Former Symantec CEO Joins Microsoft Board

Microsoft announced that John Thompson, 62, has joined the company’s Board. Currently, Thompson serves as the CEO of Virtual Instruments, a provider of virtual infrastructure and SAN optimization. Before joining Virtual Instruments, he was the Chairman & CEO of Symantec. Earlier in his career, Thompson held senior leadership positions at IBM, including GM of IBM Americas. He currently serves on the board of directors at UPS, Seagate Technology, and Teach for America.

General Manager Placements

Computer Services announced that R. Stanley Eckenberg was named President and COO of CSI. Mr. Eckenberg joined CSI in 1992 as Director of Special Projects. Before joining CSI, he was Senior Account Executive for Xerox Corporation and also served as Branch Manager for Unisys Corporation.

GSI Commerce announced the appointment of John Healy as CEO of MBS Insight. Healy began his career in consumer packaged goods at Pepsi and then expanded his focus to marketing services when he joined ADVO, the nation's largest direct mail organization. He also held senior leadership positions with well established marketing services companies, including R.L. Polk, Equifax, DoubleClick and PRIMIS Marketing Group.