06/04/2007

Kurt Salmon Associates Hires Veteran Supply Chain Business Development Executive to Lead Software Sales Efforts

Atlanta, October 23, 2007 - Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA), global management consulting firm, announced today that Stephen T. Hopper, P.E., has been appointed Senior Manager and GoalPost™ Business Development Leader. In this new role at KSA, Hopper will direct all sales, marketing, and business development activities for GoalPost™ in the fast-growing workforce performance management and labor management system (LMS) solutions marketplace.

Hopper is a supply chain professional with more than two decades of achievement in sales and management consulting within the warehousing, distribution, and logistics solutions sector. Previously, he held key positions with several of the industry's leading companies, including RedPrairie, Retek (now part of Oracle), and the logistics consulting unit of Deloitte. Hopper's supply chain knowledge and experience enable him to understand the business challenges faced by clients, and help them improve their top and bottom lines. He has a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.).

"Steve's deep industry experience and performance management expertise, along with his sales, marketing, and business development skills, bring a new level of capability to the GoalPost™ team and to our customers," says John Seidl, the KSA Principal responsible for GoalPost™ and its related performance management consulting services.

GoalPost™ is the industry-leading workforce performance management and incentive calculation software package. Now in its fifth generation, GoalPost™ combines engineered standards, labor tracking, and incentive pay calculations with executive dashboards, effective coaching tools, state-of-the-art analytics, and user-specific custom reports to give management the information they need to improve workforce performance.

"It's often said that you can't manage what you don't measure, and the performance measurement and management capabilities of GoalPost™ are best-in-class," says Hopper. "GoalPost™ is the LMS with a capital 'M'. In labor-intensive supply chain operations such as distribution, manufacturing, assembly operations, and call centers, GoalPost™ puts powerful information and control into the hands of supply chain executives, managers, and supervisors so they can help their associates achieve peak performance." For more information about GoalPost™ visit www.GetGoalPost.com.

About KSA
Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) is the premier global management consulting firm focused exclusively on the retail and consumer products industries. We work closely with our clients to create accelerated value through our tailored solutions for business growth, margin management, inventory efficiency, productivity improvement, and technology effectiveness.

Contact:

Stephen T. Hopper, P.E.
GoalPost™ Business Development Leader
(770) 645-5698
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