In 1999, Pulsar Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jenny Jones appointed her daughter-in-law, Kyla Jacobs-Jones to run Caltron. Caltron, calculator manufacturer, wholly owned by Pulsar. Caltron faces stiff competition from abroad, and in 2001 the members of the Board of Directors of the Pulsar began to put pressure on Jones to deny him. Jacobs-Jones was given two years to turn the unit around before review of the decision to deny Caltron. In 2004, Dan O'Shea, CA, CFA, corporate financial advisor KPMG was hired to review and analyze the company's activities and recommendations. "Hide
by Dan Thompson Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 5 pages. Publication Date: July 25, 2006. Prod. #: 906B25-PDF-ENG
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