Computer Associates Global Professional Services Taps Senior Executive for Top Education Services Post

Business Wire, Dec 16, 1998

ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1998--

Terri Seppala To Head Fast-Growing Unit

Computer Associates Global Professional Services (GPS) today named top executive Terri Seppala as senior vice president and general manager for education services.

Seppala is responsible for sales, marketing, operations and development for all CA's education products and services worldwide. She reports to GPS Executive Vice President Chris Wagner.

Seppala comes to CA from Oracle Corporation, where she was vice president for Oracle Education, Americas Division. During her tenure, Oracle Education became one of the largest IT training organizations in the world, consistently posting strong revenue growth and maintaining a very high market share in a highly competitive environment.

"Terri Seppala has a proven track record in building world-class training organizations and marketing their services effectively to corporate IT," said Wagner. "As CA continues to broaden the scope of the services we're offering, our ability to support customers' IT efforts with results-oriented training resources will be a major selling point for GPS."

Prior to Oracle, Seppala held senior positions in consumer products and life sciences sectors at 3M Company and in professional services and courseware operations at Control Data Corporation.

"As IT organizations find themselves facing an increasingly problematic skills shortage, training has become an extremely critical tool for maintaining competitiveness," said Seppala. "CA is committed to supporting its customers with these essential training services, and I look forward to playing a lead role in fulfilling that commitment as part of the overall growth strategy for GPS."

Seppala has held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota and chaired the Board of Directors of Group Health, Inc., one of the largest non-profit HMOs in the United States. She holds a Masters Degree in curriculum design and instruction from the University of Minnesota.

GPS offers a broad spectrum of IT services in dozens of disciplines including infrastructure management, application development and integration, Y2K compliance services, asset management, deskside support, and end user productivity. Services range from consulting to implementation, to comprehensive outsourcing and facilities management. GPS is headquartered in Islandia, N.Y. and has offices in North and South America, Europe and the Far East.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include enterprise computing and information management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has more than 11,000 people in 160 offices in 43 countries and had revenue of $4.7 billion in fiscal year 1998. CA can be reached by visiting www.cai.com, e-mailing info@cai.com or calling 1-516-342-5224.

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