FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vertex Business Services Names Andrew Jornod as President and Chief Operating Officer
Jornod brings fifteen years of utilities industry experience to help drive Vertex’s continued growth.
RICHARDSON, Texas – April 29, 2013 – Vertex Business Services announced today that Andrew Jornod
has been appointed as the company’s president and chief operating officer. Jornod will be responsible
for leading the go-to-market strategy for Vertex Business Services including Oracle, SAP, Customer
Management, Enlogix & eCIS, and Analytics.
“Our strategy remains to focus first and foremost on our utilities clients, investing to enhance our
existing products and services, and broadening our capabilities to become the leading transformation IT
and BPO provider in the utilities industry,” said Jason Donahue, CEO of Vertex Business Services. “I am
confident that Andrew’s deep knowledge of the utilities industry and his proven track record in
providing transformational solutions will help us to meet this goal and to serve our clients’ needs even
better.”
Jornod is a fifteen-year veteran of the utilities services industry. Previously, he served as leader of the
global energy and utilities business unit at HCL AXON, leading a team in developing uniquely innovative
solutions for energy and utilities clients. As a result, HCL AXON became the fastest growing and one of
the largest utilities service providers offering services around management consulting, infrastructure
management, application management, systems integration with Oracle and SAP, custom application
development and customer service BPO operations.
Prior to joining HCL AXON, he was a vice president within Oracle’s Utilities Global Business Unit,
executing against several roles during his tenure with Oracle including product management &
development and sales & marketing. In addition, he held key roles at Indus (now Ventyx), British
Telecom, Control Data Systems and Microsoft.
About Vertex: Vertex Business Services delivers a complete portfolio of BPO, IT and professional
services developed solely to meet utilities industry challenges. These offerings help electric, water and
gas utilities in North America better manage their critical customer relationships and bring efficiency to
their critical operations. For more information, please visit www.vertexgroup.com.
Media Contact:
Kim Eakin
Director of Marketing, North America
Vertex Business Services
214-576-1162
kim.eakin@vertexgroup.com
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