3Com Corporation announced the appointment of two new senior executives to help accelerate the company's business plan in China and around the globe.
Eileen Nelson has been named senior vice president, Human Resources and Tony Wang is the company's new vice president, Worldwide Supply Chain. Nelson, who reports to President and COO Ron Sege, is responsible for 3Com's worldwide human resources organization. She will work with the 3Com's China-based operations to drive consistency in the company's global HR programs.
"We are very fortunate to have Eileen join 3Com," said Sege in a statement. "With more than 25 years working in HR, she will be a tremendous asset in instilling a one-company culture. One of Eileen's key areas of focus is to identify and recruit highly qualified people – particularly in sales and service so we can accelerate our strategy of building a growing and profitable global networking leader."
Tony Wang brings 30 years of networking industry supply chain experience to 3Com. Based in Hangzhou, China, the center of 3Com's strong presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Wang reports to 3Com Executive Vice President Dr. Shusheng Zheng.
Wang joins 3Com after 9 years with Nortel, where most recently he was managing director of Guangdong Nortel, a joint venture between Nortel and several Chinese networking companies. Wang managed the company's manufacturing operations. Previously, he spent more than 20 years with networking company Alcatel in China and Taiwan, rising to general manager of Alcatel Business Systems.