Harris Corporation Names John L. Draheim VP - Financial Services and Assistant Treasurer; Terry L. Feiser Is Named VP - Internal
March 29 2007 - 3:25PM
PR Newswire (US)
James L. Christie, VP - Compliance and Financial Services, to
Retire in April MELBOURNE, Fla., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, has promoted John L. Draheim, 52,
to vice president -- Financial Services and Assistant Treasurer,
and Terry L. Feiser, 51, to vice president -- Internal Audit and
Compliance. Draheim is in the company's financial organization
while Feiser reports to the Audit Committee of the Harris Board of
Directors. Also, James L. Christie, vice president -- Compliance
and Financial Services, has announced his intention to retire in
April. He has been responsible for internal auditing; financial
shared services; environmental, health and safety; real estate; and
corporate flight activities. "Jim has brought a steady hand and a
sharp mind to the increasingly complex field of corporate financial
services," said Howard L. Lance, Harris chairman, president and
chief executive officer. "Jim was among the vanguard of Harris
managers that first occupied the Harris corporate offices in
Melbourne in 1978, and his leadership has helped to guide our
financial organization for almost 30 years. He will be greatly
missed." Prior to being named to his current position in 2005,
Christie had been vice president -- Controller since 1999. He also
had served as vice president -- Internal Audit, division controller
at Harris Graphics Corporation, and division controller of the
former Harris Semiconductor Digital Products Division. He joined
Harris in 1978. "John Draheim and Terry Feiser are incredibly
talented and will bring significant experience and a high energy
level to their new assignments," said Gary L. McArthur, vice
president and chief financial officer. In his new position, Draheim
will retain his responsibilities as Assistant Treasurer for Harris
and in addition will be responsible for Sales Finance, Financial
Shared Services, Financial IT, and the Financial Shared Services
Centers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin
America and the Caribbean. Prior to joining Harris in 2005, Draheim
held key financial positions including Chief Financial
Officer/Treasurer for ViaPay Ltd. in London, UK, Director of
Treasury for the Asia-Pacific region of Emerson Electric Company,
and Group Treasurer for Astec (PLC) based in Hong Kong. He has a BA
degree in International Relations from the University of Toledo in
Toledo, Ohio, and an MBA degree in Finance from American Graduate
School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Glendale,
Arizona. Feiser will assume responsibility for all audit
coordination of compliance programs. Previously, he served as
Director of Internal Audit responsible for Financial Audit,
Compliance Audits and Information Services Audit functions. Feiser
joined Harris in 1979 and has held increasingly responsible
positions in contracts, government compliance and internal audit.
He received a BSBA degree in Finance from the University of Central
Florida in Orlando, Florida, and a MBA degree from the Florida
Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. About Harris
Corporation Harris is an international communications and
information technology company serving government and commercial
markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne,
Florida, the company has annual revenue of about $4 billion and
more than 14,000 employees -- including more than 6,000 engineers
and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class
assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services for
global markets, including government communications, RF
communications, broadcast communications, and wireless transmission
network solutions. Additional information about Harris Corporation
is available at http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris
Corporation CONTACT: Investors, Pamela Padgett, +1-321-727-9383, ,
or Media, Jim Burke, +1-321-727-9131, , both of Harris Corporation
Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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