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- Apple Appts James Buckley AUSA President
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- Press Contact:
- Eric Wee
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 862-7797
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- Apple Computer Appoints James Buckley President of Apple USA
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- CUPERTINO, California--January 19, 1994--Apple Computer, Inc. today
- announced the appointment of James J. Buckley, 43, as president of
- Apple USA. Effective immediately, Mr. Buckley is responsible for all
- of the division's sales, marketing, channel, customer service and
- support activities. A nine-year veteran of Apple Computer, Mr.
- Buckley was most recently vice president and general manager for
- Apple USA's Higher Education division and was responsible for
- directing all sales, marketing, customer support and service
- operations to 3,500 colleges and universities in the United States.
- Mr. Buckley reports to Ian Diery, executive vice president and
- general manager of Apple's Personal Computer division.
- "Jim Buckley's appointment as Apple USA president marks a significant
- turning point for the division," said Ian Diery, executive vice
- president of Apple's Personal Computer division. "In his
- distinguished career at Apple, Jim has demonstrated exceptional
- leadership and management skills in addition to an acute
- understanding of the domestic personal computer market. He
- definitely has the right set of skills and experience to lead Apple
- USA through our next era of personal computing."
- "I'm excited about taking the helm of Apple USA at such an important
- juncture with the imminent introduction of PowerPC-based Macintosh
- systems," said Buckley. "My objective will be to make Apple USA a
- more customer-focused and customer-responsive solutions vendor by
- increasing and accelerating customer involvement by all members of
- the Apple USA team and our distribution network."
- Mr. Buckley held positions as Apple USA's vice president and general
- manager for Northern Operations in Norwalk, CT., vice president and
- general manager for Apple's Central Operations Group located in
- Chicago, area sales director of Apple's U.S. North Central Area, and
- director of educational sales at the company's Cupertino, California
- headquarters.
- Prior to joining Apple, Mr. Buckley held marketing and sales
- management positions at Exxon Office Systems in Stamford, Connecticut
- and Xerox Corporation's Office Systems Division in the northeast.
- Mr. Buckley received a bachelor of arts degree in Economics from Iona
- College in New Rochelle, New York and has completed graduate studies
- in marketing at both Iona and Pace Universities in New York.
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