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LINDA VANDE
VEN APPOINTED KODAK POLYCHROME GRAPHICS VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INFORMATION
OFFICER
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA – Jeff Jacobson, Chief Executive Officer
of Kodak Polychrome Graphics, has announced the appointment of Linda Vande
Ven to the position of Vice President and Chief Information Officer. She
will be a member of the Leadership Team and an officer of the company.
As Chief Information Officer, Vande Ven will set worldwide technical and staffing standards, policies, and procedures and provide global leadership for managing the IT function. She will ensure that current and new systems projects are consistent with business priorities and delivered on time and on budget. She also will provide support for strategic initiatives in e-commerce and will be responsible for IT-related outsourcing agreements.
"Linda will be a catalyst for using information technology to support the company’s strategic initiatives and enhance our overall ability to support our customers," says Jacobson. "She will assess our current information systems and, in collaboration with the rest of the Leadership Team, develop the best IT strategy for meeting current and future business needs."
Prior to joining Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Vande Ven was Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Information Systems & Services, for the Consumer Products Group of Honeywell International, Inc. (formerly Allied Signal). Vande Ven began her career with Bridgestone/Firestone, Incorporated, where she spent 18 years and progressed through positions of increasing responsibility in systems analysis and management. From there, she held positions of Director, Applications Development, for United Stationers; Director, Systems Development, for Eckerd Corporation; and Assistant Vice President, Information Technology Planning and Development, for Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Vande Ven earned a B.S. degree in mathematics, cum laude, from the University of Akron in Ohio. She also holds an MBA degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Kodak Polychrome Graphics provides one of the broadest product and solutions portfolios available in the graphic arts industry today, including a wide range of conventional lithographic plates and thermal plates for computer to plate solutions, Kodak branded graphic arts films, and digital proofing products. With headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, and regional offices in the United States, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Kodak Polychrome Graphics serves over 130,000 customers in more than 100 countries.