IAOP Names Evaluation Panel to Select World’s Leading Outsourcing Service Providers and Advisors for Global Outsourcing 100 Lists
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Jan. 7, 2010 – The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) today named a 10-member evaluation panel of recognized industry leaders to rank the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors for two annual listings.
The independent judges will use a rigorous and objective process to rank applications of the top providers for the fifth annual Global Outsourcing 100® and advisors for the second World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors listing.
The panelists have extensive experience in selecting companies based on requests for proposals (RFPs). Many also hold the prestigious Certified Outsourcing Professional® (COP) certification, validating their outsourcing expertise.
The 2010 Global Outsourcing 100® Judging Panel is chaired by IAOP Chairman Michael Corbett and includes:
Ø Jagdish Dalal, COP, president, JDalal Associates, LLC; managing director of thought leadership, IAOP
Ø Divyesh Dalal, managing director, India, Hamilton Sundstrand, United Technologies International Operations, Inc.
Ø Teresa Harris, COP, global partner account manager, Eastman Kodak Company
Ø William Hefley, Ph.D., CDP, COP, clinical associate professor, Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh; and Director, ITSqc, LLC
Ø Kurt Kohorst, COP, vice president, agency markets, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Ø William P. Metz, COP, global business services, Proctor & Gamble
Ø Manish K. Sahai, COP, vice president, customer service international, customer network partners, American Express
Ø Kristin H. Weitz Rammer, vice president-center of excellence, MAXIMUS
Ø Vera Marques, IT regional director, Hoffman-La Roche – Latin America
Established in 2006, The Global Outsourcing 100 includes Leaders and Rising Stars, as well as dozens of sublists based on geographies, services and industries. IAOP added the World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors, a listing of consultant, legal and related advisory firms globally, in 2009.
The companies named in The Global Outsourcing 100 will be first announced at the association’s annual conference, The 2010 Outsourcing World Summit®, Feb. 15-17, at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
For more information, see www.globaloutsourcing100.com or contact pam.odell@outsourcingprofessional.org.
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