Sun Microsystems Announces Appointment of Christine Bucklin As Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the appointment of Christine Bucklin as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Planning, reporting directly to Jonathan Schwartz, Sun’s president and chief executive officer. In this position, Ms. Bucklin will manage Sun’s corporate operating system, and will be responsible for overseeing corporate planning and alignment.
“Christine brings an extensive record of driving bottom-line impact in organizations across a vast number of industries,” said Schwartz. “We are excited to welcome Christine to our team, and look forward to leveraging her insight and expertise in driving both near- and long-term corporate planning with a focus on deeper alignment across our portfolio of businesses as we continue to drive operational efficiency and pursue strategic opportunities for growth.”
Prior to joining Sun, Ms. Bucklin served as Chief Operating Officer at Internet Brands, Inc., a provider of media and e-commerce web sites. In her seven years there, Ms. Bucklin managed the company’s turn around, including the scaling and diversification of Internet Brands, which was originally founded as CarsDirect.com. Ms. Bucklin joined CarsDirect.com from Idealab, an Internet incubator, where she was an entrepreneur-in-residence. Prior to that, she spent over a decade with McKinsey & Company as management consultant and partner.
Ms. Bucklin holds an A.B. in mathematics from Dartmouth and holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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