James A. Firestone

Overview

James A. Firestone is president, Corporate Operations Group at Xerox Corporation. He was appointed to this position October 2001. He is also a senior vice president, appointed October 1998. Firestone is responsible for the strategy and operational support functions that are managed as centralized corporate initiatives. This includes strategy, alliances, marketing and communications, e-Business and TeleWeb, information management, Xerox International Partners and Fuji Xerox relations. Firestone joined Xerox from IBM in August 1998 when he became president of the Xerox Channels Group. Most recently he was senior vice president for the Corporate Strategy and Marketing Group for Xerox Corporation. The Corporate Strategy and Marketing Group is responsible for strategy development, strategic alliance management, corporate marketing and public relations activities worldwide. At IBM, Firestone was responsible for all of the company's consumer products and services for the home and family market. He joined IBM in 1995, helping launch a new division to develop and market hardware, software and multimedia products. Firestone headed the consumer division of Ameritech, a telecommunications company, from 1993 to 1995. From 1978 to 1993, he worked at American Express in a number of financial and general management positions, including president of the Japan division and president of the Travelers Cheque division. Firestone received a bachelor's degree in international economics from Georgetown University School of Foreign Services and a master's degree in management from Yale University. He is on the board of directors of Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. Firestone was born Oct. 8, 1954, in Huntington, N.Y. On April 2, 2007, Registrant's Board of Directors elected James A. Firestone to the position of Executive Vice President of Registrant. Mr. Firestone previously served as Senior Vice President.