POWAY, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gateway, Inc. announced
today that it has promoted Steve Phillips, a four-year company veteran, to
serve as the company's Chief Information Officer (CIO).
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Mr. Phillips, age 40, will take on the title of Senior Vice President and
be responsible for defining and delivering Gateway's IT strategy. He succeeds
Will Headapohl, who will continue to contribute to strategic initiatives
related to Gateway's transformation from a PC maker to a branded integrator of
personalized technology.
Mr. Phillips joined the company in 1999 in Dublin and moved in 2001 to the
U.S. headquarters where he currently serves as Vice President, IT. Prior to
Gateway, he spent three years at Diageo, an international food and drinks
group, where he ran IT for its European food business, and previously spent
eight years in a variety of roles at Thorn EMI, a UK defense-electronics
company. He has a BSc. (Hons.) degree in electronic engineering from Essex
University, and is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.
Mr. Headapohl, age 48, came to Gateway as Senior Vice President and CIO
two years ago, after serving as an executive vice president of CNET and as
chief operating officer of Beyond.com.
About Gateway
Since its founding in 1985, Gateway (NYSE: GTW) has been a technology and
direct-marketing pioneer, using its call centers, web site and retail network
to build direct customer relationships. As it transforms itself from being a
leading PC company into a branded integrator of personalized technology
solutions, the company's line of Gateway-branded products is expanding to
include digital TVs, DLP projectors, tablet PCs and systems and networking
products and services. Gateway is America's second most admired computer
company, according to Fortune magazine(1), and its products and services
received more than 125 awards and honors last year. For more information,
visit http://www.gateway.com .
(1) Source: Fortune magazine, March 3, 2003 issue.
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