Kelly Schwager, USWeb Corporation, (408) 987-3287,
[email protected]
USWeb Names Kurt Garbe Chief Operating Officer of Professional Services Division
Garbe to oversee all U.S.-based professional services operations
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - October 30, 1998 - USWeb Corporation (Nasdaq: USWB) announced the appointment of Kurt Garbe as chief operating officer of the Company's Professional Services Division. USWeb's Professional Services Division employs more than 1,100 consultants and engineers. These professionals possess expertise that spans a wide variety of disciplines, including business strategy, needs analysis, custom application development, system and legacy integration, networking and a full range of creative services. Recent USWeb Professional Services client engagements include 20th Century Fox, Jenny Craig, Motion Picture Association, Ocean Spray and Remerica Real Estate Corp.
Most recently, Garbe served as executive partner, Client Services-Western Region, overseeing operations for USWeb's regional offices West of Houston. Prior to joining USWeb, Garbe worked as general manager and vice president of the Worldwide Professional Services at Synopsys. Previously, he was vice president and partner at Gemini Consulting prior to which he spent four years at Booz-Allen & Hamilton in the Information Industry Practice. Garbe holds a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from Clarkson University, a Masters of Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School of Business.
"Over the last year, Kurt has leveraged his many years of professional services experience to scale and fully integrate our Western Regional offices," said Toby Corey, president and chief operating officer for USWeb. "As USWeb winds down it's domestic acquisition program, Kurt will be charged with expanding our 1100+ person team through organic growth, while continuing to provide our clients with leading end-to-end strategy, marketing, networking, applications, and systems development and integration services."
About USWeb Professional Services
USWeb Professional Services focuses on developing Internet systems and solutions to help clients reach their business goals. The Professional Services division is organized into two practice groups-the Enterprise Practice Group and Industry Practice Group. Marshalling teams of dedicated professionals, and building on client successes, each practice aligns USWeb's knowledge, expertise, resources and methodologies to focus on client needs in specific industries and enterprise business functions. USWeb Enterprise Practices help clients define and deploy new Internet strategies and solutions for specific business functions, such as process automation, human resources, electronic commerce, business and value-chain process, and operations. USWeb Industry Practices apply these Internet strategies and solutions within several specific industries, such as consumer products and services, financial services, healthcare and manufacturing.
"USWeb's experience and expertise have helped 34 of the Fortune 100 achieve their Internet goals and objectives," said Garbe. "As COO of USWeb Professional Services, I will continue to build our tremendous breadth of services to provide our clients with the integrated strategy, creative and technology expertise needed to leverage the power of the Internet."
Company Background
USWeb Corporation (Nasdaq: USWB) is a leading strategic Internet services firm helping clients achieve revenue, profit, market share, and customer loyalty objectives through Internet strategies and systems. USWeb partners with a diverse and prominent portfolio of clients, from medium-size organizations to Fortune 100 corporations. The Company, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., recently announced that it intends to merge with CKS Group, Inc. pending regulatory and stockholder approval. Additional information about USWeb Corporation is available on the Internet at http://www.usweb.com or by calling 408-987-3200.