Cinda Hallman Explained
Cinda A. Hallman[1] [2] [3] (1944–2007) became noteworthy for her work in Y2K prior to coining the phrase "outsource the outsourcing process;" both of these were at Du Pont, prior to her nomination to The Research Board.[4]
Biography
Arkansas-born Hallman began her career at Conoco in 1966 where she was hired as a systems analyst directly after graduating from Southern Arkansas University.[5]
Du Pont
Conoco was acquired by Du Pont in 1981. In 1988 Hallman moved to the parent company,[6] and advanced to CIO in 1992. By 1999 she held a senior vice president title, the company's first female vice president .[1] [7] [8] [6]
Spherion
Hallman joined Spherion[9] in 2001 as Chief Executive Officer, retiring in 2004. She died December 2007, at age 63, of an illness.[10] [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[13] Spherion acquired a rival, Norrell Corp.
Spherion's prior name was Interim Services.[14] [15]
Outsourcing
Hallman made a mark in the area of major multi-billion dollar[16] outsourcing.[17] [4]
Board memberships
Among the boards of directors on which she served were "Toys "R" Us, Catalyst, United Way of America and Christiana Care Health Systems."[18]
Legacy
Beyond having pioneered in what later became known as midsourcing (and receiving various awards),[19] [20] Hallman's alma mater wrote about serving as "an inspiration for young women as she met the challenges of corporate leadership and succeeded at the highest levels."[5] [21]
Personal
Five–foot–six Cinda Hallman is "the elder ... (to) fraternal .. twin sister Linda." Their father died in an accident[22] when they were age 15.[19]
External links
Notes and References
- News: . Management: Heading a Year 2000 Team, as Time Runs Out . Barnaby J. Feder . October 13, 1999.
- Book: Diversity in the Power Elite: Ironies and Unfulfilled Promises . Richard L. Zewigenhaft . G. William Domhoff . 2018.
- Web site: Crossing the executive digital divide .
- . In Memoriam: Cinda Hallman . Abbie Lundberg . January 2, 2008.
- Web site: University receives $1.96 million from Cinda Hallman estate.
- CIO magazine. Cinda A. Hallman: Confidence Builder. September 15, 1997 . 78–79.
- . CIO Hall of Fame: Cinda A. Hallman . Richard Pastore.
- Hillman was close to Edgar S. Woolard Jr., Du Pont CEO (1989 to 1995).
- News: . Spherion Corporation.
- News: . When Career Trumps Family - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal . who died on Christmas Eve of a brain tumor at age 63 .
- Decades older than the age at which her father had died: "early in life, on her family's farm after her father's death"
- Web site: Spherion Announces Dupont Executive to Be New President and CEO . April 10, 2001.
- 1999
- News: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) . Spherion Unit's IPO Price Tops Entire Firm's Value . Florida-based Spherion, previously known as Interim Services Inc., . March 6, 2001.
- Interim had been sold by H&R Block in 1994
- a $4 billion 10 year contract
- News: . Spherion to tap Outsourcing . Marcia Heroux Pounds.
- Web site: Cinda A. Hallman.
- . IW's 1995 Chief Of The Year: Better Chemistry . Bruce Caldwell . December 25, 1995.
- "1996 Visionary Award from Communication Week, and in 1997, ... one of the most influential information technology executives of the decade by CIO magazine.TWST (The Wall Street Transcript) . Cinda A. Hallman.
- News: . Spherion replaces CEO amid an earnings slide . broke the glass ceiling at chemical giant DuPont ... was named Spherion's president and CEO . Joan Fleischer Tamen . April 11, 2001.
- . Desperate Times . Joanne Gordan.