Murray D. Martin

Martin's career at Pitney Bowes began when he joined Dictaphone Canada Ltd. in 1987. Three years later, Martin was appointed president of Pitney Bowes Copier Systems. While at the company's international business operations from 1998 to 2001, Pitney Bowes’ international revenue doubled which came to represent 25 percent of the total company's revenue. In 2004, CEO Michael J. Critelli and Pitney Bowes's board of directors appointed Martin to president and chief operating officer (COO).[2][5]

During his tenure as president and COO, Pitney Bowes’ international revenue quadrupled.[1] Martin led the work that developed early partnerships with Internet companies such as eBay.[6] In a 2005 Nikkei News interview, Martin said, “Internet business has created a new growth area for postal services as well.”[7]

In 2007, Martin was appointed Pitney Bowes CEO.[2] He led the company's restructuring which included eliminating 1,500 jobs, representing 4 percent of its global workforce.[8] That same year, Pitney Bowes acquired Digital Cement Inc. and Asterion SAS.[9][10] He was architect in total of 70 acquisitions expanding Pitney Bowes’ reach throughout all segments of the mailstream, including mail services and work sharing with the acquisition of PSI, software with the acquisition of Group 1 and MapInfo, and marketing services with the acquisition of Imagitas and AAS/PMH.[11][12] In the first quarter of 2008, Pitney Bowes reported 11% growth.[13] Two years after being appointed CEO, Martin was appointed chairman of the board.[14] Martin's strategies for Pitney Bowes' included expanding into adjacent lines of business either through innovation or acquisition. Creating processes for new products and service offerings that use Pitney Bowes technologies were also part of his approach to strategy. Martin is leading the company's transition through Pitney's Strategic Transformation to keep Pitney Bowes sustainable for another 90 years.[3][12][15][16] Martin's announcement of the specific strategies included web-based and web-enabled services for small and medium businesses. Third party secure transactions, customer communications management, records and information management for industries such as financial services, insurance, telecommunications, and government were other areas of focus.[17] Martin retired on December 3, 2012. He was replaced by Marc B Lautenbach.

From 2007 to December 4, 2012, the date of his announced "Retirement", Pitney Bowes has lost shareholder value[18] (79%)[19] as the stock has slipped from $47.09 a share[20] to its closing price of $11.03 a share on December 4, 2012.[21] History of Pitney Bowes since 1920 [22]

Martin was a director on the board of directors at the Business Council of Fairfield County, The Brink's Company, National Urban League, and Catalyst.[23][24][25] Martin was the charman of the board of visitors and a trustee at Sacred Heart University.[26]

Martin is named on two patents. Closed loop postage metering system and method for mail address block image information encoding, protection and recovery in postal payment applications.[27][28]