Bull names J. Patrick Mansfield president of U.S. Systems & Services Operations; Successful sales executive will lead Bull's U.S. commercial sales, systems integration and outsourcing businesses

Business Wire, August 7, 1995

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--Bull announced today the promotion of J. Patrick Mansfield to the position of president, U.S. Systems & Services Operations, a newly-created position and organization reporting to Axel Leblois, CEO of Bull North America, a U.S. affiliate of Paris-based Groupe Bull.

Since July 1993, Mansfield has directed the company's U.S. direct sales, marketing and Bull Express catalog sales activities as VP/GM of U.S. Sales. In his new position, Mansfield maintains his current duties and adds responsibility for the systems integration activities of Bull's Integris business unit and the outsourcing operations of the company's Integris Data Services' U.S. division. In addition, Mansfield's organization will market products from all other Bull divisions to U.S. customers.

Under Mansfield's leadership, sales revenue from enterprise and client/server systems, related products and Bull Express grew by more than 20 percent in 1994. U.S. Sales posted an operating profit for the year as well as for the first half of 1995. Mansfield joined Bull in 1989 as VP in charge of value-added reseller (VAR) programs. In January 1991 he was promoted to VP of enterprise systems sales in the company's Eastern region.

"Pat has done and outstanding job over the past six years in highly visible sales and marketing positions," said Axel Leblois. "Today's announcement reflects the fact that Bull customers, and the market in general, increasingly view systems integration, outsourcing and related services as logical, valuable components within their increasingly complex enterprise systems strategy. Pat's new position and organization will position Bull to better serve the needs of our customers as their IT requirements evolve and will be instrumental in continuing to grow our U.S. business operations."

Prior to joining Bull in 1989, Mansfield was VP of marketing for the indirect channel at Unisys. Prior to that he was sales VP at Focus Research, a sales lead generation and training company. For 15 years prior to joining Focus, Mansfield was with Sperry Corp., where he progressed through a series of sales and management positions of increasing responsibility.

Mansfield attended John Carroll University, Cleveland, where he majored in business. He and his family reside in Boxford, Mass.

With a presence in more than 100 countries, over 27,000 employees and combined revenue in 1994 of more than $5.4 billion, Bull is one of the world's largest information technology companies and a major systems and technology integrator, offering a comprehensive range of solutions, services and support capabilities for use in multivendor environments. -0-

All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Bull HN Information Systems

Bill Bradley, 508/294-5812