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Alpine Access Names Business Outsourcing Expert as CEO
Christopher M. Carrington brings career of outsourcing success to company
Golden, CO - July 10, 2006 - Alpine Access, Inc., the premier provider of customer contact solutions that uses the home-based employee model exclusively to serve its clients, today announced the appointment of Christopher M. Carrington as chief executive officer. As CEO, Carrington will leverage his nearly 25 years of business services experience to further Alpine Access's mission of helping our clients become more successful by increasing their sales, customer satisfaction and ongoing brand loyalty.
"I was attracted to Alpine Access because of its commitment to providing high value customer service. The company's mission is all about the customer experience and enhancing the brand of the clients we serve," said Carrington. "By employing people working from their homes and then harnessing their skills through highly effective training and remote management tools, Alpine Access is uniquely qualified to deliver a more productive, higher quality engagement between our clients and their customers. Our clients will continue to experience increased service effectiveness, business flexibility and financial success when using Alpine Access."
Carrington comes to Alpine Access from Capgemini, a global consulting, technology and outsourcing firm. At Capgemini, he was president for Americas Outsourcing Services, an $825 million operating division with a workforce of more than 6,000 people who provide application, infrastructure and business process outsourcing services. He joined Capgemini in 2003 and served as the North American leader for the company's telecom media and entertainment practice, which provided consulting, technology and outsourcing services to the Fortune 500.
Prior to joining Capgemini, Carrington was president & CEO of the Interlink Group. Carrington also worked for 11 years at Electronic Data Systems (EDS), most recently as president of the e-business consulting organization of 3,500 people with annual revenue of more than $700 million. All of this experience will prove invaluable in his new role as the CEO of Alpine Access.
"Chris is joining Alpine Access at a significant juncture in the company's history. Alpine Access has established itself as a leader in the customer contact and business process outsourcing industries, and is now ready to take the next step towards even greater growth and profitability," said Alpine Access board member Peter Van Genderen. "Chris has the ability to take the company to the next level by further strengthening existing client relationships and building new ones. The Alpine Access board of directors, senior management and employees are all confident that his appointment will result in Alpine Access's continued growth and success."
Carrington graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in economics. He has also attended Southern Methodist University executive banking school and the Wharton School of Business executive development program.
About Alpine Access
Alpine Access is the proven provider of outsourced customer contact business solutions devoted to using exclusively home-based employees. Our business model enables us to better meet the needs of the client-companies we work with by providing them with greater business flexibility and culturally relevant company mirroring. We help these customer-centric companies achieve more productive consumer engagements and more profitable sales success. Our client partnerships result in better brand experiences for their consumers and an increased competitive advantage in an ever-changing market place.
Alpine Access’ publicly named partners include J.Crew, Office Depot, 1-800-Flowers, and the Internal Revenue Service. Alpine Access also provides solutions for other large financial services, retail and public sector clients. Founded in 1998, Alpine employs 7,500 distributed home-based employees and has been featured in publications around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Public Radio and NBC’s "Today" show. The company has been included on fastest-growing company lists such as the Inc. 500, Deloitte & Touche Fast 500 and the Denver Business Journal in each of the past several years. For more information on our services, visit www.alpineaccess.com.
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