Darren Williams Joins Island Pacific to Drive Growth
Irvine, California, USA – November 19, 2004 – Island Pacific (AMEX:IPI) announced today that Darren Williams has joined Island Pacific as Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Williams is a proven mid-market Business Software Solutions leader with international business experience and is also a former retailer.
“We are very happy that Darren has joined the leadership team of Island Pacific,” said Mike Tomczak, President and COO of Island Pacific. “I have worked with Darren in the past and believe his background in international business development, sales and corporate development will be an invaluable contribution to us. Initially, Darren will be focused on strengthening and deriving value from our business partnerships.”
Williams said, “Island Pacific features an impressive suite of best of class merchandising, store operations and multi-channel solutions which will soon be introduced with the added value proposition of being delivered as an end-to-end integrated system. Combine this with global delivery capabilities through our international network of business partners and a satisfied client roster boasting many of the world’s most prestigious retailers, and I believe most would agree that we are well positioned for growth.”
“My role will be to help drive this growth by leveraging our existing partner relationships and forging new relationships and alliances to expand our channel reach, extend our product offerings, develop new markets and in general, to assess and sponsor strategic growth opportunities.”
“I feel strongly that this is a company on the move and I’m exciting to be joining Mike Tomczak and this management team in this turnaround,” Williams added.
About Island Pacific
Island Pacific is a global leader in retail merchandising, store operations, CRM, and multi-channel software solutions. For more than 25 years, Island Pacific has developed a reputation for delivering high-quality, high-value, high-reliability software to the retail industry.
As a result, Island Pacific is the definitive resource for scalable, flexible and affordable solutions for retailers around the world. Incorporating the recently acquired Retail Technologies International (RTI) and Page Digital, Island Pacific serves over 9,000 retail clients in more than 70 countries.
Represented in more than 55,000 stores worldwide and available in 15 languages, the company’s technology manages billions of transactions annually under the brand names of IPMS™, IP™ synaro®, OnePointe™ and Retail Pro®, and is the thought leader in multi-channel retailing.
The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, and has offices in the United States and the United Kingdom, and is represented by business partners in over 30 countries. For more information, please visit www.islandpacific.com and www.retailpro.com.
Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or the Company`s future performance. These statements are only predictions. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Company`s Form 10-KA for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 and other risk factors identified from time to time in the Company`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. IPI undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Media Relations Contact:
Danny Zeibert
Island Pacific, Inc.
+1.916.605.7200
Investor Relations Contact:
Tricia Skoda
Island Pacific, Inc.
+1.949.399.3816
Email: ir@islandpacific.com
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