NCR Canada hires new president, heightens focus on self-service
June 25, 2009
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — NCR Corp. has named Luc Villeneuve the new president of NCR Canada. According to a news release, Villeneuve comes from the information-technology industry, where he has more than 20 years of experience. At NCR Canada, he will oversee sales, client services, marketing and the management of NCR Canada's financial and retail businesses, as well as travel, gaming, entertainment and healthcare.
"Luc's primary objective will be to help businesses in the Canadian financial and retail industries," said John Di Leo, regional vice president of North American sales and marketing. "Luc will work with business to adopt and optimize self-service solutions to help lower their costs and open new channels of revenue. There is tremendous growth of the self-service market in Canada. Luc will have close contact with our customers in Canada, helping them to be successful with their self-service strategies." Prior to joining NCR, Villeneuve spent five years at Sun Microsystems Canada as the vice president of sales. During his career, he has held senior executive sales and marketing positions at BCE, GE Capital ITS and CNC Global Ltd. Villeneuve is bilingual and holds a business administration degree from Algonquin College. He is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario's Marketing Management Executive Program and is a certified Six Sigma practitioner.