IAOP Announces Judges for the 2007 Global Outsourcing 100

LaGrangeville, NY – The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession, announced today the slate of judges for 2007’s Global Outsourcing 100. This prestigious award recognizes the world’s best outsourcing service providers and will be unveiled in the special advertising feature in the FORTUNE 500 issue of Fortune magazine, which hits newsstands April 9.

The 2007 evaluation team is led by Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) Jagdish Dalal, a world-renowned outsourcing expert who has worked as a senior executive in customer, provider, and advisor companies for almost three decades. (Jag's work as the outsourcing customer for Xerox's $3.2B outsourcing contract with EDS was turned into a Harvard Business School case study and is used in many teaching curricula.) The panel includes:

• David Barrett, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
• Chris Campbell, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Dr. Tina Dacin, Queen’s School of Business (Canada) E. Marie Shantz Professor of Strategy & Organizational Behavior
• Vera Marques, CIO, BASF
• Mukesh Mehta, VP, Bank of America
• Clifford D. Moore III, Chairman & Co-Founder, COPC Inc.
• Jean-Francois Poisson, COP, GM, Contract Management, Bell Canada
• Lisa Ross, CEO and Founder of FAO Research, Inc.

The evaluation team will determine the final rankings based on a weighted scoring of four critical characteristics: size and growth; customer references; organizational competencies; and management capabilities.

“Because of the integrity and thoroughness of the judging process, The Global Outsourcing 100 has set the standard of excellence for outsourcing service providers,” said Dalal. “I look forward, once again, to being part of this highly respected program.”

For more information and to apply, go to www.globaloutsourcing100.com. The program is open to all companies that provide outsourcing services. Applications must be completed by November 30, 2006 to be considered.