OAUG Elects New Board of Directors.

New members demonstrate diversity of Oracle applications users

ATLANTA -- The Oracle([R]) Applications Users Group (OAUG), the world's largest user knowledgebase for Oracle([R]) applications users, today announced that the organization's membership has added four new members to its 2007 board of directors during the OAUG's elections in November. The new board members include:

Basheer Khan, president of Irvine, Calif.-based Innowave Technology. Khan was named Oracle Magazine's Integration Architect of the Year (2006) and OAUG Member of the Year (2003). He is a frequent lecturer about Oracle Applications capabilities at the COLLABORATE and Oracle OpenWorld conferences. His current OAUG involvement includes chair of the Geo/SIG Committee, co-chair of the COLLABORATE 07 Committee and member of the Membership and Fusion Council steering committees. Khan also chairs the Web Services SIG and is a founding board member and vice chair of the Southwest Regional Oracle Applications Users Group. The Innowave Technology president, who specializes in enterprise integration and service-oriented architecture, has 20 years of experience in the technology industry, including 15 years with Oracle products.

Ray Payne is manager of Oracle technical infrastructure projects for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Mount Laurel, Md. He has more than 30 years of experience in the information technology field. His experience covers an extensive range of technical applications development and deployment. He has accumulated more than 20 years of knowledge with Oracle databases and 15 years of experience with Oracle Applications. Payne, who also served on the OAUG Board of Directors from 1998 through 2002, has been an OAUG member since 1992 and has supplied many presentations and technical papers at OAUG conferences.

Betsy Rothwell is director of business application solutions support, IFIS Division, Ministry of Government Services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is presently responsible for the daily production support for the largest Oracle Financials implementation in Canada. In this capacity, she manages Tier 2 and Tier 3 application and functional support teams, as well as business process and functional design, testing and implementation of all changes to the application. Rothwell also coordinates Canada's Intergovernmental Forum of public sector Oracle Financials. Previously, she was active in developing the Ontario Shared Services Bureau and has served as corporate controller for four integrated ministries. Prior to joining the Ontario government, she spent 10 years with Coopers & Lybrand in accounting and IT consulting.

Margaret Wright is the technology manager for a GLSCAPE (General Ledger Supply Chain Accounts Payable Enterprise), at Atlanta's Southern Company. Wright has more than 20 years of experience in the information technology field, with a record of accomplishment in forging strategy and developing clear visions, managing software development projects and teams, and managing strategic alliances with software vendors. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Dayton (Ohio). In addition to the OAUG, she is a member of the Technology Association of Georgia and Women in Business and Technology.

"The new board once again allows the OAUG to demonstrate the diversity of Oracle Applications users," said Patricia Dues, president of OAUG. "With these new directors, the OAUG can benefit from the energy, enthusiasm and capability they bring as leaders of the organization."

A complete listing of the 2007 OAUG board of directors can be found on the OAUG Web site at www.oaug.org.

About Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG([R]))

The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) is the world's largest knowledgebase for Oracle([R]) Applications users. Representing more than 2,000 member companies worldwide and more than 25 percent of the Fortune 100, OAUG provides users of Oracle Applications with education, networking, training and support via a wide range of activities including conferences, publications, special interest groups and online communities. The OAUG serves as an advocate to Oracle Corp. on behalf of all Oracle Applications users.

For more information about OAUG, visit the Web site at www.oaug.org.