David Pacyna Named President & CEO
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens Corporation has named
David Pacyna president and chief executive officer of Siemens Power
Transmission & Distribution, Inc. (SPT&D). He previously served as the vice
president in charge of global business strategy for Siemens Westinghouse Power
Corporation (SWPC) in Orlando, Florida. He succeeds Jan van Dokkum, who is
leaving the company effective September 1, 2002.
"Dave has led a number of senior management and financial services roles
within Siemens, including the design of SWPC business strategy, R&D, strategic
inventory management, market analysis and forecasting, and investor
relations," said Klaus Kleinfeld, president and chief executive officer of
Siemens Corporation. "In his new post, he will draw on his track record of
success in the power business. That breadth of experience will be vital in
the difficult US power transmission and distribution market."
Pacyna, age 42, started his career in the power industry in 1984 at the
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. When Siemens acquired Westinghouse from
CBS in August 1998, he was the vice president of power generation sales for
Latin America and Canada and in 1999, was named vice president in charge of
global business strategy. He has extensive international experience within
the power industry, having led project development, and sales and marketing
efforts in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, Turkey,
Canada, and Latin and South America. Pacyna holds a BS degree in mechanical
engineering from Union College in Schenectady, NY.
In his new position, Pacyna will be responsible for all of SPT&D's staff
functions, subsidiaries and business operations in the United States. The
company, headquartered near North Carolina's Research Triangle Park,
manufactures and markets power transmission and distribution equipment and
energy service solutions for electric utilities, independent power producers,
co-generators, and other energy-intensive industries. In the U.S., SPT&D
employs more than 1,400 workers in 6 manufacturing and assembly facilities,
and roughly 40 sales offices in 24 states.
van Dokkum has been the president and CEO of SPT&D since its creation in
1997. During his 17-year career at Siemens, he has held a number of
leadership positions, including vice president and general manager of the
power apparatus & conditioning division of Siemens Energy & Automation.
"I want to thank Jan for his contributions to Siemens and wish him the
best of luck," Kleinfeld said. "Under his leadership, SPT&D evolved from a
historically apparatus-based business into a customer-focused,
solutions-oriented organization. He leaves the company well-positioned for
even greater success in the future."
About Siemens
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), headquartered in Munich, is a leading global
electronics and engineering company. It employs some 450,000 people in
193 countries, and reported worldwide sales of more than $74 billion in fiscal
2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01). The United States is Siemens' largest market, with
nearly 80,000 employees and sales of $18.9 billion for fiscal 2001. For more
information about Siemens in the U.S., go to http://www.usa.siemens.com
SOURCE Siemens Corporation
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