DigitalGlobe Names New Chief Financial Officer

LONGMONT, Colo., Sept. 14/Satnews Daily/ — DigitalGlobe, provider of high resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, has named a new chief financial officer (CFO) to its executive team.

Yancey Spruill joins DigitalGlobe as the company's new CFO, bringing over 14 years of professional experience across several industries to the DigitalGlobe team. He comes to DigitalGlobe having most recently served as a principal in the Investment Banking group at Thomas Weisel Partners. Spruill's prior investment banking experience includes Lehman Brothers and J.P. Morgan & Company. Spruill also brings a strong operations background to DigitalGlobe, having had a successful engineering career with Corning Incorporated and The Clorox Co.

Henry Dubois, DigitalGlobe president and COO said with the company's ongoing growth, it is imperative that we it increased depth and breadth of its management team. “Having Yancey on board provides us additional financial expertise, while allowing me the opportunity to continue spending significant time with our valued customers and partners," he said.

Spruill earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech, and a Master's of Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

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