Linda Sanford Elected A Director of Pitney Bowes
September 22 2015 - 7:06AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that
provides innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today
announced that Linda Sanford has been elected a director of the
corporation. On September 21 the Board expanded its size from 10 to
11 members and her appointment was effective that day to fill the
vacancy.
Linda Sanford is a retired senior executive of IBM Corporation.
She joined IBM in 1975 and was most recently Senior Vice President
of Enterprise Transformation. In this role, Ms. Sanford was
responsible for working across IBM to transform core business
processes, create an IT infrastructure to support and integrate
processes globally, and help create a Values-based culture that
fosters innovation. Through her 39 year career at IBM she held a
variety of positions of increasing responsibility including leading
IBM’s Global Industries, the organization that manages
relationships with IBM’s largest customers worldwide, and Senior
Vice President & Group Executive, IBM Storage Systems
Group.
Pitney Bowes President and CEO Marc Lautenbach noted, “We are
pleased that Linda is bringing her wealth of experience and insight
to our Board. We believe that her expertise in transforming
business processes, cultures, innovation and managing client
relationships, will prove to be very valuable as we focus on these
same areas at this inflection point in our transformation.”
Linda Sanford’s accomplishments have resulted in numerous awards
and recognition including being named a member of the Women in
Technology International Hall of Fame and the National Academy of
Engineering. She has been named one of the 50 Most Influential
Women in Business by Fortune Magazine, one of the Top Ten
Innovators in the Technology Industry by Information Week Magazine,
and one of the Ten Most Influential Women in Technology by Working
Woman Magazine. She is a graduate of St. John's University, earned
an M.S. in Operations Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute and was awarded an honorary doctorate in commercial
science from St. John’s.
Linda Sanford’s term will expire at the 2016 annual meeting,
when she is expected to stand for re-election.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is a global technology company offering
innovative products and solutions that enable commerce in the areas
of customer information management, location intelligence, customer
engagement, shipping and mailing, and global ecommerce. More than
1.5 million clients in approximately 100 countries around the world
rely on products, solutions and services from Pitney Bowes. For
additional information, visit Pitney Bowes at www.pb.com.
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