Bull Appoints
Shahrom Kiani as new General Manager of its subsidiary
AddressVision, Inc (AVI)
La Crosse/Paris, July 21 2008
– Bull has appointed Shahrom Kiani as new General
Manager of its subsidiary AddressVision, Inc (AVI), one of
the world’s premier providers of postal automation
technology with over 50% of the world’s letter mail touched
by its software solutions. Kiani is based in La Crosse
(Wisconsin, U.S.A.) to lead AVI and reports to Luc Saint-Jeannet,
Bull’s Vice President International Operations.
Shahrom Kiani joins Bull from Trinity
Technical Group, a startup providing mailing automation
consulting and engineering services where he was Partner and
Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, as Vice President
for Siemens Energy and Automation, he led a $130
million-per-year business unit providing material handling
equipment and systems integration to major couriers,
including the United States Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, and
DHL. He also held other executive positions in Siemens with
increasing levels of responsibilities and outstanding
results.
Shahrom Kiani said of
his appointment, "I look forward to leading AVI to future
success. AVI is a significant player in the world postal
automation market, with significant programs such as
Australia Post. My ambition is to further build its
influence and presence within the postal industry market by
delivering innovative, open and flexible solutions that make
the difference”.
A Resident of Texas,
Shahrom holds a MBA from Southern Methodist University (SMU),
and a master's of computer science and engineering from the
University of Texas.
Luc Saint-Jeannet, Bull’s Vice President
International Operations commented, "I am very pleased to
welcome Shahrom Kiani to Bull and to entrust him with the
lead of AVI. Shahrom‘s extensive experience in the postal
automation industry over more than 22 years will prove to be
a valuable asset to our affiliate. He has a track record of
success, and brings strong entrepreneurial, communications,
and technical skills to this position. A core element of
Shahrom‘s responsibilities is to significantly increase AVI
positions on the Postal market segment both in the US and in
rest of the world through partners and Bull affiliates”.
About AddressVision Inc.
AddressVision Inc., a Bull Company, provides
software solutions to help organizations more accurately and
efficiently organize, process, and deliver mail, and
increase mail-piece effectiveness, while decreasing
processing times and costs. Its solutions include software
designed for use on multi-line optical character recognition
(MLOCR) and Delivery BarCode Sorters (DBCS) automation
equipment that enables organizations to consolidate and
assign 11 digit barcodes to mail pieces in compliance with
United States Postal Service® (USPS®) guidelines to gain
postage discounts, and software to help organizations manage
and personalize marketing lists. The USPS, international
postal services, telephone carriers, print-and-mail service
companies, and other companies, which manage and depend on
large mailing lists, have used these solutions.
About Bull, Architect of an
Open World™
As one of the leading European IT companies,
Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems.
The group helps public and private sector customers
transform their information systems, applying its know-how
and expertise in three main areas:
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Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe
experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and
open servers, based on industry-standard technologies;
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Building on its alliances with leading ISVs
and long-standing involvement with Open Source, Bull
develops and implements flexible and interoperable
application infrastructures which give business processes
the freedom to evolve;
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Bringing together recognized expertise in
end-to-end IT security, Bull secures data and exchanges that
are so critical in preserving customers’ business integrity.
Bull has a particularly strong presence in the
public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications,
manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network
and business partners cover more than 60 countries
worldwide.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com
Contact
Anne-Marie Jourdain -
Phone: +33(0)1 30 80 32 52 - E-mail:
anne-marie.jourdain@bull.net
Peter
Stavropulos – Phone: 978-294-5654 – E-mail: peter.
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