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SPL WorldGroup, Inc.
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MORRISTOWN, NJ., August 29, 2001 - SPL WorldGroup, B.V. (SPL) has appointed Ms. Joanne B. Kelley as the Managing Director of the company’s newly formed TransFormance Group. The new consulting division helps companies develop people, processes and technology to enable and foster innovation and transformation in response to rapidly evolving industry business models through a process called TransFormancesm. Ms. Kelley, who has an impressive track record of developing business in the strategy and information technology areas of energy companies and utilities, will head the new division.

“We welcome Joanne to TransFormance Group and SPL where we know she will be extremely effective in bringing considerable extra value to our customers.” said CD Hobbs, “In today’s business climate, where change and unpredictability reign supreme, the company that can develop a culture, organization and technical infrastructure to promote innovation, as well as business efficiency, will be successful. TransFormance Group, under Joanne’s expert direction, will help our clients realize that vision.”

Ms. Kelley was most recently VP of Consulting, Executive Services, at META Group where she established and developed that company’s industry leading consulting practice in the energy sector. Previously, she has held senior management posts in both consulting and marketing including tenure at Renaissance Worldwide, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company and Digital Equipment Corporation.

“I am delighted to be at SPL WorldGroup, leading TransFormance Group to assist CEOs in focusing their companies on innovation. Today’s service industry leaders are being challenged to create an innovation engine capable of rapidly migrating from one industry model to another. We will help clients in this mission by assessing, supporting and measuring their organization’s capacity to innovate. We will also help clients make the necessary changes to build, sustain and measure their organization’s innovation engine and excel in the new innovation environment.” said Ms. Kelley.

About SPL WorldGroup
Established in 1994, SPL WorldGroup is a leading provider of best-of-breed customer management solutions to the energy and service related industries in regulated and competitive markets worldwide. With a 100% record of successful implementations, SPL continues to demonstrate its place as the market leader in providing flexible and scalable customer management solutions that evolve with client requirements and enable unrivaled business responsiveness. SPL employs over 600 professionals in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and has delivered its customer management products to more than 50 energy, water and waste management customers worldwide.

About TransFormance Group
A division of SPL WorldGroup, B.V., TransFormance Group was established in 2001. TransFormance Group helps companies develop people, processes and technology to enable and foster innovation and transformation in response to rapidly evolving business models through a process called TransFormancesm.

Visit SPL WorldGroup at www.splwg.com or call (973) 539-6268 (New Jersey), (415) 541-9462 (San Francisco), or within the US and Canada, (800) 275-4775

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