RosettaNet Press Release
RosettaNet Names Bill White Executive Board Chairman

Amkor Executive Brings Business and Technical Expertise to Lead Consortium’s Managing Boards and Industry Councils

For Release August 25, 2003

SANTA ANA, CA

RosettaNet, the industry’s leading e-business process standards consortium, today announced that Bill White has been appointed chairman of the RosettaNet Executive Board.   In this role, White will provide oversight and leadership to RosettaNet’s Managing Boards, including Electronic Components (EC), Information Technology (IT), Semiconductor Manufacturing (SM) and Solution Provider (SP), as well as the consortium’s new Telecommunications Industry Council (TC).

"The role of chairman is both strategic and operational in nature and brings with it a significant professional challenge and opportunity," said Jennifer Hamilton, president and CEO of RosettaNet.   “I am pleased that Bill has been appointed to this position and am confident that his extraordinary insights, ongoing leadership and contributions will further enhance the success achieved by the consortium to date.”

White brings more than 35 years of industry experience to his new position at RosettaNet.   Currently, White serves as CIO and senior vice president ICS of Amkor Technology, Inc., the world's largest provider of contract semiconductor assembly and test services, where he directs Amkor’s worldwide information technology infrastructure operations, software applications management and the supply chain electronic commerce initiatives.   His background in information technology (IT), specifically in the automotive, aerospace, healthcare, computer services and semiconductors industries provides RosettaNet with added domain expertise that will become increasingly valuable as the consortium continues to grow and evolve.   

Prior to joining Amkor, White held various senior level positions at General Motors, Electronic Data Systems, Boeing/MDC, Rockwell and Borg Warner.   A graduate of Western Iowa, White obtained a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

During the past year, White served as chairman of RosettaNet’s SM Board, where he helped drive Milestone Program standards initiatives related to the automation of key business processes in manufacturing work-in-process (WIP), purchase order and work order management and materials management areas.  

“RosettaNet’s tremendous value is based upon the fact that the standards are clearly business driven,” said Bill White, executive board chairman, RosettaNet.   “Given RosettaNet's agility it has the ability to respond quickly and efficiently to the industry’s business demands and requirements.   I look forward to representing RosettaNet as chairman over the next few years and working with key executives of the Uniform Code Council (UCC), during which time I expect to see extended growth and collaboration across the board.”  

In his role White will work closely with RosettaNet’s CEO, board members and senior staff on all strategic matters, including the identification and support of convergence opportunities in the industry, as well as target new markets by enabling the transfer of knowledge and best practices to adjacent vertical industries and beyond.   

White will also act as a RosettaNet spokesperson and establish a strong outreach initiative aimed at the high technology and telecommunications industries in an effort to promote broader awareness and adoption of RosettaNet standards worldwide.   A key area of focus will be the acceleration of production implementations across the global trading network.

“ Bill is an aggressive driver for implementation of RosettaNet standards at Amkor,” said John Boruch, Amkor’s president and chief operating officer.   “The volume of electronic communications is doubling every two years, and our customers and suppliers are moving from a model of daily communications to hourly communications.  With the adoption of RosettaNet standards, Amkor is meeting the demand for accurate and timely reporting of product and production information, which improves the forecast-to-cash business cycle.”

About RosettaNet

RosettaNet is a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open internet-based business standards that align processes within the global technology trading networks. More than 500 companies, representing over $1 trillion in annual information technology, electronic components semiconductor manufacturing and telecommunications revenues, currently participate in RosettaNet’s standards development, strategy and implementation activities. Information on the consortium’s worldwide activities in the Americas, Asia and Europe, and a complete list of board members and partner companies, is available at www.rosettanet.org .   RosettaNet is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC).