Access Worldwide Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
16 October 2007 - 1:31AM
PR Newswire (US)
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Access Worldwide
Communications, Inc. (OTC:AWWC.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: AWWC.OB) , a
Business Process Outsourcing services company ("BPO"), today
announced the appointment of J. Ted Jordan as Chief Operating
Officer. Effective October 10, 2007, Mr. Jordan will replace Mr.
Andre as the Executive Vice President ("EVP") and Chief Operating
Officer ("COO") of the Company. Mr. Andre resigned his position as
EVP and COO in order to pursue other professional opportunities.
Mr. Andre will be working with the Company to provide a seamless
transition. Mr. Jordan has been with the Company for more than 10
years, and prior to Mr. Jordan's current appointment served as the
Company's Chief Information Officer ("CIO") since April 2002. As
the Company's CIO, Mr. Jordan was responsible for all Access
Worldwide information technology. Prior to becoming CIO, Mr. Jordan
served as Senior Vice President, ITIS for the Company's TelAc
Teleservices division. Mr. Jordan has pioneered the development of
a multi-tiered client server solution based on Internet
technologies for the operation of communication centers. Before
joining Access Worldwide, Mr. Jordan was founder and President of
Jordan Computer Specialists, Inc., a software development and
computer consulting company acquired by Access Worldwide in 1997.
"Georges was a key member of the executive team during his tenure
at Access and I wish him all the best in his future pursuits. I
have no doubt he will be successful at anything he does," stated
Shawkat Raslan, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Access Worldwide. Mr. Raslan added, "We are very pleased to have
Ted serve the Company in his capacity as EVP & COO. While with
Access he has demonstrated strong leadership, technical, and
operational skills." About Access Access Worldwide Communications,
Inc. (OTC:AWWC) (BULLETIN BOARD: AWWC) , is a leading business
process outsourcing ("BPO") services company that offers customer
management and other BPO services from its offices in the United
States and the Philippines. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia
and with approximately 1,000 employees worldwide, Access supports
clients in a variety of industries, including financial services,
technology, telecommunications, consumer products, healthcare and
Media. More information is available at http://www.accessww.com/.
Important Notice This press release contains forward-looking
statements. Such statements involve known or unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to, the
following: our ability to continue as a going concern if we are
unable to generate cash flow and income from operations;
competition from other third-party providers and those clients and
prospects who may decide to do work in-house that we currently do
for them; our ability to successfully operate our facilities in the
Philippines; potential consumer saturation reducing the need for
services; our ability and clients' ability to comply with state,
federal and industry regulations; our reliance on a limited number
of major clients and the reduction in services performed for or the
loss of one or more major clients; our ability to develop or fund
the operations of new products or service offerings; our reliance
on technology; our reliance on key personnel and labor force and
our ability to recruit additional personnel. For a more detailed
discussion of these risks and others that could affect results, see
our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the risk factors section of Access Worldwide's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no duty to
update any forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Access Worldwide
Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Mark Wright, Investor Relations of
Access Worldwide Communications, Inc., +1-703-292-5210, Web site:
http://www.accessww.com/
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