Fritz Howard Joins TheSupply as Vice President of Engineering.Business Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 TheSupply, the leading e-commerce solution provider for the electronics materials industry, including semiconductor fabs, foundries, test and assembly facilities, and printed circuit board (PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. ) manufacturers, today announced that Fritz Howard has joined TheSupply management team as the Vice President of Engineering. Fritz has over twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of experience in the IT and computer industries and will be responsible for managing the development and implementation of TheSupply e-commerce solution. "We consider ourselves very fortunate to have someone with Fritz's experience and skill set join our team," said Geoff Wild, 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 TheSupply. "We had worked with Fritz on a consulting basis during his tenure at Vanteon, and were very impressed with his insight and ability. We are confident that Fritz will continue to drive the quality, application, and functionality of our e-business solution." Prior to TheSupply, Mr. Howard worked at Computer Sciences Corporation, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , and Flightline Flightline can refer to:
B2B - business to business and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. enterprises. "TheSupply is committed to providing a reliable, secure, and compelling e-commerce solution," stated Fritz. "It's very rewarding to be part of an organization that has the ability to revolutionize and truly transform the way buyers and suppliers conduct business in the electronics materials industry." About TheSupply TheSupply was founded with a single mission in mind: to design, develop, and deploy the world's first and leading e-commerce solution for the electronics materials industry. TheSupply's end-to-end solution enables buyers and their suppliers to transact and collaborate with an unlimited number of partners in real-time, and from any location, through a single connection on the Internet. By integrating their existing systems, business processes, and exclusive terms and agreements, TheSupply creates a Virtual Private Exchange (VPE VPE Verpackungseinheit (German) VPE Vapor Phase Epitaxy VPE Visual Programming Environment VPE Video Port Extensions VPE Victoria Petroleum NL (Australia; stock symbol) ) that provides companies the privacy, security, and performance of a private exchange while avoiding the prohibitive costs of building and operating their own network. Through TheSupply VPE, organizations can immediately recognize a greater return on investment (ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ) from their in-house applications by easily transitioning their business relationships online and extending the functionality and efficiency of their internal systems to their network of trading partners. TheSupply closed $11 million in second round financing in March 2001, including investments from Crosspoint Venture Partners and Air Products and Chemicals. For more information about TheSupply products and services visit www.thesupply.com, email sales@thesupply.com, or in the United States call 408/519-6800. Note to Editors: TheSupply, the TheSupply logo, and Virtual Private Exchange are pending registered trademarks of TheSupply, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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