Fiore and Fu join Teradata board

Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 30 July 2008 07:31

IT People - People

Peter Fiore and Cary Fu have been elected to Teradata's board of directors.

"Both of these executives bring extensive leadership experience in technology companies where they drove innovation and growth," said James (Jim) Ringler, chairman of the data warehousing company.

"Their broad global experience and deep understanding of technology issues and strategies, with solid operations and financial management experience, position them as strong additions to the Teradata board."

Fiore is president and chief executive officer of security vendor Crossbeam Systems. He was previously a vice president at IBM, and held senior positions at Ascential Software, Informix Business Solutions, Ardent Software and VMARK Software.

He currently sits on the boards of Crossbeam and Kadient.

Fiore holds a BA in engineering and applied sciences from Harvard.

Fu is chief executive officer of Benchmark Electronics, which provides manufacturing and engineering services to the manufacturers of computers and related products.

He previously worked for biomedical manufacturer and marketer Biomedics.

Fu holds an MSc in accounting from the University of Houston and is a certified public accountant.