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Zebra Technologies Announces May Pao as Vice President, Global Partnerships

^{Published on 2011-03-30 08:05:37 - Market Wire}
 

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) today announced the appointment of May Pao to vice president, Global Partnerships. Paoa™s appointment aligns with the companya™s expanded focus and investment to strengthen and grow strategic channel relationships with global alliance partners, system integrators and independent software vendors (ISVs). Pao comes to Zebra most recently from Cisco, where she served as director of business development and alliances. She will report to Mike Terzich, senior vice president, Global Sales & Marketing.

"I am excited to be joining a dynamic company that is a recognized leader in its industry"

In her new role, Pao will consolidate Zebraa™s extensive partnership efforts, including Zebraa™s Location Solutions (LS) and Specialty Printing Group (SPG) alliances as well as growing ISV partnerships. She will focus on driving strategic alliances and partner programs as well as spearhead Zebraa™s and its partnersa™ growth in new vertical and geographic markets around the globe.

aWea™re very pleased to welcome May to Zebra. Her extensive experience in global alliance strategy and management will foster deeper growth in our alliance and channel ecosystem, which is one of Zebraa™s core business strategies,a said Mike Terzich, senior vice president, Global Sales & Marketing. aAs the leader of our new Global Partnership Group, Pao will build off the success of the established PartnersFirst Program and newly launched ISV Partner Program to help Zebra find new ways to add value and create business solutions for customers around the world.a

aI am excited to be joining a dynamic company that is a recognized leader in its industry,a said Pao. aZebraa™s long standing relationships with its partner base provide a strong foundation for continued growth and development. The recent formation of Zebraa™s ISV Partner Program demonstrates the companya™s commitment to collaborate with a wide range of partners and strategic alliances to solve customersa™ challenges as technology and business needs continue to evolve.a

Before her previous role at Cisco, Pao held positions of increasing responsibility at MCI and Motorola. She earned an MBA from Cornell University as well as a B.S.E. in Engineering Management Systems from Princeton University.

About Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides the broadest range of innovative technology solutions to identify, track, and manage the deployment of critical assets for improved business efficiency. Zebraa™s products include reliable on-demand printers and state-of-the-art software and hardware solutions utilizing a wide array of automatic identification technologies. By enabling improvements in sourcing, visibility, security and accuracy, Zebra helps its customers to put the right asset in the right place at the right time. Zebra serves more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. For more information about Zebra's solutions, visit [ http://www.zebra.com ].