Ashley Eames Abbott Joins ForwardVue as Vice President, Financial Engineering; Former Managing Director of Duke Energy International Joins Supply Chain Risk Management Firm.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2001 ForwardVue Technologies Inc., the leading provider of supply chain risk management software and services, today announced that Ashley Abbott Ashley Suzanne Abbott (formerly Lassiter, Newman, Bladeson, Howard, and Carlton) is a fictional character originally from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless. has joined the company as Vice President, Financial Engineering. Ashley joins ForwardVue with 10 years of accomplishment in industry and academics. Prior to joining ForwardVue, Ms. Abbott was Managing Director, Global Trading and Marketing, and previously Managing Director, Risk Management for Duke Energy International. While at Duke, she oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the development of global risk management, analysis and control processes for commodities and currencies, and led the selection and implementation of the multinational transaction and risk system. Before joining Duke, Ashley was Director, Product Development for Sterling Consulting Group, in the Utility and Risk Management Practice focusing on project finance, deal valuation and joint venture evaluation and structuring. Prior to Sterling Consulting Group, Ashley worked for Enron Capital and Trade and Enron Capital Management applying and designing approaches to asset and derivative valuation and strategies. "ForwardVue has assembled an extraordinary team, and is developing products and services with a unique and critical value proposition for commodity based vertical industries. The lessons we have learned in financial and energy markets can and should be applied to the supply chain management activities of most large corporations. I believe the commercial and technical concepts in Supply Chain Risk Management will change the dynamics and tactics of our customers and partners to great competitive advantage," said Ms. Abbott. "We are pleased to have Ashley lead our financial engineering efforts. She brings an extraordinary background of financial expertise to our company and will play an instrumental part in our growth," said Marc Surplus, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ForwardVue Technologies. Ms. Abbott holds a B.S Economics from the University of South Carolina
• • , and has pursued graduate research in economics, geophysics and high energy physics, publishing across several quantitative fields. Her research background includes game theory, applied econometrics econometrics, technique of economic analysis that expresses economic theory in terms of mathematical relationships and then tests it empirically through statistical research. , quantitative geological risk assessment, climate dynamics Climate Dynamics is an international academic journal for the publication of research on the dynamics of the global climate system. First published in 1986, it has long provided a forum for the discussion of global warming, climate modeling, and the behavior of the biomass. and experimental particle physics particle physics or high-energy physics Study of the fundamental subatomic particles, including both matter (and antimatter) and the carrier particles of the fundamental interactions as described by quantum field theory. in affiliation with USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Fermi National Laboratories and Rice University. About ForwardVue Technologies ForwardVue provides Enterprise Supply Chain Risk Management solutions for Fortune 2000 companies. The company's software solutions enable corporations to fully understand, manage and optimize their supply chain risk. ForwardVue is based in Austin, Texas and to date has received funding from Austin Ventures and AV Labs. Additional information regarding ForwardVue can be found at www.forwardvue.com. |
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