Exide Technologies Names Sean Burke as Chief Information and Digital Officer
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
MILTON, Ga., March 04, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exide Technologies
(www.exide.com), a global provider of stored electrical energy solutions,
announces that Sean Burke has joined the Company as Chief Information and
Digital Officer (CIDO) effective March 1, 2016.
Reporting to Vic Koelsch, President and Chief Executive Officer of Exide
Technologies, Mr. Burke leads the Exide Technologies global Information
Technology (IT) team, driving digitization of functional processes, customer
integration and product offerings. He is responsible for global infrastructure
services including data centers, wide area networks, and the end user workplace
environment and IT security. In overseeing the Company's enterprise
applications, Mr. Burke will help to drive growth at Exide by implementing an
effective digital experience across all business and customer/consumer touch
points in each of Exide's business segments. Finally, Mr. Burke will work
closely with the Company's marketing teams around the world to develop
disruptive, market-leading digital offers to accompany and add value to Exide's
stored energy solutions.
Mr. Burke has more than 20 years of experience in developing and implementing
long-term business and IT strategies on a global basis. He joins Exide
Technologies from the Michelin Group, where he served from 2013 to 2016 as Chief
Technology Officer (CTO), responsible for global infrastructure strategy and
services. Prior to Michelin, he served from 2009 to 2013 as Chief Technology
Officer for LaFarge S.A., a $12 billion French industrial company specializing
in cement, construction aggregates and concrete. From 1999 to 2008, he served
as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the international pharmaceutical company
Galderma S.A. Earlier in his career, he served as Regional Projects Director
and Associate Director for Bristol-Myers Squibb, and as a Geophysical Engineer
for Geophysical Services Inc. Mr. Burke holds a Bachelor of Science degree
(Hons) in Physics from the University of Surrey, in the UK.
"Sean has deep experience in using information technology to transform business
processes, having provided leadership in a range of IT applications in
corporate, research and development, manufacturing and commercial environments.
He brings to Exide a comprehensive global perspective on using IT as an
enterprise enabler," said Vic Koelsch, Exide's President and Chief Executive
Officer. "In making digitization a competitive advantage for The New Exide,
Sean joins a highly motivated team of executives deeply committed to increasing
our Company's efficiency, agility and ability to deliver superior customer
services and solutions."
Mr. Burke is based at the Exide Technologies European Headquarters in
Gennevilliers, France.
About Exide Technologies
Exide Technologies (www.exide.com) is a global provider of stored electrical
energy solutions-batteries and associated equipment and services for
transportation and industrial markets. With 127 years of industry experience
and operating in more than 80 countries, Exide produces and recycles a broad
range of products that keep customers and their businesses powering forward.
Leading car, truck and lift truck manufacturers trust Exide as an original
equipment supplier, and Exide serves the transportation and industrial
aftermarket through a comprehensive portfolio of products and services. The
Company's extensive sales, distribution and service network provides flexibility
and quality for an exceptional customer experience.
The Exide Transportation business manufactures and markets starting, deep-cycle,
and micro-hybrid batteries for automotive, light and heavy-duty truck,
agricultural, marine, military, powersport, and other specialty applications.
Exide serves the global transportation marketplace with successful and well-
known product offerings and brands, along with battery diagnostic equipment and
charging systems.
Exide serves the Industrial Power markets with its GNB®-branded efficient energy
storage systems for both Motive Power and Network Power customers. Motive
Power applications include materials handling (power for lift trucks, airside
assistance vehicles, and automatic guided vehicles); cleaning machines;
railroads; military and mining vehicles; and other commercial electric
vehicles. Network Powerinstallations include standby power for electric
utilities; telecommunications systems; alarm/security systems; renewable energy
systems; railway systems; uninterruptible power supply (UPS); and defense
industry equipment.
Exide's innovative technologies and advanced /premium products include Absorbed
Glass Mat (AGM) and Enhanced Flooded Batteries (EFB) for start-stop and energy
recuperation in automotive applications, along with flooded and VRLA (AGM and
GEL) products, market leading motive power tubular products and smart charging
systems for industrial applications.
At Exide Technologies, It All Starts Now. History and scale, combined with a
start-up mentality, make Exide the faster, more nimble, more innovative, more
digital, and more responsive alternative for customers who want more than simply
a battery supplier. Exide is "the 127 Year Old Start-Up", and the Company is
moving forward-bringing the energy of the "new Exide" to customers around the
world.
MEDIA and INVESTOR CONTACTS:
Jeannine Addams
Kristin Wohlleben
J. Addams & Partners, Inc.
404/231-1132 phone
jfaddams(at)jaddams.com
kwohlleben(at)jaddams.com
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