Princeton, August 6 2008 – ESPRiT Consulting AG (ESPRiT), an internationally-active, independent consulting firm that specializes in integrated IT and management consultancy, today announced the appointment of Alex Collevecchio as President of ESPRiT Consulting Solutions USA, Inc (ESPRiT US).  Collevecchio is a 20-year business and IT technology consulting leader with expertise in SAP consulting solutions and growing successful SAP systems integration consultancies worldwide. 

"ESPRiT is focusing on strengthening its international presence and Alex brings invaluable experience and leadership to ESPRiT US.  He will be instrumental in leading our US team to future growth in the SAP systems integration market," said Karsten Höppner, CEO of ESPRiT. "Alex’s vision and passion for excellence and focus on customer success are closely aligned to ESPRiT’s objectives as demonstrated by his impressive track record of building and growing consulting practices and businesses.   One of our objectives is to grow to a staff size of 500 by 2012 and expect that the US will be a significant contributor to this," continued Höppner. "We're confident that the combination of our implementation of expertise, combined with Alex's SAP systems integration experience, will drive our growth and advance customer success worldwide."

On his appointment, Alex Collevecchio said, “I am excited about the prospect of joining ESPRiT at this point in their history.  They have reached the scale and expertise to win engagements traditionally only undertaken by bigger competitors. With our new world class business process best practices and benchmarking services, we offer a truly differentiated solution proving we are the right choice for customers in the SAP Market.”

Collevecchio will oversee all ESPRiT US operations, customer integration-related activities as well as sales and marketing initiatives.  Most recently, Collevecchio was an SAP Associate Partner with IBM Global Business Services. Prior to IBM, he was the Founder, President & CEO of Alti Inc, the North American Division of a French, public SAP consultancy.  At Alti Inc, Collevecchio led the expansion of Alti SAP implementations throughout North America and grew revenue at an average rate of 40 percent annually. Collevecchio built the company's North American presence from scratch and was responsible for significant increases in the company's customer portfolio and solution offerings.