Tim Morse
Encyclopedia
Timothy R. Morse is the interim CEO of the Internet services company, Yahoo!
. He was named after Carol Bartz
lost her position as CEO on Sept 6, 2011. Morse was CFO prior to his appointment.
, from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in finance and operations and strategic management.
, and worked in various divisions: GE Plastics, GE Appliances and GE Capital in North America, Europe and Asia. He became general manager of business development for General Electric Plastics before being appointed its chief financial officer. After his departure from GE, Morse was the chief financial officer of Altera
.
He was hired by then CEO Carol Bartz
and was apppointed Chief Financial Officer in July 2009. He was named the company's interim Chief Executive Officer on September 6, 2011 after the board relieved Carol Bartz of her position.
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
. He was named after Carol Bartz
Carol Bartz
Carol Ann Bartz is an American business executive, the former president and CEO of the Internet services company Yahoo!, and former chairman, president, and CEO at architectural and engineering design software company Autodesk....
lost her position as CEO on Sept 6, 2011. Morse was CFO prior to his appointment.
Education
Morse is a graduate of Boston College Carroll School of ManagementCarroll School of Management
Established in 1938, The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, or "CSOM", as it is colloquially known, is the business school of Boston College, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States....
, from which he obtained a bachelor's degree in finance and operations and strategic management.
Business career
Morse began his career at General ElectricGeneral Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
, and worked in various divisions: GE Plastics, GE Appliances and GE Capital in North America, Europe and Asia. He became general manager of business development for General Electric Plastics before being appointed its chief financial officer. After his departure from GE, Morse was the chief financial officer of Altera
Altera
Altera Corporation is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of PLDs . The company offered its first programmable logic device in 1984. PLDs can be reprogrammed during the design cycle as well as in the field to perform multiple functions, and they support a fairly fast design process...
.
He was hired by then CEO Carol Bartz
Carol Bartz
Carol Ann Bartz is an American business executive, the former president and CEO of the Internet services company Yahoo!, and former chairman, president, and CEO at architectural and engineering design software company Autodesk....
and was apppointed Chief Financial Officer in July 2009. He was named the company's interim Chief Executive Officer on September 6, 2011 after the board relieved Carol Bartz of her position.