STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 4, 2013--
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI) today announced that Roger Pilc is joining
the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer
reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Marc B. Lautenbach.
He will lead worldwide engineering, strategic technology and innovation,
enterprise growth initiatives and technology alliances.
“A critical component in our transformative journey is to continue to
innovate around our products, services and business processes. True
innovation is, by definition, client-centric, multi-disciplinary and
global,” said Marc Lautenbach. “Roger has the skill set, the strong
background and the know-how to ensure innovation continues to drive our
culture.”
Pilc joins Pitney Bowes from CA Technologies, the leading enterprise
management software provider. Since 2007, he held various leadership
roles as a Senior Vice President and General Manager, including leading
CA Technologies largest distributed systems management business unit, as
well as running another business unit driving CA Technologies growth and
market share leadership in cloud systems management. He also led CA
Technologies Strategic Alliances and Business Development team, and
their Service Provider and Industry Vertical solutions initiatives.
Pilc began his career at management consulting firms Booz Allen Hamilton
and McKinsey & Company. Working in New York and London, his client
roster spanned telecommunications, finance, consumer goods, defense
electronics and aerospace. In 2001, he became Chief Operating Officer at
enterprise management software company SMARTS. SMARTS enjoyed nearly
five-fold revenue growth and launched a series of innovative solutions
during Pilc’s four-year tenure, and was bought by EMC for over $260
million. In addition, he was CEO of Whale Communications, a security
software vendor which he successfully led and sold to Microsoft.
Pilc earned from Cornell University a B.S. from the College of
Engineering and a B.A. from the College of Arts and Sciences. He has an
M.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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.
Source: Pitney Bowes Inc.
Pitney Bowes
Carol Wallace, 203-351-6974
Carol.wallace@pb.com
