Dallas, TX (February 5, 2008) - Alsbridge, the award winning outsourcing, shared services and offshoring advisory firm, today announced that Michael Fraley will join the senior leadership team of the company’s Shared Services, offshore and Finance Process Optimization division. 

Fraley, a former partner with CSC’s Strategic Services Group has twenty three years of engineering and management consulting experience with multi-billion dollar companies in a variety of industries including Insurance, Utilities, High Tech Manufacturing, Automotive, Hotels and Hospitality, Distribution, and Staffing Services to name a few.   Fraley has built over 25 Shared Service Centers around the world (e.g., Memphis, Miami, White Plains, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Budapest) leading all work phases including building the justifying business case, SSC site selections, process activity mapping and “best practices” optimization, detailed transition and implementations and the hiring and training of SSC staff.  Mr. Fraley’s clients have typically saved 20% to 65% of Finance related FTE and technology costs post these SSC optimizations and implementations.

“Michael is one of the strongest advisors in the global shared services and offshore market today.  We are very excited about Michael joining our team at Alsbridge,” says Ben Trowbridge, CEO of Alsbridge. “He will add depth to our already strong foundation in F&A and Shared Services.  The Alsbridge brand has significant momentum in the industry and Michael will guide continued growth and awareness.”

About Alsbridge

Alsbridge (www.Alsbridge.com) is the premier consulting firm providing unbiased advice on the use of Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring for functions such as Information Technology (IT), Human Resources (HR), Finance & Accounting (F&A), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Procurement, and other business processes. With global presence across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, we provide clients with unmatched functional experience and in-depth industry knowledge. We help clients reduce costs, improve processes and maximize shareholder value through the use of both onshore and offshore Outsourcing and Shared Services.