Peppers and Rogers Group, Leading 1to1 Marketing Consulting Firm, Hires Top Personnel to Meet Growing Client Demand

Business Wire, August 8, 2000

Business Editors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000

Peppers and Rogers Group, the preeminent management consulting firm specializing in Customer Relationship Management and e-business strategies, continues to bring top consultants and executives on board to meet growing client demand. In just one year, Peppers and Rogers Group has grown from a 60-employee marketing firm into a global consulting firm of over 280 employees - and staff increases continue almost daily.

Peppers and Rogers Group's consulting practice specializes in helping companies develop successful customer-focused strategies. In addition to the rapid growth of its consulting group, Peppers and Rogers Group has expanded in a number of key areas such as its Media Group, publishers of a variety of CRM publications. This growth has spurred the recruitment of key publishing, and research personnel, in addition to CRM consulting specialists.

To meet this rapid staff growth, Peppers and Rogers Group will be moving its office from Stamford to Norwalk, Connecticut in the fall of 2000. "This is an exciting time at Peppers and Rogers Group," stated Bob Dorf, President and CEO. "To accommodate the growth of our first rate staff, we're looking forward to moving into our new 83,000 square foot space in Norwalk this fall. The move will give our new people and growing divisions the space they need to practice their one-to-one magic."

Among the latest additions to the growing consulting and media teams are:

Peter Beal, Senior Consultant, formerly of Pitney Bowes

Philip Everest, a Senior Consultant for Peppers and Rogers Group, U.K. office Maz Iqbal, Senior Consultant, formerly with Siebel Armand Gallucci, Consultant, formerly with BRANDDIRECT Marketing Carlos Zepeda, Consultant, formerly with Ernst & Young Charles Cozzani, Consultant, formerly CRM Manager with 3M James Neal, Consultant, formerly with CSC Consulting Jennifer Monahan, Consultant, formerly with JD Edwards Laura Goldberg, Consultant, formerly with Conair Maureen Morris, Consultant, formerly with Stromberg Consulting Megan Heuer, Consultant, formerly consultant with Gartner Group Patrick Winterbottom, Consultant, formerly with GE Global Phil Miceli, Consultant, formerly with GE Capital John Strabley, Consultant, formerly with Columbia Business School Sanjib Kalita, Consultant, recently graduated from Kellogg Graduate School of Management Ellie Schwartz, Consulting Research Director Matt Bechard, Managing Editor, Vertical Markets Reports Robert Boder, Group Publisher

About Peppers and Rogers Group

Based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, Peppers and Rogers Group (www.1to1.com) is an international management consulting firm specializing in customer relationship management and e-business strategies. Founded in 1993 by critically acclaimed authors, Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Ph.D., and Bob Dorf, the firm's president, the company maintains a global client list of Fortune 200 companies. Peppers and Rogers Group provides the leadership, strategic consulting, executive education and primary research tools an enterprise needs to build collaborative relationships with individual customers.

Recognized in 1998 by Inc Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies, Peppers and Rogers Group's corporate profile includes the most current, innovative consulting practices, educational programs, keynote presentations, book and magazine publishing, and most recently a one-to-one executive search firm and venture capital unit. The firm is also gaining industry recognition for a series of advanced research projects, including Consumer Direct: Shopping Behavior in the Age of Interactivity, an ongoing laboratory for identifying opportunities and pitfalls in the consumer direct channel. Among the company's recent clients are AT&T, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, BellSouth, Bertelsmann AG, Hewlett-Packard, Ford Motor Company, Wolters Kluwer, and US WEST.