Cinda Hallman
Cinda A. Hallman[1][2][3](1944–2007) became noteworthy for her work inY2Kprior to coining the phrase "outsource the outsourcing process;"[citation needed]both of these were atDu Pont,prior to her nomination toThe Research Board.[4]
Biography[edit]
Arkansas-born Hallman began her career at Conoco in 1966[5]where she was hired as a systems analyst directly after graduating fromSouthern Arkansas University.[6]
Du Pont[edit]
Conoco was acquired byDu Pontin 1981. In 1988 Hallman moved to the parent company,[7] and advanced toCIOin 1992. By 1999 she held a senior vice president title, the company's first female vice president.[1][5][Notes 1][8][7]
Spherion[edit]
Hallman joinedSpherion[9]in 2001 as Chief Executive Officer, retiring in 2004.[4]She died December 2007, at age 63, of an illness.[10][Notes 2][11]
She had been a member of Spherion's board of directors since early 1995.[12]Hallman replaced Raymond Marcy as Chief Executive Officer in 2001, a role that Marcy had held for over a decade, during which time[Notes 3]Spherion acquired a rival, Norrell Corp. [8]
Spherion's prior name was Interim Services.[13][Notes 4][14]
Outsourcing[edit]
Hallman made a mark in the area of major multi-billion dollar[Notes 5]outsourcing.[15][4]
Board memberships[edit]
Among the boards of directors on which she served were "Toys" R "Us, Catalyst, United Way of America and Christiana Care Health Systems."[16]
Legacy[edit]
Beyond having pioneered in what later became known asmidsourcing(and receiving various awards),[11][17]Hallman'salma materwrote about serving as "an inspiration for young women as she met the challenges of corporate leadership and succeeded at the highest levels."[6][8]
Personal[edit]
Five–foot–six Cinda Hallman is "the elder... (to) fraternal.. twin sister Linda." Their father died in an accident[14]when they were age 15.[11]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abBarnaby J. Feder (October 13, 1999)."Management: Heading a Year 2000 Team, as Time Runs Out".The New York Times.
- ^Richard L. Zewigenhaft; G. William Domhoff (2018).Diversity in the Power Elite: Ironies and Unfulfilled Promises.
- ^"Crossing the executive digital divide".
- ^abcAbbie Lundberg (January 2, 2008)."In Memoriam: Cinda Hallman".CIO magazine.
- ^abcRichard Pastore."CIO Hall of Fame: Cinda A. Hallman".CIO magazine.
- ^ab"University receives $1.96 million from Cinda Hallman estate".
- ^ab "Cinda A. Hallman: Confidence Builder".CIO magazine.September 15, 1997. pp. 78–79.
- ^abcJoan Fleischer Tamen (April 11, 2001)."Spherion replaces CEO amid an earnings slide".Sun-Sentinel.
broke the glass ceiling at chemical giant DuPont... was named Spherion's president and CEO
- ^"Spherion Corporation".The New York Times.
- ^"When Career Trumps Family - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal".The Wall Street Journal.
who died on Christmas Eve of a brain tumor at age 63
- ^abcBruce Caldwell (December 25, 1995)."IW's 1995 Chief Of The Year: Better Chemistry".InformationWeek.
- ^"Spherion Announces Dupont Executive to Be New President and CEO".April 10, 2001.
- ^"Spherion Unit's IPO Price Tops Entire Firm's Value".The Wall Street Journal(WSJ).March 6, 2001.
Florida-based Spherion, previously known as Interim Services Inc.,
- ^abJoanne Gordan."Desperate Times".Forbes.
- ^Marcia Heroux Pounds."Spherion to tap Outsourcing".Sun-Sentinel.
- ^"Cinda A. Hallman".
- ^"1996 Visionary Award from Communication Week, and in 1997,... one of the most influential information technology executives of the decade byCIO magazine."Cinda A. Hallman".TWST (The Wall Street Transcript).
