IDEA Announces New Directors and Officers for 2007- 2008


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

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