James R. O'Neill To Head Northrop Grumman's Information Technology Sector
16 Mars 2004 - 9:57PM
PR Newswire (US)
James R. O'Neill To Head Northrop Grumman's Information Technology
Sector Business Unit President to Lead Premier IT Enterprise LOS
ANGELES, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation today announced that its Board of Directorshas elected
James R. O'Neill as corporate vice president and president of the
company's $4.8 billion Information Technology sector. O'Neill will
report to Ronald D. Sugar, Northrop Grumman's chairman, chief
executive officer and president. He will assume his new position on
May 1, 2004, succeeding Herb Anderson, 64. Anderson will remain
with the company through Nov. 1, during which time he will serve as
corporate vice president in charge of special projects for the CEO.
Anderson, who will retire at age 65 in accordance with the
company's mandatory retirement policy for officers, will continue
to report to Sugar. A photo accompanying this release is available
at: http://media.primezone.com/noc/ O'Neill, 50, currently serves
as president of thesector's TASC business unit, which focuses on
the intelligence, space and enterprise security markets. "Jim has
been a leading high-technology executive for more than 25 years,"
Sugar stated. "His extensive experience in meeting the needs of the
United States Government and commercial customers makes him ideally
qualified to lead our important IT sector. Put simply, he's a
proven executive who knows our customer base, and we look forward
to his leadership." Sugar added, "We are very grateful to Herb for
the many significant contributions he has made during his 20 years
of dedicated service to the company. He laid the foundation for the
company's IT business and led the integration of the IT
capabilities of various acquired companies. Herb managed annual
revenue growth of the IT business from approximately $300 million
in 1994 to $4.8 billion today and established the sector as one of
the government's top IT service providers-clearly impressive
results. His stewardship has greatly and positively impacted this
company. We look forward to his continued guidance during the
transition period and wish him well in his retirement." O'Neill
came to Northrop Grumman in March 2002 as president of the TASC
business unit. Prior to joining the company, O'Neill served as
senior vice president and general manager at Oracle Services
Industries, overseeing sales and consulting groups in the company's
communications and utilities sectors. He previously served as
corporate officer and president of Government Solutions for Lucent
Technologies. O'Neill also held senior management positions in the
federal government region for Digital Equipment Corporation. He
began his career at Sanders Associates, now BAE Systems. O'Neill
received a bachelor's degree from Saint Anselm College in New
Hampshire and has attended executive management courses at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company
headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides
technologically advanced, innovative products, services and
solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information
technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology.
With approximately 123,000 employees, and operations in all 50
states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and
international military, government and commercial customers.
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