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3Com Names Veteran Executives to Lead HR and Global Supply Chain Operations

Jun 16 2008

3Com Names Veteran Executives to Lead HR and Global Supply Chain Operations

Written by News watch

Monday, 16 June 2008

3Com Corporation announced the appointment of two new senior executives to help accelerate the company's global business plan. Eileen Nelson has been named Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Tony Wang is the company's new Vice President, Worldwide Supply Chain.

Nelson, who reports to President and COO Ron Sege, is responsible for 3Com's worldwide human resources organization. She will work with the 3Com's China-based operations to drive consistency in the company's global HR programs. Nelson comes to 3Com from Tropos Networks, where she had been Vice President of Human Resources since 2005. Previously, she was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for eBay. Earlier in her career Nelson held increasingly senior HR positions for several leading technology companies. She is based in the United States .

Tony Wang brings 30 years of networking industry supply chain experience to 3Com. Based in Hangzhou , China , the center of 3Com's strong presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Wang reports to 3Com Executive Vice President Dr. Shusheng Zheng. Tony's key focus is to integrate the company's two supply chains - one in China and one U.S.-based - into a single, highly efficient global organization to deliver enterprise products that lead the industry in innovation, performance and value proposition. Establishing a worldwide supply chain will help the company reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. Wang joins 3Com after 9 years with Nortel, where most recently he was managing director of Guangdong Nortel, a joint venture between Nortel and several Chinese networking companies. Wang managed the company's manufacturing operations. Previously, he spent more than 20 years with networking company Alcatel in China and Taiwan, rising to General Manager of Alcatel Business Systems.