IDEA Announces New Directors and Officers for 2007- 2008
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Arlington, VA- May 8, 2007 -IDEA, an industry owned eCommerce service provider, today announced its new Officers and Directors for 2007-2008.
The IDEA Board of Directors elected Todd Kumm, President and COO of Dakota Supply Group in Fargo, ND, as the IDEA Chairman of the Board for 2007-2008. Kumm is also a member of the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) Board of Directors.
Outgoing IDEA Chairman, Tim Powers, Chairman, CEO & President, Hubbell Inc., served in this position for the last three consecutive years (2004-2007).
"Tim was a highly engaged Chairman and his vision for IDEA was always one of growth and optimism," said Mike Rioux, President, IDEA. "However, with an industry leader like Todd providing insight, guidance and leadership, IDEA will continue to grow and prosper."
IDEA Officers:
Todd Kumm, IDEA Chairman - President & COO, Dakota Supply Group
Dave FitzGibbon, IDEA Vice Chairman - President & CEO, ILSCO Corporation
Mike Rioux, IDEA President
Mike Gambino, IDEA Treasurer - President & CEO, Pass & Seymour/Legrand, and Wiremold/Legrand
Mike Ales, IDEA Secretary - VP Purchasing & Operations, Werner Electric Supply
The 2007-2008 IDEA Board of Directors are:
Distributors:
John Duda, President, Butler Supply
Todd Kumm, President & COO, Dakota Supply Group
Deb Weis, Director E-Business, Graybar Electric Co.
Martin Ranly, President & CEO, Kendall Electric Supply
Peter Plough, VP & Security, Plough Electric
Mark Daniel, VP New Business Development, Rexel USA
Tom Cloud, CEO, United Electrical Supply
John Forrester, President, Wabash Electrical Supply
Mike Ales, VP Purchasing & Operations, Werner Electric
Manufacturers:
Ray Huber, VP IT and E-Commerce, Eaton Electric
Gary Arnott, GM Channel Operations, GE Consumer & Industrial
Bernie Westapher, Group VP Marketing & Sales, Panduit
Mike Gambino, President & CEO, Pass & Seymour/Legrand and Wiremold/Legrand
David Stormo, Program Executive, Global Program Transition, Rockwell Automation
Phil Tuggle, Senior Vice President, Southwire Company
Bill Snyder, Vice President Channel Development, Schneider Electric NA
Dave FitzGibbon, President & CEO, ILSCO Corporation
Other Organizations:
Tom Naber, President, NAED
Evan Gaddis, President, NEMA
Milos Jancik, President, Electro Federation Canada
Hank Bergson, President, NEMRA
Mike Rioux, President, IDEA
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About IDEA
IDEA is an e-commerce service provider jointly owned by NEMA and NAED. Developed to drive down supply chain costs, IDEA provides the Industry Data Warehouse 2 (IDW2), a central repository of manufacturer product, pricing, and attributed data; the Industry Data Exchange (IDX2) is an Internet-based communications hub that enables business trading partners to exchange business documents using EDI, XML, flat file, or Web form transactions sets; the Industry Retail Database (IRD) a central repository of manufacturer retail product data to meet retail hardware powered by CERICOMX®, CPG and GS1 US requirements; IDEA eCredit (IeC), a hosted industry account receivables reporting database and the Data Audit and Certification (DAC) Program to verify manufacturer data meets specification criteria to ensure data synchronization between business partners.
Contacts:
IDEA
Rita Hagopian, (703) 562-4628
rhagopian@idea-eSolutions.com