EDS Appoints Hershey to Lead SAP Consulting Practice for Americas and Asia Pacific

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS today announced the appointment of Bob Hershey as vice president and SAP Consulting Practice Leader for the Americas and Asia Pacific regions. He will report directly to Charlie Feld, senior executive vice president of EDS Applications Services.

Hershey's appointment is a key ingredient in EDS' strategic initiative to expand its global SAP application-based consulting practice. The Global SAP Consulting Practice is an integral component of EDS' 2008 Applications Services growth plan for high-end, industry-focused applications development and consulting.

Hershey will be responsible for building out and growing the SAP Consulting Practice in the Americas and Asia Pacific regions. His responsibilities include managing the regional partnership, the SAP sales process, subject-matter expertise, and solutioning and delivering SAP implementations.

"I'm pleased and excited to have Bob on the EDS team to help build our expanded SAP Consulting Practice," said Feld. "His in-depth experience and knowledge will help us kick-start and aggressively drive our higher value-chain proposition for Applications Services."

Hershey's appointment follows an expanded agreement announced between EDS and SAP last October. By collaborating with SAP on client engagement training and techniques designed to drive the long-term growth of its consulting practice, EDS will further enhance its existing SAP capabilities and bring end-to-end consulting and systems integration to the market by early 2008.

Prior to joining EDS, Hershey was senior vice president and global enterprise solutions practice leader at BearingPoint, Inc. and led more than 30 managing directors for their North American Technology Solutions organization including sales, delivery and operations. He was also instrumental in developing strategy for BearingPoint's $1.3 billion SAP and Oracle practices globally, spearheading its offshore delivery strategy and helping position its practice toward higher growth solutions and services. While at BearingPoint, he was also the Global Oracle Practice leader and Global PeopleSoft Practice leader.

Previously, Hershey served as a principal in charge for BearingPoint's (then KPMG Consulting's) North America Consumer and Industrial Markets eBusiness Practice, and Consumer Markets Segment leader and principal for its North America Finance Practice.

Hershey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., and a master of business administration degree from New York University School of Business.

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