Tyco Names Andrea Greco Senior Vice President, Global Sourcing & Procurement and Real Estate

NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Tyco (NYSE: TYC) today announced the appointment of Andrea Greco as Senior Vice President, Global Sourcing & Procurement and Real Estate. Mr. Greco joins Tyco from Unisys Corporation, where he served as Chief Procurement Officer and Vice President, Corporate Real Estate, for the past five years. He reports to George Oliver, Tyco's Chief Executive Officer. 

In this newly created role, Mr. Greco will have responsibility for Tyco's global sourcing, procurement and real estate functions, and will co-lead the company's logistics and distribution operations with Colleen Repplier, President, Fire Protection Products.

"We are pleased to have Andrea join us in this critical role, which will have broad impact on our operating costs globally," said Mr. Oliver.  "We have a real opportunity to accelerate our progress in managing our supply chain spend and matching our physical footprint to our more focused company. Andrea's impressive record of leadership in sourcing and operations will enable us to more holistically align our operations with the needs of our businesses."

Before Unisys, Mr. Greco was Chief Operating Officer for Fila USA, Inc., from 2007 to 2009. Previously, he held supply chain leadership positions of increasing responsibility over a 13-year period with Electronic Data Systems, Fila USA, PartMiner, Inc., and Ernst & Young.

Mr. Greco earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Università L. Bocconi in Milan, Italy, and a Master of Science degree in Management from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.

ABOUT TYCO
Tyco (NYSE: TYC) is the world's largest pure-play fire protection and security company. Tyco provides more than three million customers around the globe with the latest fire protection and security products and services. A company with $10+ billion in revenue, Tyco has approximately 65,000 employees in more than 1,000 locations across 50 countries serving various end markets, including commercial, institutional, governmental, retail, industrial, energy, residential and small business. For more information, visit the new www.tyco.com.

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