Bristlecone, Inc. Names Gregory P. Mekjian, Executive Vice President, North American Field Operations

Move Is In-Line With Company's Plan to Accelerate Growth in the SAP Consulting Business in North America and Expand Presence in Automotive and Other Manufacturing Verticals

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 9 -- Bristlecone, Inc., a leading provider of supply chain and business process solutions, and an implementation and development partner of SAP, announced today that Gregory P. Mekjian, a senior executive from SAP America/SAP AG has decided to join Bristlecone as Executive Vice President of North American Field Operations. The move signals the company's commitment to solidify its position as a premier provider of consulting and services around Extended Supply Chain and Enterprise applications from SAP AG. Mekjian will be responsible for sales, business development, marketing and alliance strategy for Bristlecone's North American Operations. He will be responsible for driving revenue growth within existing and new clients in the area of full logistics enterprise business solutions -- consulting, application management services, and development services.

Mekjian, a veteran from the SAP world, has had a long and successful career of over 12 years with SAP America and SAP AG. After beginning his stint at SAP as Director of Pre-sales for SAP's Midwest Region, he was promoted to lead SAP's Automotive Industry Center of Expertise initiative to establish SAP as the leading supplier of application software technology to the automotive industry. Subsequently, Mekjian took on the responsibility to lead product management for supply chain solutions at SAP and was promoted to Vice President, Extended Supply Chain Management Solutions. He most recently led a special automotive initiative within SAP as Vice President of the Automotive and Spare Parts Solutions Group centered on the partnership involving Caterpillar, Ford Motor Company and SAP. Mekjian was also responsible for driving the success of SAP's Extended Supply Chain Solutions to its number one position globally.

Mekjian is a thought leader and an evangelist for SAP in the areas of SCM, PLM and SRM, and led his team to strategic SAP wins at General Motors, Procter & Gamble, Motorola, Hewlett Packard, Kodak, Steelcase, Delphi, Visteon and International Paper. Spanning over 23 years, Mekjian's career is comprised of leadership positions held in sales, sales management, pre-sales, product management and consulting at companies such as SAP, Cullinet Software and Hewlett Packard. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Materials and Logistics Management from Michigan State University.

On joining Bristlecone, Mekjian said, "Bristlecone is the premier Extended Supply Chain Partner for SAP, globally. I will endeavor to ensure the continued success of Bristlecone, and will help solidify its pre-eminent position by bringing the very best in the field to Bristlecone, and by fully supporting and enhancing its client-centric solutions model."

Commenting on Mekjian joining the company, Padman Ramankutty, CEO of Bristlecone, Inc. said, "With Greg Mekjian, we add a valuable and senior executive who can help us grow Bristlecone into a premier SAP services company in newer markets and industries. With Greg's arrival, Bristlecone is attractively poised to take advantage of the anticipated growth in SAP solutions, particularly SCM, SRM and PLM Solutions." Anjanikumar Choudhari, Executive Vice Chairman of Bristlecone said, "In addition to providing leadership to our North American field organization, we look forward to leveraging Greg's rich industry experience towards the overall growth of the company."

About Bristlecone

Bristlecone is a global business process and technology consulting firm serving an extensive client base through locations in the United States, Europe and Asia. It offers a full range of consulting and services around mySAP suite of solutions. Bristlecone has been continually acknowledged by industry analysts as a leader in consulting and solutions for the extended supply chain. Its clients include large global and multi-national companies such as Nike, Motorola, Shell Oil, Palm and HP. For more information on Bristlecone, visit www.bcone.com

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