iKnowledge Solutions Expands India Business Development


(June 6, 2006) Denver, CO - iKnowledge Systems, Inc. (IKS, formerly Cadpo) is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Sanjay Gera as Manager of Channel Development in India.

Located in New Delhi, Gera will be working to develop new business partnerships to extend iKS' reach to one of the worlds fastest growing markets. As global engineering delivery increasingly becomes a strategic competitive advantage, Indian companies are looking to make sure that their engineers have the right knowledge skills. Gera, an engineering industry veteran with extensive sales channel development experience, will be iKS's point man in India bringing the iKS value proposition to business partners.

According to Gera, the previously untapped market is perfect for iKS. "There is a huge unexplored market in India for the types of software solutions offered by iKS. Because the engineering turnover rate is high, it is imperative that companies be able to accurately assess the engineering knowledge skill level of incoming hires and train them quickly on company specific PLM methods. With the iKS applications, our business partners will be able to help companies better capture, deliver and validate the necessary engineering know how to remain competitive."

David Fedler, Vice President of Sales for iKS stated, "Sanjay's expertise will be invaluable to our company. Not only will he be developing strategic business partnerships for channel sales, he will also be our advocate for the SAE Automotive CAD certification program in India. With the growing number of aerospace and automobile manufacturing plants building research and development centers throughout India, Sanjay is geographically located to help our business provide engineering knowledge delivery and skills certification."

Resellers in India interested in i.get.it, iCHECK and other iKS products should contact Sanjay Gera at 91-11-2628-1489. Others should contact iKS directly at +1.303.252.8485.

About iKnowledge Solutions

iKnowledge Solutions, Inc., (iKS) is a Tata Technologies Company. For over 15 years, iKS (formerly Cadpo) has enabled engineering knowledge transformation through i.get.it® and iCHECK® software applications. iKS' flagship product, i.get.it®, is the only solution in the PLM marketplace offering engineering knowledge delivery for CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Teamcenter, and Autodesk on a single delivery platform. iCHECK® is the industry leading application for managing engineering knowledge validation, digital design methodologies and PLM best practices. Over 34,000 engineers use iKS applications. Clients include 3M, Boeing, Honda Motors, Northrop Grumman General Motors, GE Aircraft Engines, Ingersoll-Rand, Pratt & Whitney, and United Technologies.

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iKnowledge Solutions Contact:
David Fedler, Vice President of Global Sales
fedler@iKStata.com
+1.303.252.8485

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