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Date: June 28, 2009Bleum Named George McKinnon as Chief Delivery Officer
George McKinnon Will Help Accelerate Bleum into a World Class Development Company
Shanghai, China, June 28, 2009 - Bleum, Inc., one of China's leading outsourcing providers to American and European companies, has appointed George McKinnon, a seasoned executive with over 20 years of technology management experience, as Chief Delivery Officer.
"George brings to Bleum 20 years of experience scaling world class organizations. In order to facilitate our rapid growth we are hiring recognized industry veteran to maintain our quality of service while scaling the company." said Eric Rongley, CEO of Bleum, Inc. "George was previously recognized as a top 10 CIO in the US by Information Week magazine and one of the Elite 8 CIO's by Insurance & Technology Magazine. He will play a key role accelerating Bleum into a top global development company."
Prior to joining Bleum, George worked for a number of top tier and Fortune 100 companies including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Nationwide Insurance and Expedia. As a CIO and VP of Technology, he and his teams have been involved in all aspects of software development in areas including IT Strategy, SOA transformation, B2B/B2C, data warehousing and back-office transformation. This experience combined with being based in our Shanghai office, provides Bleum with western best-practices enabling us to deliver world-class results for our customers.
A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, George earned his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and later went on to receive a Masters Degree in Business Administration from West Coast University. In addition, he has attended Stan's world renowned Executive Education Program.
About Bleum
Founded in 2001, Bleum is a China-based IT outsourcer to U.S. and
European companies in financial services, retail, software
development, manufacturing and industrial products as well as
non-profits. Bleum drives improved performance for clients by
developing, managing, testing and maintaining applications that are
core to their businesses. Led by senior executives from top global
technology and consulting firms, Bleum's Western management
practices, English-only workplace and dedicated development centers
enable it to become an integral extension of its clients' IT
organizations. To learn more, www.bleum.com.
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