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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LG Electronics Chief Procurement Officer Elected to CAPS Research Board of Trustees
(TEMPE, Arizona) May 20, 2009 — The CAPS Research Board of Trustees has recently
elected the leading supply management professional from LG Electronics, Inc., Thomas
K. Linton, Executive VP, Chief Procurement Officer, to serve as a Trustee. Linton
has decades of experience in both global procurement and the semiconductor industry,
having built his career at companies around the world.
Linton currently serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
for LG Electronics and is based in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to taking on this role
he served as CPO of Agere Systems and then in the same role at Freescale Semiconductor.
Mr. Linton built his career at IBM, where he spent 21 years. He eventually rose
to the role of Director of Global Hardware Procurement where he founded and developed
IBM's China Procurement Center, Singapore Trading Center, Singapore Technical Center
and Ireland Procurement Center.
After leaving IBM Mr. Linton helped found E2open Inc., a supply chain software company
where he served as a Corporate Vice President and General Manager for South Asia.
Mr. Linton has lived and worked in Asia for 20 years including seven years in Tokyo,
Japan, with IBM, where he held Asia wide roles in both IBM World Trade headquarters
and in the IBM PC Company.
CAPS Research is a globally recognized supply management research organization affiliated
with the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and the Institute
for Supply Management™ (ISM). The Board of Trustees is responsible for setting
overall operating policies and procedures, and establishing key research programs.
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About LG Electronics, Inc.
www.lge.com:
LG Electronics, Inc. is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics,
home appliances and mobile communications, employing more than 82,000 people working
in 114 operations including 82 subsidiaries around the world. With 2007 global sales
of USD 44 billion, LG is comprised of five business units - Home Entertainment,
Home Appliance, Air Conditioning, Business Solutions and Mobile Communications.
LG is the world’s leading producer of mobile handsets, flat panel TVs, air conditioners,
front-loading washing machines, optical storage products, DVD players and home theater
systems.
About CAPS Research
www.capsresearch.org:
CAPS Research is a nonprofit research organization founded in 1986 to provide leading
research to our strategic-minded corporate sponsors and to the public. Our mission
is to work in partnership with a global network of executives and academics for
the discovery and dissemination of strategic supply management knowledge and best
practices. CAPS Research is jointly sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business
at Arizona State University, the Institute for Supply Management™ and Global 1000/Fortune 500-size organizations.
Media Contact:
Clare Donnalley
CAPS Research
Marketing Manager
800-888-6276 extension 3007
Email:
cdonnalley@capsresearch.org
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