CA Adds Sales Chief, CIO

Fischer fills the position vacated by Greg Corgan, who in April was promoted to executive vice president of worldwide sales. Kern takes the CIO reins from Walter Thomas, who remains with CA as a senior vice president of IT.

Fischer previously served as senior vice president for the Northeast sales region. Kern joins Islandia, N.Y.-based CA from Hewlett-Packard, where he was vice president of worldwide managed services, design and delivery. Fischer reports to Corgan, and Kern reports to Mark Barrenechea, executive vice president of product development.

The personnel moves come as CA continues its search for a CEO. The company's board is considering interim CEO Ken Cron for the permanent CEO position, according to recent public statements by CA Chairman Lewis Ranieri.

Cron took the interim CEO slot at CA on April 26 after the resignation of former CEO and chairman Sanjay Kumar, who became the focus of a still-pending federal investigation of accounting practices at the company during his watch.

Despite Ranieri's recent statements, Cron has said his post won't be permanent. "I am not a candidate for the full CEO position," he said in April. Cron previously was a CA board member and is a former president of CMP Media, as well as the original publisher of CRN.