CHICAGO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Kevin Knaul, executive vice president, IT & Telecommunications, Hudson North America, has recently been elected to the IT Services Division Board of Directors of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). In this role, he will be responsible for helping to guide the strategic initiatives of the association, developing its member base, and educating industry leaders and decision makers on the state of the global IT job market. "We are delighted to welcome Kevin to the IT Services Board," said ITAA Senior Vice President Jeff Lande. "The leadership of executives like Kevin makes ITAA the place to be for IT services and supplemental staffing firms, and I am confident that the active involvement of Hudson will help us move this program to the next level." "I am honored to be elected to this position of such an important industry organization," said Knaul. "Hudson's deep knowledge of the global job market for tech professionals will hopefully serve an integral role in extending the ITAA's leadership and influence on the top issues concerning the IT industry." In addition to Knaul, executives newly elected to serve on the IT Services Division Board are: * Christopher Carrington, President, Americas Outsourcing, Capgemini * Charles Cox, VP, Global Industries, EDS Corporation * Richard Garnick, President, North American Services, Keane, Inc. * Roy Haggerty, President & CEO, Ajilon LLC * Surya Kant, President - Americas, TCS America * Nazzic Turner, SVP, CGI-AMS The ITS Division Board is chaired by Greg Baroni, Unisys Corporation and co-chaired by Jon Korin, Northrop Grumman Corporation. Gordon Coburn, Cognizant Technology Solutions serves as treasurer. Other members of the board are: * David Sanders, Perot Systems * Phil Friedman, Computer Generated Solutions Inc. * James Boldt, Computer Task Group * Cathy Rodgers, IBM Global Services * Raymond Spencer, Kanbay Inc. * Joseph P. Abraham, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. * James Novick, TekSystems * Eric Openshaw, Deloitte Consulting * Mitch Rosenbleeth, Booz Allen Hamilton * Andrew Stern, USi * Jim Yates, LogicaCMG North America About Hudson Hudson delivers specialized professional staffing, outsourcing, and talent management solutions worldwide. From single placements to total solutions, the firm helps clients achieve greater organizational performance by assessing, recruiting, developing and engaging the best and brightest people for their businesses. Hudson is a division of Hudson Highland Group, Inc. one of leading professional staffing, retained executive search and talent management solutions providers. The company employs more than 3,800 professionals serving clients and candidates in more than 20 countries through its Hudson and Highland Partners businesses. More information is available at http://www.hudson.com/. About The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) provides global public policy, business networking, and national leadership to promote the continued rapid growth of the IT industry. ITAA consists of over 325 corporate members throughout the U.S., and a global network of 70 countries' IT associations. The Association plays the leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, global sourcing, trade, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources, e-commerce policy and more. ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the IT services, Internet, software, digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit http://www.itaa.org/. DATASOURCE: Hudson North America CONTACT: Sarah Kafenstok of Hudson, +1-312-795-4202, Web site: http://www.hudson.com/ http://www.itaa.org/

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