Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) today announced that Bill
Walsh has been appointed general manager of the Enterprise Solutions
Division. He will start today and report to Anders Gustafsson, Zebra’s
CEO.
"Bill brings to Zebra an ideal level of executive experience in leading
enterprise solutions companies as well as domain expertise in delivering
supply chain solutions,” said Gustafsson. "Bill clearly understands the
needs of Zebra’s customers and our vision of delivering world-class
solutions to optimize the flow of goods and manage assets across the
global supply chain.”
Based in Oakland, Calif., the Enterprise Solutions Division is part of
Zebra Technologies that offers world-class solutions to optimize the
flow of goods and manage assets across the global supply chain. Whether
tracking containers through a port, optimizing parts for manufacturing
or managing ground support equipment at an airport; the automated
solutions from the combination of Navis-proveo-WhereNet-Multispectral
Solutions provide complete visibility and greater velocity to
deliver measurable business improvement.
Walsh brings to the Enterprise Solutions Division more than 20 years of
executive leadership driving growth for start-up and market-leading
enterprise software companies. During an eight-year tenure at
PeopleSoft, he was promoted to president of PeopleSoft International,
where he held P&L responsibility for more than 25 countries, 1,200
employees, and approximately $280 million in revenue. Walsh also
launched PeopleSoft’s Professional Services Group and in a variety of
senior management roles, he helped maintain year-over-year revenue
growth rates exceeding 30 percent.
Following PeopleSoft, Walsh moved to Octane, later acquired by
E.piphany, where he served as president and chief operating officer
responsible for establishing and expanding international operations of
their customer relationship management solutions.
Walsh garnered additional leadership experience as CEO of Velosant, a
best-of-breed financial supply chain solutions provider, where he grew
annual revenues by 15 percent; and at Open Harbor, a global trade
management specialist, where he restructured the business, improved
efficiency and guided the company to a successful acquisition. Walsh has
also been instrumental in leading the integration of several acquired
companies over his career, strengthening organizations by successfully
guiding the integration of technologies, personnel and resources.
Walsh earned an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago and a bachelor’s
degree in industrial/organizational psychology from DePaul University.
About Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Corporation improves customers’ business performance
through products and solutions that identify, track and manage assets,
transactions and people. In more than 100 countries around the world,
more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies use innovative and
reliable Zebra printers, supplies, RFID products and software to
increase productivity, improve quality, lower costs, and deliver better
customer service. Information about Zebra and Zebra-brand products can
be found at www.zebra.com.
