AUSTIN F. FORD, JR. JOINS VIP
Experienced Business Professional Joins Data Warehouse/BI Consulting Division

Folsom, CA – March 15, 2007 – Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), announced today that Austin Ford has joined the company in the role of Director, Sales Strategy and Execution. Ford brings a significant breadth of experience in business planning, marketing, and sales consulting as well as process improvement consulting. He was most recently Vice President and Business Solutions Practice Leader for a 150-person Business and IT Consulting Firm. Ford is based out of VIP Headquarters in Folsom California, with a focus on clients in California and the Pacific Northwest.

“We are very lucky to have such an experienced sales and marketing professional as part of the VIP Data Integration practice,” said Patty Nelson, Vice President, Data Integration Practice for VIP. “His extensive experience in Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence as well as in Information Technology services in general will be of great assistance to the overall sales efforts. We plan to leverage his experience and entrepreneurial style to make sure we have the sophisticated sales capability to communicate our technical capabilities.”

Over the course of his career, Ford has been a founding member of three companies. He has also specialized in helping startup firms acquire private investment and accelerating revenue acquisition for emerging companies. His domain knowledge covers a broad variety of industries, including semiconductor, software, pharma/biotech, retail/ and consumer packaged goods.

“VIP can leverage its remarkable assets to achieve any goal,” he said. “Its Data Integration Practice is solidly positioned in Industry’s #1 IT need area and it has the management, resources, and energy to execute…we’ll do well.”

Through its data integration practice, VIP deploys high-performance solutions to help clients leverage the enterprise’s data sources to optimize the organization’s decision making processes to achieve strategic business objectives. VIP seeks to combine the traditional principles of data warehousing and Business Intelligence with leading technologies into a unified solution that gives clients a complete view of their business across the enterprise. Solutions deployed by VIP complement and leverage clients’ existing systems, which creates operational efficiencies and generates a wealth of data containing valuable business insight.

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About VIP

Established in 1996, Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP) is a global technology and outsourcing firm that has provided solutions to over 900 clients in multiple industries as well as federal, state and local government. VIP helps companies challenge boundaries and uncover new possibilities to increase productivity, maximize revenue, improve performance, mitigate risk, and reduce costs. With nearly 1,000 staff companywide, VIP offers expertise in areas of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, SAP Integration and Consulting, Technology Integration and Operations, Talent and Learning Management, Quality Management, and Management Consulting. VIP’s corporate headquarters is located in Folsom, California with offices in Sacramento, Minneapolis, Dallas, Denver, New York City, Alexandria, Houston, and Bangalore, India. More information can be found at www.vipconsulting.com.