NAPA Auto Parts Announces Two Key Executives for E-Commerce

24 May 2000
NAPA Auto Parts Announces Two Key Executives for E-Commerce
    ATLANTA, May 23 NAPA AUTO PARTS, the world's largest auto
parts network, has filled two key management positions for NAPAonline
( http://www.napaonline.com ), the aftermarket auto parts industry's most extensive
"clicks and mortar" store.
    Keith Schamis has been promoted to general manager of NAPAonline, and
Steve Hough has been appointed director of business development.
    Schamis, who joined NAPA in June 1999 as director of Internet marketing,
will now manage NAPAonline's day-to-day business operations, including
finance, marketing and business development.  To bring about the recent phase-
one launch of NAPA's e-commerce initiative, his efforts the past year focused
on directing the design and creation of the Web site, integrating NAPA's
inventory catalog into an online database, and implementing a complementary
business model between 6,000 NAPA AUTO PARTS stores and the online shopping
availability.
    With a bachelor of electrical engineering degree from Georgia Tech,
Schamis has also held technical positions with such companies as Bank South,
US Sprint, Georgia Pacific, IBM and BSG, an information systems integration
firm.
    Hough recently joined the NAPAonline management team from The Coca-Cola
Company, where his responsibilities included online promotions, technical
packaging innovation and marketing.  He is now responsible for establishing
and growing NAPAonline's strategic partnerships and affiliate marketing
programs.
    He holds a bachelor of arts in economics and fine arts from Vanderbilt
University and a master of management degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate
School of Business at Northwestern University.  His experience also includes
managing advertising and online marketing for Chef's Catalog, an original
America Online anchor merchant.
    NAPAonline is a key part of NAPA's strategy to improve the way Americans
buy, accessorize and maintain their cars.  Consumers will eventually be able
to "park their cars on the Web," as NAPAonline builds its offerings to include
information on auto sales, insurance and other automotive services such as
maintenance records and service scheduling.  It complements NAPA's nationwide
network of more than 6,000 NAPA AUTO PARTS stores and nearly 10,000 AutoCare
Centers.