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By M.R. KROPKO
The Associated Press
NORTH CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The man who ran Diebold Inc.'s much-criticized electronic voting business now faces bigger challenges as the company's chief executive.
Thomas Swidarski is looking to restore the image of the 147-year-old company, fortify its bottom line and reshape how it does business with a determination to go global.
He's got his work cut out for him.
The North Canton-based company that makes automated teller machines and business security systems faces several problems, most high profile among them frequent criticism about its smallest business segment — electronic voting. For years, Diebold has been scrutinized because of questions about the security of its e-voting software and whether results could be manipulated in e-voting, considered the country's fastest growing voting method...
Facts about Diebold Inc.
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The Associated Press
(AP) — A look at Diebold Inc.:
E-VOTING:
2000 — Diebold's Procomp subsidiary contracts for voting terminals in Brazil.
2002 — Diebold enters the U.S. elections industry through the acquisition of Global Election Systems, of McKinney, Texas, a developer of touch-screen voting technology, and forms Diebold Election Systems...
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http://www.diebold.com Facts about Diebold's new CEO
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The Associated Press
(AP) — NAME — Thomas W. Swidarski.
AGE-BIRTH DATE — 47; Nov. 14, 1958, in Pittsburgh.
EDUCATION — BA in marketing, University of Dayton, 1980; MBA in business management, Cleveland State University, 1983.
EXPERIENCE — Retail analyst for Ameritrust in Cleveland, 1980-85; vice president and director of consumer marketing for PNC bank in Pittsburgh, 1985-96; Diebold Inc. director financial industry marketing, 1999-2001; vice president strategic development and global marketing, 2001-2005; president of Diebold Election Systems subsidiary in 2004; Diebold president and chief operating officer, October to December 2005; and Diebold president and chief executive officer since December 2005...