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InFocus: Cutting Staff And Listening to Offers

  • Written by The VAR Guy 1
  • December 15, 2008
Former Tech Data Senior VP Bob O'Malley has his hands full trying to pull his current company -- InFocus -- out of a nosedive.

Infocus CEO Bob O’MalleyFormer Tech Data Senior VP Bob O’Malley has his hands full trying to pull his current company — InFocus — out of a nosedive. The LCD projector maker, which has made a big channel push since O’Malley arrived in September 2007, is cutting 30% of its staff and has retained Thomas Weisel Partners for advice concerning unsolicited offers to buy the company.

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