My Dayton Daily News reporting colleague Thomas Gnau reports that Motley Fool cited employee and client satisfaction with the company as a factor in its selection. Teradata helps customers gather data from an array of sources in order to make smarter business decisions.
“NCR granted Teradata its independence 20 years after its (initial public offering), in 2007, and customers have come knocking in increasing numbers since,” Motley Fool said in its citation Wednesday. “Not only is Wal-Mart still a client, but 25 organizations including Apple, Dell, and Verizon now trust more than a petabyte — equal to 1 million gigabytes — of sensitive corporate data to Teradata systems.”
Since the company went public, shares of Teradata have more than doubled, Motley Fool noted. The company’s shares (NYSE: TDC) have seen some pressure: In the last six months, TDC has fallen from $76.27 a share to $58.38 as of mid-week last week. But Derrick Woods, an industry analyst with Susquehanna Financial Group, urged investors earlier this month to buy the company “on weakness.”
Salary set for local CEO
ACCO Brands — which purchased the consumer products division of MeadWestvaco and employs 250 in Kettering — disclosed in documents filed with the SEC last week what the company’s newly appointed CEO, as well as its soon-to-be-former CEO, will receive in base pay.
ACCO Brands’ board of directors on Feb. 20 appointed Boris Elisman to succeed Robert J. Keller as the the company’s CEO effective March 31. The board approved a base salary of $700,000 for Elisman. Keller will continue with the company as executive chairman of ACCO’s board of directors, and his base salary was set at $500,000. Both Elisman and Keller also received grants of long-term, stock-based incentive awards, the filing noted. Elisman, 50, first joined the company in 2004.
Art shop has new partners
The manager of Deck the Walls art shop at 4005 Far Hills Ave. in Kettering is now a co-owner of the company.
Deck the Walls owners Tom and Chris Hartzell announced that Laura and Todd Pribish have invested in the art shop and became partners in the business as of Jan. 1. Laura Pribish has served as manager of the boutique art shop since 2011, according to a spokeswoman for the shop, and her husband Todd is a part-time employee.
Deck the Walls, which was founded in 1999, offers custom framing, original art and wall decor. It employs eight people.
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