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by Meridith Levinson

Promotions at Shaw Group, Kellwood and more

Opinion
Jun 11, 20072 mins

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Last week, The Shaw Group promoted Patrick Thompson to EVP and COO of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure. Thompson joined the Baton Rouge, La.-based engineering and construction company in 2002 as corporate ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. He was subsequently appointed chief administrative officer, and in that position oversaw IT, HR, global facilities management, quality assurance and quality control, environmental health and safety, travel management and risk management.

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The (NMDP) announced it had hired a new ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã last Thursday, June 7. Michael Jones (at left) leads the organization’s 130-person IT department and reports to Jeffrey Chell, the NMDP’s CEO. Jones joins the facilitator of marrow and blood cell transplants from pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, where he served as CTO. Prior to Express Scripts, he worked for Cigna Behavioral Healthcare as its ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã. He began his career with Deloitte Consulting.

Michael Saunders, vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã of apparel marketer Kellwood, was appointed corporate vice president and ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã at the St. Louis, Mo.-based company’s board meeting on June 7, 2007. Sauders joined Kellwood in May 2005 as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and added vice president to his title in March 2006. During the two years he has worked for the $2 billion company, Saunders has led an expansion and integration of Kellwood’s information technology infrastructure. He reports to W. Lee Capps, Kellwood’s COO.  Prior to Kellwood, Saunders served as ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã and vice president of business processes for Russ Berrie and Company, and held similar positions with Danskin and Jenna Lane Group.