Robert B. Foreman was named Executive Vice President, Global Business Systems and Services in June 2008. These new responsibilities were added to his role of Executive Vice President, Human Resources and President, Asia Pacific. He joined SPX Corporation in April 1999 as Vice President, Human Resources and an officer of the company. In December 2004, he became Senior Vice President, Human Resources. He assumed the role of Executive Vice President, Human Resources and President, Asia Pacific in December 2005. Mr. Foreman joined SPX from PepsiCo, where he was Vice President, Human Resources for Frito-Lay International. During his 14 years with PepsiCo, he spent seven years in Asia where he worked in both Pepsi and Frito-Lay businesses, across 25 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa. A graduate of the State University of New York Geneseo, he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.