Sidney E. Harris Joins TSYS Board
Columbus, Ga., December 13, 1999 - Richard W. Ussery, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Total System Services, Inc.® (TSYS®) (NYSE: "TSS"), today announced that Sidney E. Harris, Dean of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, is joining the TSYS Board of Directors.
"We are excited to add Dr. Harris to the Board of Total System Services," said Ussery. "His expertise in electronic commerce, marketing strategy and the strategic use of business information makes him a perfect fit for our company."
Dr. Harris is a graduate of Morehouse College and earned his Ph.D. in operations research at Cornell University. He was named dean of Georgia’s largest business school in July 1997. During his tenure as dean, he has reformulated the strategic direction of the College, raised over $10 million on behalf of the College and launched two new research institutes: the Russell International Center for Entrepreneurship and the Center for Digital Commerce.
He began his professional career with Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey and moved to Georgia State University where he became a tenured member of the faculty of the Decision Sciences Department. In 1987, he joined the faculty of the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management. He was appointed chair of the Management Program in 1990, and served as dean of the Drucker Graduate School from 1991-1996.
Dr. Harris’ research focuses on the interplay between marketing strategy and electronic commerce and the strategic use of information in the strategy, structure and culture of high performance organizations. He co-founded the Institute for the Study of U.S./Japan Relations in the World Economy with Professor Peter F. Drucker and has lectured internationally at several universities. He serves on the boards of Lanier Worldwide, Inc., The ServiceMaster Company and Transamerica Investors, Inc.
TSYS is one of the world’s leading information technology processors of data and transactions for domestic and international issuers of credit, debit, commercial and private-label cards. TSYS’ sophisticated systems offer online accounting, data processing, electronic commerce services, portfolio management, account acquisition, credit evaluation, risk management and customer service. Through our family of companies, TSYS services the entire lifecycle of card accounts, and processes millions and millions of accounts, making it possible for consumers to use their cards any time, anywhere. Headquartered in Columbus, Ga., TSYS (www.totalsystem.com) is an 80.8 percent owned subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE:"SNV") (www.synovus.com) named the Best Company to Work for in America by FORTUNE magazine.
Contacts:
Danita Gibson-Lloyd
Corporate Communications Manager
ph. (706) 649-5578
dglloyd@totalsystem.com
Kimberly Knight
Corporate Communications Specialist
ph. (706) 644-1218
kiknight@totalsystem.com