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Covisint Names Jacqui Dedo to Lead Sales and Customer Enablement Activities

29 November 2000

Covisint Names Jacqui Dedo to Lead Sales and Customer Enablement Activities

    DETROIT, Nov. 29 Covisint today named Jacqui Dedo, a
highly-regarded automotive industry executive, to lead its Sales and Customer
Enablement Activities.  Dedo comes to Covisint from Robert Bosch Corporation,
where she had been the president of their Ford Value Team, responsible for
managing the company's global business with Ford Motor Company, including the
development of new business opportunities.  She will join Covisint
December 18.
    "Jacqui's appointment will speed our ability to enter 2001 fully prepared
to engage our customers and potential customers," said Alice Miles, Covisint
Executive Planning Team and Ford Motor Company Lead.  "Our intent is to make
Covisint available to the broader industry in the coming year.  That means
being responsive to the multitude of organizations interested in participating
with us."
    Previously, Dedo served as vice president, sales for Bosch Braking Systems
-- Americas, where she was responsible for sales of foundation brake,
modulation (ABS) and actuation products to Bosch passenger-car and light-truck
customers.
    Dedo joined Bosch in 1986 and held sales management positions in the
General Motors' and Ford accounts including two years with Bosch in Germany.
From 1979 to 1986, she held various engineering and related positions with
General Motors' Cadillac Division.
    Dedo holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Kettering
University (formerly General Motors Institute) in Flint, Michigan.

    About Covisint:
    Covisint is an e-business trading exchange announced by DaimlerChryler,
Ford and General Motors, and joined by Renault/Nissan, to meet the needs of
the automotive industry.  Covisint will provide original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers the ability to drive costs from their
respective supply chains and bring efficiencies to their business operations.
Covisint's temporary headquarters are located in Southfield, Michigan.  The
organization expects to establish offices in Europe and Asia.

    For more information about Covisint, visit http://www.covisint.com