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UPMC Supply Chain leader Michael DeLuca & Vinimaya CEO Gary Hare Named "Pros to Know" by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine

PITTSBURGH, PA; SHELTON, CT
(Apr. 23, 2009)

Michael DeLuca, Director, Supply Chain Systems & Consulting Services at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), was named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine "Pro to Know" for his work in transforming the supply chains at two leading organizations.

The Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know are listings of individuals that are demonstrating leadership and innovation during the current economic downturn by helping organizations manage successful supply and demand chain transformations.

DeLuca was lauded by the publication as a supply chain innovator and evangelist for Lean Thinking and process improvement. Both at UPMC and in his previous work at Alcoa, Inc., DeLuca was instrumental in leading successful e-procurement transformations that drove real change and bottom line savings. At both organizations, DeLuca implemented dynamic e-marketplaces powered by Vinimaya, leveraging the base ERP systems to drive contract compliance, automation, improved data management and overall user adoption. DeLuca was also instrumental in helping to launch Prodigo Solutions, LLC, a supply chain solutions company which is now part of UPMC's International and Commercial Services Division. UPMC is a $7 billion global health enterprise, which operates a 20-hospital system with nearly $2 billion in spend.

"This year's Provider Pros to Know have shown themselves to be thought-leaders in their respective supply chain segments," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Their efforts in developing the tools and processes that enable companies to weather risky economic conditions and place them in a position to surge ahead in better times have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing."

The magazine also named Vinimaya CEO Gary Hare as "Provider Pro to Know" for the fourth year in a row, for his commitment to developing innovative supply chain software solutions. Vinimaya's "SmartSearch" B2B catalog search, based on technologies more commonly found on the consumer-side of e-Commerce, such as meta-search and intelligent agents, helps enterprises deal with challenges like B2B shopping, catalog enablement, supplier connectivity and price auditing. Vinimaya counts among its clients many leading global 500 companies, including Sunoco, 3M, Alcoa, Corning, UPMC, EDS, Cooper Industries and Siemens among others.

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