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Athens Group's Expansion Prompts Additions to Management Team
23 Percent Growth Drives Promotions and New Hires in Retail and Oil and Gas Practices
Austin, Texas – August 21, 2007. Today, Austin-based consulting firm, Athens Group, announced that it has promoted five executives dedicated to serving customers in the retail industry and chosen two leaders with new roles concentrated specifically on the company's oil and gas customers. The company has also announced that they are continuing to hire and are seeking resumes from qualified candidates.
Athens Group has seen revenue increases of over 72% for the retail practice and 76% for the oil and gas practice over this time last year.
In addition to hiring new employees, the following promotions were made:
- Mark Cooper, Chief Technology Officer, Retail
- Paul Patterson, Vice President of Solution Delivery, Retail
- Greg Field, Senior Delivery Manager, Retail
- Mohsin Shad, Senior Delivery Manager, Retail
- Atul Tewari, Senior Delivery Manager, Retail
- Don Shafer, Chief Technology Officer, Oil and Gas
- Tom McAfee, Managing Partner and Vice President of Solution Delivery, Oil and Gas
- David Wight, Senior Delivery Manager, Oil and Gas
"Year-over-year revenue from retail and oil and gas projects has increased significantly and our research indicates that trend will continue," said Mike Haney, CEO at Athens Group. "One hundred percent of our customers are referenceable. It is important that we keep existing clients happy as we grow new business and scale our staff in response to the demands and needs of our customers."
Industry experts agree that the technology outlook for the retail and oil and gas market is favorable and that Athens Group is well positioned to service the unique needs of these specialized industries.
Continued company growth depends on highly effective, entrepreneurial consultants who are both innovative and pragmatic, oriented towards business as well as technology and who want to work in an ego-less and family-friendly environment. Athens Group also provides competitive compensation, profit sharing, benefits, equity ownership, and a culture of responsible autonomy. Qualified candidates should visit the company Website at www.athensgroup.com or send resumes to careers@athensgroup.com.