William W. Goetz Joins Sysco as Senior Vice President-Marketing

Published on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 11:07 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

HOUSTON, Jan. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) announced today that William W. Goetz has joined the company in the newly created role of Senior Vice President-Marketing.

"As we build a more robust marketing function to enhance our ability to differentiate Sysco in the marketplace, we are very pleased that Bill Goetz has joined the Sysco team," said Bill DeLaney, Sysco's president and chief executive officer. "Bill's depth of experience and expertise in business-to-business marketing will help us better partner with our customers, leverage our broad selling capabilities, enhance our market leadership position, and maximize our overall ability to market Sysco products and services."

Prior to joining Sysco, Goetz served as president and chief operations officer-Global Accounts and Strategic Markets at Cintas Corporation. Earlier in his career, Goetz held positions of increased marketing responsibility at both Cintas and ECOLAB Corporation.

About Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. The company operates 177 distribution facilities serving approximately 400,000 customers. For the fiscal year 2011 that ended July 2, 2011 the company generated record sales of more than $39 billion. For more information about Sysco visit the company's Internet home page at www.sysco.com and for investor relations news follow us at www.twitter.com/SyscoStock.

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