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 NEWSAbaco Names Larry Siegel as Senior Vice President of Professional Services Former BellSouth.net CIO Joins Abaco Team to Lead Worldwide Professional Services ATLANTA, May 8, 2001 - Abaco, the leading provider of mobile business solutions for the real world, today announced that it has named Larry Siegel as senior vice president of Professional Services. He will be responsible for managing Abaco's customer training, support and project implementations worldwide. Siegel's mission will be to maintain Abaco's reputation for unparalleled customer service while extending the company's knowledge base and skills set to support its new products under development. He will draw from his vast experience in IT and customer service management to provide leadership for project deployments as the company moves beyond its traditional markets and targets a greater scope of enterprise segments. "Larry has the perfect combination of e-business and enterprise vision, integration experience and customer service knowledge to lead Abaco's professional services division into the future," said Oliver Cooper, Abaco president and CEO. "He also brings a unique perspective to solving strategic customer challenges, having led major enterprise infrastructure development and implementation projects on both the corporate and vendor sides." Siegel has more than seven years of IT experience at the executive level with both private and public companies. He was instrumental in leading the web-enablement of BellSouth (NYSE: BLS), serving as founder and original architect of BellSouth Online, the company's award winning web development unit. Siegel also served as the first CIO of BellSouth.net during its tenure as the fastest growing Internet service provider in the nation. "As the Internet continues to proliferate throughout enterprise infrastructures, its expansion into the mobile environment provides an incredible value proposition for today's businesses," said Siegel. "Possessing exceptional vision and a proven track record for delivering high-value mobile business solutions to blue chip companies on a worldwide basis, Abaco is uniquely positioned for success in the new economy. I look forward to contributing to its success." Siegel comes to Abaco from US Interactive, an Internet professional services company specializing in Internet-centric customer management solutions for new-world communications companies, where he served as vice president and general manager. Prior to that, he was vice president of Professional Services at SoftPlus, vice president of IT and Customer Care at Interliant and was an original founding executive at Sage Networks. The Orion Group conducted the national search on Abaco's behalf. About Abaco Abaco is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices across the United States and Europe. Leading technology companies such as Microsoft and SAP recognize Abaco as a key partner in their mobile strategies. In 2000, Abaco was awarded a Total Solution Provider Award from AIM and Business Solutions magazine and a Moby Award from Mobile Insights. Abaco investors include Benchmark Capital and Noro-Moseley Partners. For more information, log onto www.abacoinc.com. # # # © 2001 Abaco PR, Inc. Other product and service names referenced herein are presumed to be trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, press only: |
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