Outsourcing World Achievement Award Winners Honored for Pioneering Role.

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2000

Dr. Peter Boxall of Australia's Department of Finance and Administration; Mary Lacity of the School of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Wendell Jones, CEO of GrayHare Partners in Gaithersburg, Maryland; and Dennis McGuire of Technology Partners International in Houston, Texas, have been named winners of the 2000 Outsourcing World Achievement Awards.

Co-sponsored by the Business Process Outsourcing group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services organization, and Michael F. Corbett & Associates, a global authority on outsourcing, the prestigious awards recognize individuals in business, government and academia for their contributions to the outsourcing industry worldwide.

A panel of six distinguished judges reviewed nominations from around the world and selected a winner representing each of four categories: academics, corporate providers of outsourcing services, corporate users of outsourcing services and government executives. The judges were: Michael Federle, publisher of Fortune magazine; Wade Hudson, economic policy analyst, Reason Public Policy Institute; Edmond Jowdy, outsourcing consultant; James Brian Quinn, Buchanan professor of management, emeritus, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration; Barry Wiegler, managing director, Sourcing Interest Group; and Allie Young, chief analyst, GartnerGroup's Dataquest.

John Barnsley, global leader of the Business Process Outsourcing group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said, "This is an exceptional group of winners who have really made a difference in the outsourcing industry. Their vision and passion have helped elevate and transform the concept of outsourcing into a powerful management tool. We congratulate them and look forward to their ongoing progress in this field."

Michael F. Corbett, president of Michael F. Corbett & Associates, said, "This year's winners are at the forefront of a very dynamic marketplace where outsourcing is helping companies and government organizations around the world make a successful transition into the New Economy. The professionals whom we honor this year are among the champions of our industry and should be applauded not only for their contributions to the field of outsourcing, but also for the impact of their efforts on the way businesses and governments organize themselves for success."

Notable accomplishments of the winners include:

-- Academic Winner: Mary Lacity is one of the foremost research specialists on information technology (IT) management practices of private and government organizations, with a focus on outsourcing. She has conducted original case studies of more than 75 organizations and surveyed chief information officers in the United States, United Kingdom and Scandinavia. Ms. Lacity is the author of three books on IT outsourcing and has been published in such prestigious publications as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review and MIS Quarterly. She also serves as a consultant to Fortune 500 firms nationwide.

-- Corporate Provider Winner: Dennis McGuire founded Technology Partners International (TPI) after fifteen years in the information technology industry. Under his leadership, TPI has grown into a firm with a presence on three continents and has advised on outsourcing contracts worth over $50 billion. He is in demand as a speaker at major outsourcing conferences and has contributed to and been quoted in key business publications such as Forbes, ComputerWorld, Business Week and Information Week.

-- Corporate User Winner: Wendell Jones, CEO of GrayHare Partners, has been a leading practitioner of outsourcing since the early 1990's. He introduced large-scale outsourcing at McDonnell Douglas and later pioneered offshore outsourcing at the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)/Nasdaq Stock Market. He co-authored the book, Outsourcing Information Technology Systems and Services, has written a number of articles on best practices in outsourcing relationship management, is in frequent demand as a speaker at outsourcing and IT conferences, and is regularly quoted in publications such as The Economist, Fortune, Business Week, Information Week, CIO and Software magazine.

-- Government Executive Winner: Dr. Peter Boxall, chief executive officer, Australian Government Department of Finance and Administration (DOFA), is a leader in instituting public sector management reforms. Under his stewardship, DOFA became the first federal government department to outsource its corporate support activities as part of an overall strategy to improve operating efficiency.

The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) group at PricewaterhouseCoopers provides services to multinational corporations and other large organizations around the world - leveraging and integrating the core process expertise of outsourcing professionals in finance/accounting, applications processes, procurement, human resources and real estate processes. In recognition of the firm's successful client relationships, the Outsourcing Journal awarded the BPO group three prestigious honors - the Most Visionary Relationship Award in 1998, followed by the Best BPO Relationship Award in 1999 and again in 2000 for its work with BP (formerly BP Amoco) in South America and Europe.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world's largest professional services organization. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, we help our clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world.

PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organization.

Michael F. Corbett & Associates, Ltd. (www.CorbettAssociates.com) is globally recognized as a leading authority on outsourcing and e-sourcing and is dedicated to advancing outsourcing as a powerful management discipline. The firm educates thousands of executives annually on these topics through The Outsourcing World Summit Conference Series, Firmbuilder.com (www.Firmbuilder.com), executive symposiums, research and training programs, and direct advice and counsel to executives at many of the world's leading organizations.

The company's president, Michael F. Corbett, also chairs and is executive director of the Outsourcing Research Council, the leading executive forum for knowledge sharing and innovating thinking on outsourcing. The council conducts proprietary research for members into critical management issues around outsourcing and supports outside research and publication at leading business schools.

Note to Editors: Photos of the 2000 Outsourcing World Achievement Award winners are available as a downloadable file at www.CorbettAssociates.com.