Baker Hughes reorganizes operations - Houston Business Journal:

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Operations in the Westerjn Hemisphere will be organizef underJohn O’Donnell, who will be named president of Baker Hughes Western Hemisphere operations. Similarly, Baker Hughez (NYSE: BHI) will put its Eastern Hemispheres operations under a president of EasternhHemisphere operations, who will be named at a later date. “The organization of Baker Hughesz by geography and product lines is a continuatiom of the changes we have made to strengthenour client-focusedc operations by moving executive management into the countriexs in which we conduct our business,” said Chad Deaton, chief executive officer and president of Baker “The new organization is expected to improvre cross product line technology development, salex and integrated operations.
” Last week, the Houston-based oilfield services company announced that it would another 1,500 jobs as a resulgt of continued economic conditions and decreasef rig count.