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Nashville, June 28, 2010
Ken Harms, a 28-year UPS veteran, has assumed command as president of the company's new and expanded Mid South District, directing small package operations in an area that covers all or parts of five states.
The Mid South District is one of 20 new Districts dividing the United States activated earlier this year. It includes all of Tennessee, the southwest portion of Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama and the northwest portion of Florida and features a package-delivery operation with some 13,000 employees.
Ken most recently served as the manager of UPS's Illinois District. He began his UPS career in 1982 as a package handler in the North Florida District and after being promoted into management, moved through a series of jobs of increasing responsibility before being named manager of the Oklahoma District in 2002.
UPS announced in January it was going to streamline its domestic management structure to improve overall performance by reducing the number of U.S. Districts from 46 to 20. Thanks to today's technology and the management strengths of its people, a District office now can oversee a much larger geographic area than in years' past.
As part of the realignment, UPS also is expanding its outreach to customers by strengthening local sales and marketing efforts. No package handling facilities have been affected by the consolidation of management offices, nor have any UPS drivers or package handlers.
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