FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perot Systems
Government Services, a subsidiary of Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER),
today announced that Elizabeth Smith will be joining the company as the new
Executive Vice President of Sales.
"We are excited to welcome Elizabeth on board to Perot Systems
Government Services," said Lee Carrick, President of Government Services.
"Elizabeth brings over 25 years of experience successfully working with the
U.S. federal and state governments, commercial systems integrators, and
private IT firms. Her experience and knowledge of the federal marketplace
will be instrumental in helping us drive our long-term sales growth and we
look forward to having her lead this charge."
Prior to joining Perot Systems Government Services, Smith ran a private
consulting practice, E. Smith Consulting, LLC, for seven years where she
successfully helped both large and small Federal Service providers develop
sales and business development strategies for the marketplace. She was the
Lead Integration Consultant to the President's Task Force to Improve Health
Care Delivery for our Nation's Veterans.
Previously, she worked for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) from 1994 to
2001, rising rapidly through a number of sales roles, culminating in her
being promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales for the U.S. Federal
Group, a position she held from 1998 to 2001. In this role, she led a
large-scale organization that achieved tremendous sales growth under her
leadership. In 2000, her team sold over $7.5 billion in sales, achieving
650 percent of their sales target. She also dramatically improved reporting
to ensure over 99 percent accuracy of data capable of being used for
accurate revenue and budget projections.
Prior to working at EDS, Smith served for eight years in a number of
senior sales and management consulting positions at Booz, Allen & Hamilton,
Inc. She designed and led over 30 management consulting engagements,
covering such disciplines as organizational design, business process
reengineering, business case development, program evaluation, and technical
architecture development for federal clients such as the Department of
Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, National Institutes of Health and the Department of
Treasury.
She holds a bachelor's of science from Syracuse University and a
master's of health sciences from Johns Hopkins University.
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology
services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative
approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to
deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth,
streamline operations and create new levels of customer value.
Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2007 revenue of $2.6
billion. The company has more than 23,000 associates located in the
Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Additional information on
Perot Systems is available at http://www.perotsystems.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject
to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements. For factors that could affect our business and cause actual
results to differ materially, please refer to our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov/, as
updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed after such Form 10-K,
for additional information regarding risk factors. We disclaim any
intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as
a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.
Media Contact: Caitlin Carroll
Phone: (703) 289-8135
caitlin.carroll@psgs.com
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