Former U.S. Congressman Michael G. Oxley to Speak at SYNERGY 2008

CLEVELAND — January 14, 2008 — Corporate United, the nation’s leading group purchasing organization, is hosting its seventh annual SYNERGY conference April 15-17, 2008 in Baltimore. SYNERGY 2008 will feature the Honorable Michael G. Oxley, former U.S. Congressman and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as the keynote speaker.

SYNERGY 2008, a national spend management conference, brings together leading supply chain and spend management professionals to discuss compelling and relevant procurement issues. The conference also includes breakout sessions featuring strategic sourcing authorities such as Keith Thompson, manager of strategic sourcing for Progressive Insurance, and Caldwell Hart, director of global indirect sourcing for Dresser-Rand, as they address some of the most thought-provoking procurement topics.

Speakers at the 2007 conference included: former Institute for Supply Management Chairperson and Motorola Chief Procurement Officer Theresa Metty, former Daimler Chrysler President Thomas Stallkamp, International Association for Contract & Commercial Management President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cummins, and supply chain industry pioneer Orville Bailey, among others. The attendees responded with enthusiastic approval of the content presented. Corporate United member, Joel Weina, director of indirect procurement of a Forbes Platinum 400 company, commented, “I have attended many conferences over my 15 years within supply chain/procurement, but SYNERGY 2007 was the best I have been to. The talent that Corporate United had giving presentations was outstanding, and I am definitely looking forward to SYNERGY 2008.”

“SYNERGY has quickly become a highly anticipated spend management conference,” said Gregg Mylett, president of Corporate United. “As we enter our seventh consecutive year for SYNERGY, we could not be more pleased with the caliber of speakers, attendees and content the event brings together.”

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About Corporate United
Since 1997, Corporate United has assisted the largest and most powerful companies in the world to realize the power of leverage and indirect spend savings on their bottom lines. Corporate United facilitates an unrivaled network of more than 100 Global 2000 companies across every industry sector with sourcing and contract management solutions by providing the services and resource flexibility needed to manage their enterprise spend requirements.

By combining leverage, knowledge and sourcing expertise to achieve more from supply chain efforts, Corporate United has become the nation’s leading group purchasing organization. Corporate United is headquartered in Cleveland, with offices in Minneapolis and Baltimore. For more information, contact Corporate United at 440.895.0938 or visit www.corporateunited.com.

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