Information Resources names new ceo

CHICAGO Information Resources, a leading global provider of information, insights and decision solutions for the consumer packaged goods, health care and retail industries, has announced that John Freeland, president of worldwide operations for salesforce.com, will join the company as president and ceo effective today.

John Freeland brings over 28 years of enterprise information solutions and services experience to his role at Information Resources. At salesforce.com, he was responsible for the company's Successforce portfolio of services and business alliances. Prior to joining salesforce.com, he was Accenture's global managing partner leading and growing its global CRM practice from $ 1.2 billion to $ 3.7 billion during his tenure.