Avicon Names Former Compaq Executive as Vice President of Strategic Alliances; Hires Accomplished Sales and Marketing Executive George Knipfing

Business Wire, Sept 12, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000

Avicon, a leading Internet business-to-business consulting firm, today announced the appointment of George Knipfing as vice president of strategic alliances.

Knipfing brings more than 20 years of global business experience to Avicon. He has led sales organizations, managed company turn-arounds, and opened sales and service offices for firms around the world. Prior to joining Avicon, Knipfing was responsible for global supply chain consulting at Compaq where he managed relationships with i2, Adexa, and other supply chain providers. Before that he served as director of supply chain solutions at Benchmarking Partners. Prior to that he served as director of international business at Oberon Software, vice president of ICL, and president of STG Software, a leading global APS vendor.

Knipfing holds an MBA from Wayne State University and served as Captain in the United States Marine Corps.

"Selecting the most appropriate software and integration tools is critical when building a successful eMarketplace," said Knipfing. "Strong alliances with key vendors can help Avicon build solutions that best address our clients' business issues."

"We welcome George and his many years of experience managing global sales and alliances to our sales and marketing team," said Ann Grackin, co-founder and executive vice president of Avicon. "He will strengthen our relationships with our current partners and build strong alliances with the growing number of key industry partners who are pursuing relationships with Avicon."

About Avicon

Avicon is an Internet solutions consulting firm focused on the supply chain. Avicon offers strategic and technology implementation services to integrate business partners and eMarketplaces. The Avicon approach fuses leading-edge business strategies and supply chain processes with innovative Internet-based solutions. Avicon enables clients to transform their business through a high-velocity, value-driven methodology. Avicon client companies are industry leaders that seek to optimize the performance of their trading partner communities.

Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Avicon is on the web at http://www.avicon.com.