Anti-Gray Market Alliance Names Board of Directors


Arlington, VA – The Anti-Gray Market Alliance (AGMA) today announced that it has elected a board of directors and officers.

AGMA board members are:

• Marie Myers, Director, Internal Audit, Compaq Computer (Chairman and President)
• Stephen Troyer, Director, World Wide Channels, Cisco Systems
• Deborah Lee, Manager, Business Compliance, 3Com Corporation (Treasurer)
• Hanneke Cruz, Program Manager, Channel Operations, Apple
• Donna DelMonte, Manager, Consumables Strategy, Xerox Corporation
• Janet McAllister, Manager, Channel Operations, Contracts and Compliance, Hewlett-Packard (Secretary)

In addition, ITAA President Harris N. Miller has been named Special Industry Advisor to the Board. David Colton, ITAA Vice President, has been named Executive Director.

"Customers stand to lose when technology products flow outside of the authorized distribution channel," said AGMA Board Chairman Marie Myers. "AGMA was established by leading high tech companies to address the flow of products to unauthorized channels and to develop real solutions to the potential quality problems customers face from gray market products. We came together as an organization because we share the common view that, over the long-term, gray market products can damage brand integrity and negatively impact customer satisfaction. We are delighted to announce a board composed of individuals with a deep understanding of the gray market challenge."

The Anti-Gray Market Alliance (AGMA) is a group of leading information technology (IT) companies committed to assuring their customers greater product satisfaction, to educating the marketplace about the illegal or deceptive diversion of products, and to addressing the unauthorized flow of products to the gray market. AGMA members are: 3Com (NASDAQ: COMS), Apple, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP), Nortel Networks (NYSE: NT) and Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX). Visit the AGMA website at: http://www.agmatoday.org.

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