Respected AMR Analyst Alexi Sarnevitz Joins SAS to Lead Retail Strategy; Sarnevitz Joins Software Giant to Accelerate Retail Business Expansion

Business Wire, Jan 25, 2006

CARY, N.C. -- SAS, the leader in business intelligence, announced today that Alexi Sarnevitz has joined its staff as senior director of global retail strategy. His responsibilities will include defining and shaping advanced retail industry solution and go-to-market strategies at SAS.

Sarnevitz has more than 20 years of senior-level experience leading key functional areas and directing major cross-functional initiatives for prominent international retailers. He joined SAS directly from AMR Research where, as a respected analyst, he built strong relationships with SAS, its competitors and a variety of major retailers. Prior to AMR, Sarnevitz was an Accenture associate partner where he led the development and roll out of new processes and technologies in the merchandising, marketing, pricing, supply chain and store operations areas. Sarnevitz held senior management positions for major retailers such as Payless ShoeSource, Dixon's Group PLC, and Edison Brothers Stores. He earned a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

"Alexi's successful track record and pedigree as an executive in the retail and retail technology industry are ideal for helping us grow our world-class retail practice," said Lori Schafer, vice president, global retail practice at SAS. "We are very excited to have Alexi join our team and look forward to his help in setting our future direction. Despite having a number of opportunities in today's highly competitive retail technology marketplace, Alexi chose to join SAS because of our strong retail intelligence capabilities in combination with our culture, the caliber of our people and the strong relationships that he's already built with our team."

SAS customers include hundreds of leading retailers worldwide such as Brooks Brothers, Bakers Footwear, Burger King, Carrefour, Casino Group, Casual Male, The Children's Place, Circuit City, Fakta, Federated Department Stores, Karstadt, Kohl's, Li & Fung Retailing Group, The Limited, Lowe's Companies, Luxottica Retail, Marks & Spencer, Newport News, Office Depot, Sainsbury's, Sport Chalet, Staples, Tesco, Too Inc., Waitrose Limited, Wal-Mart, Williams-Sonoma and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM.

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