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OnForce Strengthens Management Team with Field Service Operations Veteran

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 08:00 CDT

BOSTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- OnForce, the trusted online services marketplace that matches solution providers with quality, local service technicians across the U.S. and Canada, announced that the company has added George Harris to the executive team as Vice President of Business Development.

With over 40 years of experience in managing field service operations, Harris brings a wealth of knowledge to OnForce. Most recently, Harris was Executive Vice President of Business Development for Core Technology Solutions. Prior to this role, he was an owner of GA Services; Vice President, Worldwide Customer Support for Symbol Technologies; and Vice President of Field Service for MSI Data. In his career, Harris also served two terms as the Chairman and President of the Association of Service Management International (AFSMI).

In his role, George will be responsible for developing and growing opportunities for the OnForce marketplace with large national solution providers and partners. He will be based on the West Coast.

"George's broad-based experience in field service operations is going to be a tremendous asset to our customers and to the OnForce management team," said Ed McGovern, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development. "As a former services executive, he also brings a deep understanding of the challenges facing executives in the service business today and how an outsourced services model like OnForce can help them. McGovern added, "George will be instrumental for OnForce as we execute on new sales and business development initiatives in the upcoming year."

Throughout his career, Harris has also received the AFSMI Professional Service Managers award and currently works on behalf of the AFSMI as the Chairperson of the Presidents Club. Harris earned his BSBA degree from Syracuse University and still remains active with the University's alumni clubs. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

About OnForce

OnForce is service made simple. The company provides access to a trusted national network of more than 13,000 onsite service technicians connecting service demand with local supply through an online marketplace -- easily, efficiently, and profitably. With more than one million completed service orders, OnForce is a proven leader in helping solution providers increase profits, gain a competitive advantage, and contain service costs. The OnForce community is made up of 5,000+ IT and CE solution providers and more than 13,000 service technicians who work in a number of technology categories, including computers, printers, networking, VoIP, point of sale, and consumer electronics. For more information, visit www.onforce.com.

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