HOUSTON, Feb. 7, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SYSCO Corporation (NYSE:SYY) today announced that Lucas Wagenaar has been named assistant vice president of information technology (IT). Mr. Wagenaar, who joins SYSCO from Eagle Global Logistics in Houston, TX where he served as vice president, IT services, will assume his new position effective immediately. In his new role, he will be responsible for leading the planning, design, monitoring and management for the efforts of the technical infrastructure functions and applications development across the company.
Mr. Wagenaar, 50, began his career in information technology in 1979 as a field engineer at Nixdorf Computers in the Netherlands. In 1985, he moved to Canada where he continued to work for Nixdorf as a systems engineer in Calgary, Alberta. Following IT positions in several other companies, Mr. Wagenaar joined Westcoast Gas Services as manager, IT. After the company was acquired by Engage Energy, he was promoted to director of IT and infrastructure in 1997. In 2001, he assumed a new role at El Paso Corporation in Houston as director of technology and information services.
Mr. Wagenaar was born and raised in the Netherlands and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology in Amersfoort, The Netherlands in 1976. In addition, he earned a certificate as a business programmer/analyst (S.A.I.T.) in Calgary, Alberta in 1985. He and his wife Jane reside in Missouri City, TX with their two daughters.
SYSCO is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. For the fiscal year 2006 that ended July 1, 2006, the company generated $32.6 billion in sales. For more information about SYSCO visit www.sysco.com.
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