R.H. Donnelley Names George F. Bednarz Executive Vice President of Enterprise Sales and Operations
June 20 2008 - 4:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
President and COO Peter J. McDonald Announces Retirement CARY,
N.C., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.H. Donnelley (NYSE:RHD),
a leading print and online local search company, today announced
the appointment of George F. Bednarz to executive vice president of
enterprise sales and operations. In this new role, Bednarz will
oversee the activities of all sales and operations functions for
the company. Bednarz will continue to be based at the company's
Cary, N.C. headquarters and report directly to R.H. Donnelley
Chairman and CEO, David C. Swanson. The appointment, which will be
effective immediately, follows the decision by Peter J. McDonald,
R.H. Donnelley's president and chief operating officer, to retire
from the company effective September 1, 2008. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060731/NYM044LOGO) "As a part
of the company's succession plan, Peter and I have been
transitioning an increasing amount of the operating
responsibilities to George over the past two years," said Swanson.
"With Peter's decision to retire in September, we will now
transition responsibility for sales to George as well." Bednarz has
served as senior vice president of enterprise operations since
January of 2008. Prior to assuming this position, Bednarz directed
the creation of RHDi, the company's online local search solutions
unit. This division is responsible for the company's consumer
search site (http://www.dexknows.com/), its Dex(R) Search Marketing
business, and Business.com, the leading B2B search engine and ad
network. In addition, Bednarz has led customer-facing and
operational divisions at R.H. Donnelley since joining the company
more than 13 years ago, including corporate strategy, publishing,
information technology, customer care, billing, credit and
collections. "George's strategic focus, collaborative management
style and deep understanding of all aspects of our business, make
him the perfect choice to lead our sales and operations teams into
this important next chapter of our company's transformation," said
Swanson. Prior to joining R.H. Donnelley, Bednarz worked with The
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, where he held executive positions
of increasing responsibility from 1976 to 1995 in telephone call
center operations, marketing database management, customer service,
information technology and strategic planning. Bednarz holds an
M.B.A. from Duke University and a B.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt
University. McDonald, a 35-year Yellow Pages industry veteran and
former Donnelley board member, rejoined the R.H. Donnelley
management team in September 2002 when Swanson appointed him to
lead the newly acquired Sprint Yellow Page business. "I couldn't
have asked for a better business partner than Peter to help build
R.H. Donnelley into the company it is today. On behalf of the
entire organization I would like to thank Peter for his dedication
and commitment and wish him all the best going forward," Swanson
added. "I retire feeling extremely fortunate to have spent 35 years
in an industry that I have loved. It has been fun, challenging,
rewarding and very fulfilling," said McDonald. "I leave with the
comfort that RHD is very well positioned for the future and I want
to thank Dave, the Board, and the many people that I've worked with
for all of their efforts and support." Helping Local Businesses
Reach More Customers R.H. Donnelley's interactive offerings are
essential to its Triple Play(TM) solution suite -- an integrated
set of products and services that efficiently and effectively
extend the marketing reach of local businesses. Spanning multiple
media platforms -- print Yellow Pages directories, DexKnows.com
search site and the major search engines (e.g. Yahoo!(R) and
Google(R) via the Company's Dex(R) Search Marketing tools -- Triple
Play delivers local businesses' advertisements to a wider set of
ready-to-buy consumers. About R.H. Donnelley R.H. Donnelley
connects businesses and consumers through its portfolio of print
and interactive marketing solutions. Small- and medium-sized
businesses look to R.H. Donnelley's experienced team of marketing
consultants to help them grow their companies and drive sales
leads. Consumers depend on the company's reliable, trusted, local
business content to deliver the most relevant search results when
they are seeking local goods and services. For more information,
visit http://www.rhd.com/ and http://www.dexknows.com/.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: R.H. Donnelley CONTACT:
Peter Larmey of R.H. Donnelley, +1-919-297-1521, Web site:
http://www.rhd.com/ http://www.dexknows.com/
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