SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An executive at Dell Inc. who led the slumping computer
maker's procurement efforts and managed its relationships with suppliers has
left the company, Dell said late Friday.
Martin Garvin, a vice president who had been with Round Rock, Texas-based
company for 10 years, decided to retire, said Dell spokesman David Frink.
Another senior executive, Thomas Welch, a vice president in Dell's legal
department, is also leaving the company, according to the Wall Street Journal,
which cited unnamed people "familiar with his situation."
The departures come amid a wrenching turnaround as Dell, the world's No. 2
PC seller, tries to improve its profitability and regain market share it has
lost to Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Co., now the world's No. 1 PC seller.
Last year, Dell announced plans to jettison 8,800 jobs, or 10 percent of its
work force, as part of the company's efforts to cut $3 billion to $4 billion in
costs over several years.
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