Owens Corning Appoints Three Technology Leaders
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 8 - To drive the advancement of three corporate initiatives adding value for customers, suppliers and other stakeholders, Owens Corning Chairman and CEO Glen H. Hiner has expanded and realigned the responsibilities of three leaders -- David L. Johns, Charles E. Dana and Frank O'Brien-Bernini.
- David Johns will lead customer service, planning and logistics.
- Chuck Dana will lead company e-Commerce activities.
- Frank O'Brien-Bernini will lead the company's technology function.
Johns, senior vice president and chief information officer, assumes the task of developing an even more efficient and effective supply chain for Owens Corning, from receiving a customer's order through the delivery of product to customers.
"We are consolidating the planning and logistics functions of the supply chain organization with customer operations and Information Technology," said Hiner, "to form a completely integrated operational and developmental function. The goal is to deliver operational excellence and assured customer service across all of Owens Corning. By taking these functions to the next level of effectiveness," Hiner continued, "we will optimize our current investments in supply chain systems to leverage our competitive advantage.
"We are counting on David's leadership and vision to increase our profitability through more efficient, lower cost management of our supply chain process, while at the same time improving our service offering to our customers," Hiner continued.
Reporting to Johns will be Information Systems, Manufacturing Technologies, Customer Solutions, and Planning and Logistics Operations. He will report to the CEO.
Dana, vice president, Global Sourcing, takes on the additional leadership responsibility for the company's e-Commerce activities.
"Chuck's focus will be to take advantage of today's advancing technology, along with our common infrastructure, to extend our existing internal systems to our customers and our suppliers, making it easier for them to do business with us," says Hiner.
"Chuck will continue to optimize the investment we've made in our state- of-the-art technology infrastructure so it will become the key driver of our strategies and tactics. We are asking Chuck to ensure that our employees, customers and suppliers are thoroughly e-enabled through the Internet and our Intranet. We are confident this will increase productivity, service and profitability," concluded Hiner.
Reporting to Dana will be Global Sourcing, Shared Services, Corporate Real Estate and Facilities Management, and the e-Customer Team. Dana will report to the CEO.
O'Brien-Bernini, vice president, Technology for the Insulating Systems Business, retains his current position and takes on the additional responsibility for the function across the company as vice president, Owens Corning Science and Technology.
"Frank's experience and successful track record in composites and building materials gives him a terrific perspective for leading our Science and Technology team," said Hiner. "Part of his charter is to identify and realize synergistic opportunities and leverage across the Science and Technology organization, maximizing their effectiveness in delivering growth and productivity solutions. Frank not only has the technical background to accomplish that objective, he has the leadership skills as well."
O'Brien-Bernini will report to the president of the Insulating Systems Business and the COO.
"We are confident," stated Mr. Hiner, "that these three actions will have a highly positive impact on our company and our customers within a short period of time."
Johns
An engineering graduate of The Ohio State University with an MBA from the University of Dayton, Johns previously worked at Warner Cable Communications and Honeywell in a variety of information services positions. He joined Owens Corning in 1994 as the Global Development Leader for three Advantage 2000 projects.
Prior to being named Chief Information Officer, he held a variety of positions in the Information Services Department, focusing on large-scale systems design and development, voice communications, facility planning, relational data bases, client/server technology and distributed systems.
Dana
A graduate of Dartmouth College in 1978, Dana began his career with General Electric, holding a variety of finance and operations assignments, including being president of GE Locomotive, Indonesia.
In 1995, he joined Owens Corning as vice president, Corporate Audit Services, moving to vice president of Finance for the Composite Systems Business. In May 2000, he was appointed vice president, Global Sourcing, a position he holds today, but now with a significantly expanded base of responsibility.
O'Brien-Bernini
O'Brien-Bernini joined Owens Corning at the Science &Technology Center in Granville, Ohio, in June 1983. His first job was in the Composites Continuous Fiber Forming Laboratory. In February 1992, O'Brien-Bernini was named manager of the laboratory.
Two-and-a-half years later, he was named director of the Composites Product and Process Laboratory. After one year in that job he was named Director of the Miraflex Product and Process Technology Laboratory. In February 1998, O'Brien-Bernini was promoted to Director of R&D for the Insulating Systems Business. In May 2000, he was named vice president, Technology, for the Insulating Systems Business.
O'Brien-Bernini received his Bachelor of Science degree and his Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts. Owens Corning is a world leader in building materials and composites systems. The company has sales of $5 billion and employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit Owens Corning's Web site at www.owenscorning.com .
Contact: Gregg Bronk, Corporate Communications of Owens Corning, 419-248-8004