Scott W. Klein appointed President and CEO to drive change
Bracknell - February 3, 2006 - Information Resources (IRI) today announced that Scott Klein, has accepted the position of President & CEO of IRI. Klein is charged with transforming IRI's business by focusing on strengthening its core business of market content and analytic services, while extending services through business performance management solutions. Klein and Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, Chairman of IRI, will be members of the Office of the Chairman.
Before joining IRI, Klein was President of the Consumer Industries & Retail business for Electronic Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: EDS). Prior to EDS, Klein was President of PC Mall, Inc., a California-based telesales, catalog, and Internet reseller of IT products while there he successfully launched eCOST.com a premier B2B and B2C online retailer of computer products and consumer electronics. Klein was a co-founder of PrimeSource Building Products and served as COO as the company grew from $12 million to nearly $1 billion.
Originally from Floral Park, New York, Klein is an honors accounting graduate of Syracuse University. He started his career with Procter & Gamble in Brand Management and later was Director of Marketing at PepsiCo.
“Scott brings 25 years of executive experience from world-class technology and consumer packaged goods organizations. With this extensive experience, Scott possesses a broad global perspective from both traditional and technology-driven organizations. His blend of expertise in strategy, applications management, information technology, and business process management are exactly the skills needed to transform IRI into a leading global provider of market content, analytic services, and enterprise business performance management solutions for CPG and Retail companies,” said Wadhwani.
“IRI was created to help bring innovation to the CPG and Retail industry over 20 years ago. I know that we are once again going to help reinvent the industry by building on the great work and legacy that has been created by IRI's dedicated team. I feel privileged to have the opportunity to lead such an outstanding group,” said Klein.
Klein will address the challenges facing CPG and Retail industries at IRI's upcoming “Reinventing CPG 2004 Summit,” the industry's first global conference for leaders with vision and passion for reinventing the CPG and Retail industries. The Summit will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California, February 22-24, 2004.
For more information on the Summit visit www.cpgsummit.com.
About Information Resources
Information Resources provides market information to the fast-moving consumer goods industry using scanning EPoS data and store audit information. Offering a unique combination of hard facts, analytical insights and enabling technologies, Information Resources helps manufacturers and retailers to market, sell and distribute their products more effectively. Consumer Insights: Provides marketers with a clear understanding of how different marketing activities affect purchasing behaviour. Retail Insights: Allows manufacturers and retailers to understand and influence shopper loyalty and maximise efficiencies in supply chain, merchandising and retail execution. Performance Measurement: Enables clients to gauge their product’s performance and benchmark it against competitor products. Information Resources is the trading name for IRI InfoScan and IRI Software Ltd, affiliates of Information Resources, Inc.