Wincor Nixdorf Appoints Patrick Leonard Vice President Of Retail For North America
Former managing director of retail for Wincor Nixdorf Canada to speed company's growth among international customers
Wincor Nixdorf, one of the world's leading providers of total IT solutions for the retail industry, recently announced that Patrick Leonard has been promoted to vice president of retail for the company's North American operations.
In this newly created position, Mr. Leonard will oversee the continuation of Wincor Nixdorf's North American retail industry growth strategies based on technology leadership and innovation.
Mr. Leonard, 44, has served as managing director of retail for Wincor Nixdorf Canada since joining the company in 2010. Prior to joining Wincor Nixdorf, Mr. Leonard served for more than 20 years in senior management positions with retail, networking, services and payments divisions of NCR Canada.
"As the retail industry has become increasingly borderless, so has Wincor Nixdorf's approach to meeting the needs of our customers through the development and delivery of world class technology innovation," said Oliver Weber, CEO of Wincor Nixdorf U.S. "Patrick's depth of experience, understanding of the North American market and record for success within the retail industry will help ensure that Wincor Nixdorf continues to meet the needs of its growing global customer base."
Mr. Leonard holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance and economics from Concordia University.
About Wincor Nixdorf
Wincor Nixdorf is one of the world's most successful IT solution specialists for process optimization at the interface with consumers in the retail industry. For our customers, the deployment of information technology is becoming more and more instrumental in achieving competitive growth. Wincor Nixdorf is committed to supporting them in enhancing essential consumer-facing processes, with a particular emphasis on their store operations. For this purpose, we offer the best possible combination of innovative hardware and software, complemented by high-end services. One of the key aims is to raise the overall efficiency of procedures and workflow, improve consumer-engagement, and reduce process costs.
Wincor Nixdorf has a presence in more than 100 countries and annual sales revenue of more than $3B. Headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, with manufacturing plants there and in Singapore, the company's U.S. operations are based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.wincor-nixdorf.com/usa.
SOURCE: Wincor Nixdorf