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As President Hickey brings 12 years experience in the software industry to his role. Hickey was named President of Pitney Bowes Software on September 6 2007. This single business unit combines Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software and Pitney Bowes MapInfo business units acquired separately into a single software company. He served as Pitney Bowes MapInfo’s chief operating officer from 2002-2007 and was named president earlier this year.
Hickey has spearheaded the creation of the location intelligence category and in this new role he will ensure that Pitney Bowes Software continues to create innovative solutions for the location intelligence market.
During his tenure at Pitney Bowes MapInfo Hickey has held a number of executive management positions. Previously he served in the roles of executive vice president sales and marketing group vice president of operations and vice president and general manager of MapInfo’s Information Business. As Vice President & General Manager of that business he grew the business 175 percent over a 2˝-year period. The creation of this strong information business has enabled MapInfo to excel in the growth of its solution offerings and has given MapInfo a competitive advantage in the market. Hickey also spearheaded MapInfo’s drive into Predictive Analytics through the development and acquisition of new core competencies. In addition Hickey has led MapInfo’s Operational Excellence initiative introducing business management disciplines into the business and driving continuous improvement through its operations.
Prior to joining the company Hickey worked at AlliedSignal for nine years in various management positions. He developed functional experience in sales industry marketing product management and business planning. As part of AlliedSignal’s Total Quality Initiative (TQM) Hickey was selected for a leadership role and was certified as a Total Quality Master. Hickey became proficient at re-engineering business processes to be market and customer driven. These skills helped him turn around three struggling product lines in two separate AlliedSignal divisions.
Hickey is currently on the national Board of Directors for AeA and serves as Chairman for AeA’s New York Council Executive Committee. Additionally Hickey also serves on the Board of Associate Trustees of Siena College and the Board of the Albany Chamber of Commerce where he is currently chair elect. He is also on the board of Inmedius. He previously served on the board of the American Marketing Association Editorial Board of Business Geographics and on the Board of IA Systems Albany Chamber FamTask committee and was the Chair of the TechValley Portal Committee. Hickey holds an MBA from the State University of New York at Albany and BS in Marketing and Management from Siena College. | 