Working capital / triangle.

• Position: Triangle

Employed: 942,348

YID change: 10,945

Index: 115.8

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Source: Division of gmpioymeftt Security, March, figures are not seasonally adjusted The index is the number of jobs as a percentage of the average in 2000

Morrisville-based Quintiles Inc. named Tom Pike CEO after Dennis Gillings, founder of the giant clinical-research organization, stepped down. Hiring a management expert highlights the company's new emphasis on pharmaceutical consulting.

Tom Pike

Age: 52

Education: B.S. in accounting from University of Delaware

Experience Worked 22 years for Bahamas-based Accerv ture Ltd., previously known as Andersen Consulting, where he was global chief operating officer for its resources operating group and chief strategy officer.

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