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Scott W. Klein has been chief executive officer for Idearc and a member of the Idearc Board of Directors since June 2008. He came to Idearc from Symphony Technology Group a private equity investment firm where he was an operating partner. Previously as president and CEO for four years he led the successful turnaround and reinvention of Symphony's flagship acquisition Information Resources Inc. a global provider of real-time market information solutions analytics and performance management technology.
Klein was president of the Consumer Industries Retail & Energy business for Electronic Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: EDS). Prior to EDS he was president of PC Mall Inc. a California-based telesales catalog and Internet reseller of information technology products. While there he successfully launched eCOST.com a premier business-to-business and business-to-consumer online retailer of computer products and consumer electronics. Klein was a co-founder of PrimeSource Building Products and served as chief operating officer while the company grew from $12 million to nearly $1 billion.
Originally from Floral Park New York Klein is an honors accounting graduate of Syracuse University. He started his career with Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) in brand management and later was Director of Marketing at PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP). | 