Chad Hooker Joins Supply Chain Team at Oxford Consulting

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Consulting (http://www.oxford-consulting.com), a leading provider of information technology (IT) consulting to the Global 2000, announced that Chad Hooker has joined the firm as Senior Director, Supply Chain Solutions.  In this position, Hooker will contribute to the firm's growing supply chain practice by helping build solutions for enhancing order capture and fulfillment capabilities, optimize business processes across their supply chains, and improve the customer's buying experience across all channels.

Hooker joins Oxford with more than 13 years of implementation and sales experience specializing in order management, inventory management, warehouse management, and e-commerce technology solutions.  Hooker's implementation experience ranges from various agencies in the federal government to the world's leading retailers, where he helped them to develop and deploy solutions, reduce complexity and achieve rapid ROI across their extended enterprises.

Most recently, Hooker was a sales engineer for IBM supporting the West Coast. Using this experience and expertise, he will help Oxford Consulting enhance its go-to-market strategy and ensure its clients benefit from the firm's close partnership with IBM and its multi-channel selling and fulfillment solutions, as well as Smarter Commerce solutions.

"As business challenges continue to intensify around supporting cross-channel commerce, communicating with diverse partners, managing inventory across locations, growing transportation costs, and meeting escalating customer expectations, we are excited to have Chad on board to help customers address these challenges and more," said Michelle Kerr, Chairman and President, Oxford Consulting.

Hooker earned an MBA in Management Information Systems and Accounting, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Dallas.

About Oxford Consulting

Since 1998, Oxford Consulting, a leading information technology consulting firm, has successfully partnered with hundreds of mid-market and Global 2000 clients throughout the United States to develop, implement, and support their technology portfolios. By focusing on sound business strategies, and a core set of proven products and services, Oxford Consulting has helped deliver value-based solutions that provide flexibility and adaptability for the future. Visit www.oxford-consulting.com for more information.

SOURCE Oxford Consulting