
Northeastern University and a master's degree in business
administration from University of Rochester. He previously served
as a board member of NCR Corporation and Gateway, Inc.
Samant brings over 30 years of technology, product development
and services experience, and currently serves as President and
Chief Executive Officer of GlobalLogic Inc., since 2011.
GlobalLogic is a leader in digital product engineering helping
enterprises design and develop innovative products, platforms and
digital experiences. Prior to joining GlobalLogic, Samant was
President of Ness Technologies, an IT services company, where he
founded and built their product engineering services business.
Prior roles include leading professional services for
Hewlett-Packard’s Verifone business and establishing IBM’s first
India-based engineering lab, globalizing the company’s R&D and
software engineering efforts. Samant holds a bachelor’s degree in
Computer Science and Engineering from University of Pune,
India.
“Quincy and Shashank are technology services experts, each
playing a key role in service-led transformations,” said Gerry
Smith, Office Depot’s Chief Executive Officer. “Their demonstrated
leadership in innovative technology and business development will
bring valuable and innovative perspectives to our business.”
About Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP) is a leading provider of
business services, products and technology solutions to small,
medium and enterprise businesses, through a fully integrated B2B
distribution platform of approximately 1,300 stores, online
presence, and dedicated sales professionals and technicians.
Through its banner brands Office Depot®, OfficeMax®, CompuCom® and
Grand&Toy®, as well as others, the Company offers its customers
the tools and resources they need to focus on their passion of
starting, growing and running their business. For more information,
visit news.officedepot.com and follow @officedepot on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram.
Office Depot is a trademark of The Office Club, Inc. OfficeMax
is a trademark of OMX, Inc. CompuCom is a trademark of CompuCom
Systems, Inc. Grand&Toy is a trademark of Grand & Toy, LLC
in Canada. ©2019 Office Depot, Inc. All rights reserved. Any other
product or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners.
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