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ACS Promotes Tasos Tsolakis Chief Information Officer
Jul 09,2008 00:00
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Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced the promotion of Tasos Tsolakis as the company’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this new capacity, Tsolakis will coordinate technology decisions throughout the company’s lines of businesses and global locations. He also will have the critical job of implementing common component solutions across the business lines to minimize customer implementation intervals and reduce cost. Tsolakis will report to Tom Burlin, executive vice president and chief operating officer. "Since joining ACS in May 2007, Tasos has demonstrated that he has the skills and temperament to be the CIO of a Fortune 500 company," said Burlin. "In his new role, Tasos will provide the technology vision, and leadership needed to develop and implement our global Information Technology program." Most recently, Tsolakis served as Senior Vice President in charge of the ACS’ Solutions Center. Prior to joining ACS, Tsolakis served as corporate officer and vice president of Direct to Consumer Solutions for Home Depot based in Atlanta. In addition, he was formerly with General Electric’s Information Services business in Gaithersburg, Md., as Senior Vice President Global Professional Services and Product Development. Named to the Top 100 ComputerWorld IT Leaders list in 2003, and Six Sigma Certified, Tsolakis holds an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton Business School, and a Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. About ACS ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 63,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company’s Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at http://www.acs-inc.com. SOURCE Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/200807080705PR_NEWS |