Leading Sourcing Excellence Organization Expands Expertise with Top-Notch Executives 
 
June 23, 2009 — Sourcing Interests Group (SIG) announced today the addition of seven recognized industry thought leaders to the SIG Advisory Board. Board members help drive innovation at SIG, a membership-driven organization focused on leveraging strategic sourcing/procurement and outsourcing initiatives to improve bottom-line performance, quality, and customer service.

“As a long-standing SIG member, I am pleased to join the Advisory Board and help drive initiatives that add value through sourcing best practices sharing and learning,” said Tom Vetterani, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, CompuCom.

Dawn Evans, SIG’s president and CEO commented, “It’s a thrill to have such an experienced, diverse Board that’s driven to not only help innovate member services, but also be sourcing industry thought leaders constantly ‘pushing the envelope’.”

SIG’s New Advisory Board Members

•    Linda Behan has extensive sourcing leadership and change management experience and is Vice President of Fidelity Supply Management, Global Strategic Sourcing at Fidelity Investments where she has overall responsibility for all of Fidelity’s external spend valued at approximately $4 billion annually.

•    Debra Bronzo is vice president of Corporate Procurement at New York Life and responsible for all non-technology procurement and outsourcing. Debbie's career in strategic sourcing, contracting and procurement spans more than 20 years.

•    John Chelius, sourcing relationship and strategy director at AstraZeneca, has held a variety of positions over the past 25 years as both a vendor and customer of IT Services.

•    Danny Ertel is a founding partner of Vantage Partners and a leading authority on negotiation and relationship management. Danny has written four books, two of them winners of the CPR Legal Program book award.

•    Len Prokopets is a principal with Archstone Consulting and co-lead of Archstone’s Sourcing and Procurement Practice. Len has over fourteen years of experience helping Global-1000 clients achieve results in their Supply Chain initiatives.

•    Ben Trowbridge is a proven leader in all areas of IT Outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing with over 20 years of diversified global experience as the founder and CEO of Alsbridge.

•    Tom Vetterani, vice president of Corporate Strategy & Services at CompuCom, oversees CompuCom Systems’ solutions development and market quality initiatives. A well-respected technology expert in the IT, outsourcing, quality, and consulting sectors, Tom has authored several articles on technology adoption.

Additional SIG Advisory Board Members

•    Carol Britton, Senior Vice President, Director of Procurement, Regions Financial Corporation

•    Linda Cantwell, Vice President, Global Procurement, IBM Global Services

•    Deborah Conroy, Sr. Director of Global Sourcing Services, NetApp

•    Ned Cooper, Chief Financial Officer, Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.

•    Ross Docksey, Chairman Emeritus of Corporate and Securities Group, Sonnenschein and Lex Mundi

•    Carrie Ericson, Vice President, A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions

•    Michele Flynn, President, Expense Management Solutions

•    Adrian Hee, Head of Business Integration and Governance Group, Wachovia

•    Bill Huber, Director of CPO Services, TPI

•    Jonathan James, Vice President of Marketing, Unisys

•    Dr. Wendell Jones, former Chair of Computer Sciences Faculty, United States Military Academy at West Point

•    Tim Minahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba, Inc.

•    Kathleen A. Murray, former Managing Director of Operations, PricewaterhouseCoopers

•    Vincent A. Sanchez, Chair, Technology and Sourcing Practice Group, DLA Piper

•    Edwina Stoate, Vice President, Global Expense Management & Sourcing, Manulife Financial.

About Sourcing Interests Group
Sourcing Interests Group (SIG) is a membership-driven organization comprised of sourcing and outsourcing professionals. Members are focused on improving bottom-line performance, quality and customer service through strategic sourcing/procurement and outsourcing initiatives. SIG is acknowledged by many as a world leader in providing an ongoing forum and services to assist companies in strategy development, the improvement of goods and services sourcing, and the implementation and management of corporate services through outsourcing, offshoring, insourcing and strategic sourcing. SIG services like the Semi-Annual SIG Sourcing Leadership Summit, the SIG Peer2Peer Network Program, and the online Resource Center help sourcing professionals share best practices and drive sourcing and supply chain innovation.