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Cannon Leaves Solectron, Joins Dell
February 15, 2007 |Estimated reading time: Less than a minute
ROUND ROCK, Texas and MILPITAS, Calif. Michael Cannon stepped down from his position as chief executive officer at Solectron Corporation, and will be replaced in interim by chief financial officer Paul Tufano. Cannon will join Dell, Inc., as president of global operations.
Paul Low, a member of the Solectron board, will lead initiatives to replace Cannon. Michael Dell, founder of Dell, Inc., cited Cannon's experience in supply-chain management as the company's impetus to recruit him. Cannon will adapt Dell's procurement, manufacturing, and supply-chain operations for differentiated product design, manufacturing, and distribution models. He joins Dell headquarters in Round Rock.
Cannon has served in various positions at Maxtor Corp. (now incorporated into Seagate Technology), IBM Corp., and Boeing Co. prior to working with Solectron. At Dell he will assume responsibility for nine manufacturing plants across five countries and new plants in construction in Poland, India, and Brazil.