Plexus Systems Adds Executive Vice President of Sales

Industry Veteran Thomas Mackey Brings Manufacturing Software Expertise

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 21 -- Plexus Systems, provider of the on demand manufacturing performance system Plexus Online, today announced the addition of Thomas Mackey as executive vice president of sales. Mackey, a 25 year veteran of the software industry, will focus on accelerating Plexus Systems' global growth.

Mackey comes from QAD, Inc. where he led North and South American sales. Over the past two decades, he has led sales and management teams at Haht Commerce (Raleigh, NC), Synquest, Inc. (Norcross, GA), Datalogix International (Valhalla, NY) and Ask Group (Mountain View, CA).

"Tom is the person you'd want on your sales dream team," said Mark Symonds, CEO, Plexus Systems. "His professionalism, his expertise and his years of success in the manufacturing software business will help drive Plexus to new levels of success."

Under Mackey's direction, Plexus Systems will forge new successes among manufacturers in the medical device, aerospace and defense industries, while maintaining its strong presence in automotive manufacturing, where it has defined the emerging market for manufacturing performance systems.

Plexus Online is an on demand manufacturing performance system (MPS), combining the capabilities of enterprise resource planning (ERP), manufacturing execution systems (MES), quality management, customer relationship management (CRM), shop floor integration, and much more. With the ability to manage a single facility or a global enterprise, Plexus Online utilizes lean principles to enable manufacturers to closely track critical aspects of their operation, anywhere, anytime. Plexus Online consists of over 350 functional modules, allowing companies instant access to vital information using a simple web browser.

"Plexus Online is bringing 'software as a service' to the manufacturing industry," said Mackey. "Plexus has earned a 100% success rate with its deployments, and has a customer satisfaction rate to match. In my experience, this is unheard of in the software industry, and it's a direct result of the on demand model and the benefits it brings."

About Plexus Systems

Since 1995, Plexus Systems (Auburn Hills, MI) has maintained a singular vision -- to drive significant cost, quality and productivity improvements for manufacturers, from the shop floor to the top floor. Plexus Online(TM) is a true on demand manufacturing performance system, delivering a powerful, real- time interface to integrate and manage the total manufacturing enterprise. Plexus Systems originated internally at a manufacturing company, and was designed to resolve quality challenges, including production, distribution and global supply chains management issues. Today, Plexus Online also enables businesses to manage other top priorities, such as accounting, compliance and human resources. Plexus Systems serves a cross section of manufacturing industries (OEM and suppliers), particularly automotive, defense, medical device and aerospace companies headquartered in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Visit www.plex.com for more information.