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July 10, 2006 08:05 AM US Eastern Timezone Tech Data Promotes Sherri P. Nadeau to Senior Vice President, Human Resources
CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2006--Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD), a leading distributor of IT products, today announced Sherri P. Nadeau has been promoted to senior vice president, Human Resources. Nadeau joined Tech Data earlier this year as vice president, Human Resources, with responsibility for the company's Americas region. In her new role, she will be the company's chief Human Resources officer, overseeing Tech Data's extensive worldwide human resources functions and managing human capital issues for more than 8,000 employees in 26 countries.
Nadeau assumed her current position after Lawrence W. Hamilton resigned from Tech Data June 30. Hamilton joined Tech Data in 1993 and is planning to focus more time on personal family health issues and the completion of his doctoral dissertation. "We're incredibly grateful for Lawrence's years of service, tireless dedication and the key role he played in helping Tech Data grow into an international market leader," said Tech Data Chairman and CEO Steve Raymund. "As we move forward and continue to build upon our legacy of success, I'm confident that Sherri's contributions will be equally valuable. Already familiar with our operations, Sherri joined Tech Data with a very strong human resources background, including significant experience directing international HR matters."
Nadeau has more than 20 years experience in human resources and finance. Before Tech Data, she was senior vice president, Human Resources for Certegy Inc. in St. Petersburg, Fla., and senior vice president for Savvis Communications in Herndon, Va. She also held senior human resources positions with Universal Studios in Los Angeles and Osaka, Japan, and with Holiday Inn Worldwide in Atlanta. Prior to her human resources career, Nadeau worked in public accounting for KPMG. She is a certified public accountant and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., and a master's degree in accounting and tax from the University of Virginia.
Sherri Nadeau has discovered she would much rather deal with people than numbers, even when it means traveling all over the globe.
Nadeau oversees Tech Data's employees worldwide, more than 8,000 people in 26 countries.
"I actually did start out in finance," Nadeau said. "I'm a CPA and accountant by training. After 10 years or so of doing that, I realized I was much happier dealing with people as opposed to spreadsheets."
Nadeau joined Tech Data in February as vice president in charge of human resources for the Americas. The promotion to senior vice president has meant ramping up her orientation with the company and its human resources needs.
"I'm getting no sleep and working a lot," Nadeau noted, in part because the company has "a couple of very big initiatives under way."
A native of Atlanta, Nadeau earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., in 1982, and a year later, a master's degree in accounting from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The human resources roles at Tech Data have required Nadeau to do some traveling, as well, "getting to know people who are working for me," she said, including a recent trip to Barcelona, Spain.
But Nadeau is used to world travel. A lot of it.
She joined Holiday Inn Worldwide in Atlanta in 1990, focusing on tax and employee-benefit issues. For eight years, she often traveled to destinations around the world. At that time, there were Holiday Inns in 85 countries, Nadeau said.
"It was a great experience. I wouldn't trade it for the world," she said. "At times, that kind of travel can get kind of old."
From 1998 to 2001, Nadeau took a position with Universal Studios in Los Angeles as director of human resources. She was charged with helping to staff - and move - nearly 350 employees as a new Universal Studios theme park was being constructed in Osaka, Japan.
Simultaneously, she was responsible for human resources issues for Universal Studios theme park projects in locales from Orlando to Barcelona.
"It was quite an undertaking," she said. For 2½ years, Nadeau spent two weeks of each month in Osaka and two weeks in Los Angeles.
In 2001, Nadeau took a position with Equant (formerly Global One) in Reston, Va., as vice president, first in charge of compensation and benefits, then human resources. After what amounted to more than 10 years of nearly nonstop international travel, Nadeau said, she needed a break. She took off from May 2002 to October 2003.
After returning to work, still in human resources, she moved to St. Petersburg in 2005 to become senior vice president of human resources with Certegy
"I love the weather (in St. Petersburg), even in the summer," she said. "I'm just now getting all the final boxes unpacked (and) getting my dog settled."
Nadeau, 44, is single. She said she likes to do yoga as a way of destressing. "I try to take at least one weekend a month and do nothing."
2005-2006: Senior vice president, Certegy, St. Petersburg.
2001-2002: Equant, Reston, Va., as vice president of compensation and benefits, then vice president of human resources.
1998-2001: Universal Studios, Los Angeles, and Osaka, Japan, as director of human resources.
1990-1998: Holiday Inn Worldwide, Atlanta, in various positions.
1983-1989: KPMG Peat Marwick, Atlanta and Washington, D.C., in various positions.
PREVIOUS POSITION: Senior vice president, human resources, Certegy, St. Petersburg
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