GeoEye, Inc. has announced the appointment of Joseph F. Greeves to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr Greeves will be primarily responsible for the overall management and direction of GeoEye's financial planning, corporate finance, accounting, fiscal reporting, and public company disclosure requirements.
Mr Greeves has a strong public accounting background with more than 20 years experience as a Chief Financial Officer. During his career, he has served as Chief Financial Officer for four publicly traded companies, where he focused on working with entrepreneurs and management teams to successfully build businesses, raise capital, and grow shareholder value.
Matt O'Connell, GeoEye's Chief Executive Officer, said, "Joe brings a wealth of financial and accounting expertise to our executive management team. His lengthy experience serving as a CFO in high-tech companies and his training at Touche' Ross & Co. will add the leadership we need in the accounting area. Joe's experience in various industries relevant to GeoEye, such as visualisation software and experience in international and government sales will be very helpful as GeoEye develops location-based information services for our customers. We also look to Joe to step up our investor relations activities."
