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Mark W. Smith is senior vice president and chief financial officer of Spherion Corporation (NYSE:SFN). Founded in 1946 the Fort Lauderdale Florida-based company is a leader in the North American staffing industry providing value-added staffing recruiting and workforce solutions. He was appointed to the post in July 2003. In addition to having oversight responsibility for accounting business services and internal auditing Smith led the implementation of the Company’s enterprise resource planning system one of the most far-reaching operating initiatives ever undertaken at Spherion®. Most recently vice president of business services for Spherion Smith joined the organization in 1997 as vice president of finance. In that role he led the creation of an integrated business services operation that included the functions of payroll billing purchasing payables accounting financial reporting real estate and benefits administration. During his tenure with Spherion Smith has been instrumental in combining the administrative operations of 35 different companies all acquired by Spherion between 1994 and 1999. Smith came to Spherion from Ryder Systems in Miami Florida where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in finance most recently as group director planning and analysis. Smith was previously a manager at Arthur Andersen for six years. A CPA Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Hillsdale College in Hillsdale Michigan. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and Financial Executives International. | 