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NCR names Amelio COO of Retail and Financial Group

March 5, 2002

DAYTON, Ohio -- NCR Corporation named William (Bill) J. Amelio to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Retail and Financial Group, reporting to NCR chairman and CEO Lars Nyberg.

Amelio will drive the performance of four of NCR's five businesses -- Retail Solutions, Financial Solutions, Worldwide Customer Services and Systemedia -- and will focus on strengthening the company's leadership in store automation, ATMs, service delivery and consumable and media products.

NCR's fifth business -- Teradata Solutions, the global leader in data warehouses over one Terabyte in size -- will continue to be led by Mark Hurd, also reporting to Nyberg. Hurd was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Teradata Division.

"With two very strong leaders focused on the distinct operational needs of our different businesses, we will enhance our ability to execute better and faster, and to capitalize on our strengths as a solutions provider," Nyberg said. "By grouping together those businesses with similar operational requirements, while allowing the data warehousing business to focus on its needs, we are refining our model to enhance the ability of all NCR businesses to win in the marketplace."

Amelio joins NCR from Honeywell, where he was president and CEO of the Transportation and Power Systems Divisions. Preceding this, he had responsibility for the Turbocharging Systems business at AlliedSignal,
prior to its merger with Honeywell.

Amelio's career also includes 18 years with IBM in a variety of senior engineering and technical leadership roles, including responsibility for worldwide engineering and manufacturing operations for IBM's personal computer business. He holds a M.S. in management from Stanford University and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University. He also holds eight U.S. patents for various technology innovations.

Hurd joined NCR in 1980 and has held increasingly responsible management positions in professional services and marketing. Prior to assuming leadership of NCR's data warehousing business in 1999, he was vice president of worldwide marketing and Americas region sales for the National Accounts Solutions Group, which focused on data warehousing solutions for all industries except retail and financial.