Inspirage Welcomes Two New Members to Board of Directors

NewMembersBELLEVUE, WA – August 12, 2015 — Inspirage, a global Supply Chain Management consulting firm, recently welcomed two new members to its distinguished Board of Directors with the addition of Michael Aghajanian, former President and CEO of PRTM Management Consultants, and Rob Rodin, former President and CEO of Marshall Industries. Messrs. Aghajanian and Rodin join Inspirage co-founders Srini Subramanian, CEO, Sridhar Iyer, President of Consulting Services, Kevin Creel, President of Strategy and Business Development along with Robert Zielinski and Kevin Cantrell of Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners.

“Inspirage has been experiencing significant growth globally over the past several years as the demands for high expertise consulting in the complex supply chain marketplace continue to evolve. As we pursue our growth strategy, it’s a huge benefit to include the insights of knowledgeable business and technology leaders,” said Kevin Cantrell, Board Chairman, Inspirage. “Both Mike and Rob bring immense levels of experience across the supply chain continuum and have helped to build enterprises of global significance, and we’re very grateful for their advice and engagement as we continue to build on Inspirage’s track record of customer success.”

Mike Aghajanian is the retired President and CEO of PRTM Management Consultants. PRTM was globally recognized as the leading management consultant in the area of operational strategy, supply chain management, product innovation, and customer experience excellence. Mr. Aghajanian has over 30 years of consulting and industry experience. He joined PRTM in 1991 and held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility. Among his many accomplishments, Mike led the firm’s expansion into and within Asia; established The Performance Measurement Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of PRTM, well known for its extensive industry benchmarks; and led the team that developed the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model — a widely used and effective tool to tune global supply chains. Mike earned an MBA with a concentration in Technology Management from the University of California, Irvine, and a BS in Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

Rob Rodin has been a recognized technology industry leader since his term as President and CEO of Marshall Industries from 1992 to 1999, a global, industrial, electronics distributor and supply chain management company with approximately $2 billion in sales. Mr. Rodin’s book, “Free, Perfect and Now: Connecting to the Three Insatiable Customer Demands”, chronicles the radical transformation and growth of Marshall Industries. He presently also serves on the Board of Leaders of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, is a Board Member / Chairman of Compensation Committee of the ALS Therapy Development Institute, and is an Advisory Board Member of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission. Mr. Rodin is Vice Chairman of the Board of CommerceNet, and serves as a Board Director at SupplyFrame and RGM Group. Prior Board assignments include ABB Concise, CyberCoders, and IntriPlex Technologies.

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About Inspirage

Inspirage is a high expertise global consulting firm that helps clients realize breakthrough improvements across the value chain in areas from Innovation through Execution®.  Inspirage is a Platinum level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) with deep expertise in Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management applications and an Oracle Cloud Fusion Co-development partner since 2012. Inspirage brings deep industry experience and proven solutions to help our clients to build more responsive and effective supply chains.

Recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S., Inspirage is a global consulting firm headquartered in Bellevue, Washington with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.inspirage.com.

About RLH

Riordan, Lewis & Haden is a private equity firm, which uniquely enables entrepreneurs to build distinctive high-growth businesses and realize their aspirations. Leveraging an average of 19 years of private equity experience, the RLH team provides superior strategic guidance to its portfolio companies, while embracing the entrepreneurial spirit and vision of those companies’ founders. RLH has developed proven processes to enhance organic growth and drive enterprise value in the business services, healthcare, and government services sectors. With a 30+ year history of success, RLH strategically partners with fast growing enterprises to help them grow and achieve their goals.


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