Pitney Bowes Names Bill Hughes Chief Communications Officer
July 16 2013 - 10:01AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes, Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced that Bill Hughes
has been named Chief Communications Officer. Hughes will report to
Abby F. Kohnstamm, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing
Officer and will also become a member of the executive management
team.
Bill Hughes Joins Pitney Bowes as Chief
Communications Officer
Before joining Pitney Bowes, Hughes was Chief Communications
Officer at CA Technologies, one of the world’s largest IT
management software companies (NASDAQ: CA), where he was
responsible for managing and directing employee and executive
communications, media relations, community relations and corporate
sustainability, government relations and digital and social media
programs. Hughes joined CA Technologies in 2006.
Prior to joining CA, Hughes was Vice President for Global
Communications and Public Affairs at IMS Health, the world's
leading market information company to the pharmaceutical and
healthcare industry. From 1996 to 2004, Hughes held a number of
senior executive positions at IBM, including Vice President of
Corporate Media Relations, where he directed media relations,
including financial and corporate communications, as well as
industry analyst relations, and served as the company spokesperson.
In 1998, Bill was named Vice President of Communications for IBM
Asia Pacific, based in Tokyo.
Earlier in his career, Hughes spent more than 12 years at public
relations agencies, including Burson-Marsteller in Los Angeles,
Weber Shandwick in Los Angeles and London, and Miller
Communications in Boston.
“Bill is an exceptional communications professional and
experienced business leader,” said Kohnstamm. “He has over
twenty-five years of global experience across a wide range of
industries in both large and mid-to-small sized organizations. I am
looking forward to working closely with Bill in helping Pitney
Bowes continue to unlock value for our clients, shareholders and
employees.”
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small, mid-size
and large firms that help them connect with customers to build
loyalty and grow revenue. Many of the company’s solutions are
delivered on open platforms to best organize, analyze and apply
both public and proprietary data to two-way customer
communications. Pitney Bowes includes direct mail, transactional
mail and call center communications in its solution mix along with
digital channel messaging for the Web, email and mobile
applications. Pitney Bowes has approximately USD$5 billion in
annual revenues and 27,000 employees worldwide. Pitney Bowes: Every
connection is a new opportunity™. www.pb.com.
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