Cinda A. Hallman, a 1966 graduate of Southern Arkansas University, will be the guest speaker at this year’s commencement exercises to be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 12, in the Mall Area of the University campus.
In 1999, Hallman received the Distinguished Alumni Award.
Hallman, who received a B.S. in mathematics, is the former chief executive officer of Spherion Corporation, a provider of staffing, recruitment, and workforce solutions. She was appointed to the position in 2001, following six years of active membership on Spherion’s board of directors, and retired in March 2004.
Prior to joining Spherion, Hallman had a distinguished 20-year career with DuPont. As senior vice president of DuPont global systems and processes, she led a major effort to define new business models associated with a strategic shift in focus for the $40 billion global enterprise. She also had full responsibility for global information technology, processes and strategy, and corporate core managing processes.
As DuPont’s vice president of global information systems and chief information officer, Hallman provided the leadership and vision to first reduce costs by more than $500 million and then form DuPont’s IT alliance with two of the world’s leading information technology firms, Computer Sciences Corporation and Accenture. This alliance, hailed as the largest of its kind, was designed to support business growth strategies and increase shareholder value.
Welcome back to the campus of Southern Arkansas University, Ms. Hallman.
The Office of Alumni Relations at SAU will sponsor a reception from 5 to 6:45 p.m. for graduates, family, and faculty in the Reynolds Center.
