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TradeBeam Enhances Advisory Board With Automotive Industry Veteran
David Nelson Brings Deep Industry Relationships to Support TradeBeam's Growth Initiatives
| Source: TradeBeam
SAN MATEO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 29, 2007 -- TradeBeam Inc., the leading provider of
on-demand Global Trade Management (GTM) software and services, today
announced David Nelson as a member of its Advisory Board focused on the
automotive market. TradeBeam's automotive customer base already includes
thousands of organizations in the automotive market including Delphi and
Renault.
David brings a wealth of supply chain management experience to TradeBeam.
He is currently Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer at HTC Global
Services, Inc., where he serves as a key executive behind the company's
business development efforts. Prior to joining HTC Global Services, David
was a vice president at Delphi Corporation. There he was a member of the
Delphi Strategy Team, the company's top policy-making group, and served as
the executive champion for Delphi's Global Supply Management Task Team.
Before Delphi, David served as vice president of worldwide supply
management at Deere & Company, where he became further known for
implementing world-class supply management processes and best practices. He
also served 10 years as a corporate officer of Honda of America
Manufacturing, as vice president of purchasing and later as senior vice
president of purchasing and corporate affairs. During his tenure at Honda,
he saw the company's purchasing division grow from 100 to 400 associates
and North American purchases increase from $600 million to $6 billion.
Earlier in his career, he worked for TRW Inc., in various positions
including purchasing.
"We're thrilled to have a true strategic asset such as David join the
team," said President and CEO of TradeBeam Graham R.F. Napier. "David is
one of the most knowledgeable and connected individuals in the industry and
will really complement what we're doing in the automotive vertical."
"Over time TradeBeam has established itself as the leading provider of
Global Trade and Collaborative Inventory Management solutions to the
automotive industry and other markets as well," said Nelson. "I'm looking
forward to helping them advance that leadership position."
About TradeBeam:
TradeBeam is an on-demand Global Trade Management software and services
company providing solutions that streamline global trading processes for
enterprises and their partners. TradeBeam's integrated solutions provide
import and export compliance, inventory management, shipment tracking,
supply chain event management and global trade finance solutions such as
open account and letter of credit management. TradeBeam has over 3,000
customers with users in over 100 countries worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.tradebeam.com.
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