Trilogy's Detroit Automotive Team Continues to Expand

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 4 -- Trilogy, a leading provider of e-business solutions for the automotive industry and Fortune 1000 companies, has announced another expansion of its growing Detroit operations with the addition of three more seasoned auto industry executives.

The three are Lon Bollenbacher, director of customer development; Valerie Fuller, Program Director; and Gregory Alonso, business developer.

Lon Bollenbacher joined Trilogy as a director of customer development. In this position, he is responsible for cultivating new business opportunities with Trilogy automotive clients.

Mr. Bollenbacher's previous position had been the vice-president of automotive business development with The SoftAd Group, a provider of e-commerce services to Ford Motor Company. Prior to this, he has served in several marketing management roles with Rapportnet LLC, Ford Motor Company and Andersen Consulting.

Mr. Bollenbacher earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University, in 1990.

Valerie Fuller joined Trilogy in July 2002 as a Program Director for the Automotive Business Unit.

Prior to Trilogy, Ms. Fuller led multiple strategy, process, and technology engagements for the manufacturing/automotive industry as a Senior Manager for Deloitte Consulting. During her nine years with Deloitte, she focused on business and IT strategy development, business process reengineering, application development, training, system deployment, user support, and account management.

Ms. Fuller has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, an MEM from Northwestern University, and a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Gregory M. Alonso joins Trilogy as a business developer, employing an extensive background in financial and operational analysis, business valuation and case development.

Mr. Alonso had been a manager of Deloitte Consulting's automotive industry practice where he had a variety of financial analysis assignments. He has held a number of senior financial analyst and consultant positions with both accounting firms and global auto manufacturers, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nissan, General Motors Corporation and others.

Mr. Alonso received a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Purdue University in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration degree from Cornell University in 1993.