Gable to Lead iXL Supply Chain Management Services; Former Coopers & Lybrand Partner Joins as Global Managing Partner
ATLANTA, Aug. 30 -- iXL (Nasdaq: IIXL) announced today another key addition to its senior management client service and delivery organization. T. Ron Gable joins iXL as global managing partner of the company`s Supply Chain Management service line. Mr. Gable was most recently managing partner for Commotion Technologies, a professional services firm specializing in the evaluation and implementation of technologies to improve financial results. Prior to that, he served as vice president, global supply chain, for Campbell Soup Company.
"Ron has the consulting and technology expertise we need to fulfill the increasing supply chain demands of our large, blue-chip clients," said iXL President and CEO Christopher M. Formant. "His experience in supply chain eCommerce, namely within the manufacturing, retail and consumer goods, telecommunications and transportation industries, will play an important role in shaping the strategy and delivery of our clients` business solutions."
Mr. Gable was previously managing partner for Coopers & Lybrand`s Manufacturing and Supply Chain Practice. In this role he directed over 100 successful consulting engagements and was instrumental in growing revenue and profits in excess of 30 percent per year for five consecutive years. Before joining Coopers & Lybrand in 1984, Mr. Gable spent six years with global consulting firm A.T. Kearney
Mr. Gable received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He serves as a course instructor at The Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Supply Chain Management Review Magazine.
About iXL
iXL is an industry-focused global consulting and services company. iXL solves fundamental business issues by digitizing and integrating our clients` sales, customer service, training, production and distribution processes to facilitate interactions with all customers, employees and suppliers across all channels. iXL has done this successfully for some of the world`s leading companies, including AIG, BellSouth, British Airways, Budget Rent a Car, Chase, Citigroup, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, DuPont, Eastman Chemical, FedEx, First Union, Fleet, GE and LloydsTSB via its Enterprise, Travel/Transportation, Financial Services, Retail/Consumer Goods and Manufacturing groups. For more information, visit www.ixl.com .
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding iXL, including statements about its operations, prospects and expectations about future financial results. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include the ability to complete the anticipated transactions on acceptable terms, the ability to implement the strategies outlined above, the demand for iXL`s services, iXL`s ability to obtain additional projects with existing or new clients, iXL`s ability to provide services to existing and new clients, the sufficiency of iXL`s sales and marketing teams, future growth, absence of long-term contracts with clients, key management and employee retention, competition, technological advances, and other factors identified in iXL`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the 10-K and subsequent 10-Qs. Copies of those filings are available from the Company and the SEC.
CONTACT:
Shannon Whalen
Corporate Communications of iXL
+1-404-279-3944
swhalen@ixl.com
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