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TeleServices International Group Appoints Board Member John Hwang to
Chief Information Officer and Head of Online Services Division
February 16, 1999 11:14 AM
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1999-- TeleServices
International Group Inc. TSIG , today announced the appointment of John Hwang
as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of its newly formed Online
Services Division. With the appointment of Mr. Hwang, TeleServices gains the
expertise of one of the nation's leading consultants on e-commerce and Internet
strategy. TeleServices announced in January that Mr. Hwang had joined its Board
of Directors.
Mr. Hwang was most recently Managing Partner at Cohesive Technology
Solutions, a national information technology consulting firm. As head of
Cohesive's Application Practice Division, Mr. Hwang was responsible for
e-commerce and Internet strategy consulting for such clients as Netscape NSCP
, Microsoft MSFT and N2K NTKI .
Prior to joining Cohesive, Mr. Hwang founded I.Consulting Corp., a web
development company. As Senior Partner, Hwang built I.Consulting into a
multi-million dollar professional services organization that designed, developed and
deployed sophisticated three-tiered web and e-commerce systems for clients.
Prior to I.Consulting, Mr. Hwang held positions at Oracle, Microsoft,
Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Hwang is widely regarded as one of the nation's leading
experts on the Intranet and Extranet. He has advised a variety of different clients,
from Fortune 100 to start-up and non-profit. Hwang holds a bachelor's degree in
computer science from Stanford University.
"I am very excited about joining TeleServices and heading up its Online Services
Division," said Mr. Hwang. "I believe that TeleServices has a great e-commerce
opportunity with its My MusicCard Company and the other products and services
that TeleServices is planning to market and sell over the Internet. Our Division will
also be providing e-commerce consulting and web design services for
TeleServices' clients."
Added James Guild, President of TeleServices, "We are thrilled to have John
Hwang join Teleservices as head of our Online Services Division. With his broad
range of experience, Mr. Hwang is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts
in e-commerce consulting and web design. He will be of invaluable assistance in
helping us and our customers to use the Internet more effectively to increase
sales, reduce costs, and improve customer service."
TeleServices International Group, Inc. is a provider of fully integrated global
teleservices to companies focused on selling products and services through
toll-free numbers and the Internet. Visit TeleServices web site at
stockprofiles.com, or e-mail info@tsig.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities
Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially, as the result of such factors
as competition in the markets for outsourced teleservices and for retail compact
discs, the availability of financing at favorable terms, and other factors detailed in
the Company's public filings with the SEC. |
