DULLES, Va., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced today 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.
Prior to joining GeoEye, Mr. Greeves served for almost seven years as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Managed Object Solutions Inc. where he worked with the CEO to build the business, grow the worldwide sales organization and led its capital raising and merger and acquisition programs. Managed Objects sold IT visualization software to commercial and government customers and was acquired by Novell in the fall of 2008. Before joining Managed Objects, he consulted for Lazard Technology Partners as its CFO Executive in Residence. Prior to that, Mr. Greeves was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for OPNET Technologies Inc., a high-tech software development and consulting services business. During his three-year tenure with OPNET, Mr. Greeves led the company through its Initial Public Offering creating over $400 million in market capitalization. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Fusion Systems Corporation and Ogden Environmental and Energy Services Co., a division of Ogden Corporation. Mr. Greeves graduated from the University of Maryland, is a Certified Public Accountant and began his career as an audit manager at Touche' Ross & Co. (now known as Deloitte & Touche').
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 visualization software and experience in international and government sales will be very helpful as GeoEye develops location-based information services for our customers.
