PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MCA Solutions, the leader in service parts planning and optimization, today expanded its executive team by promoting Bob Bryant to chief operating officer.

Bob has more than 20 years of industry experience and as MCA’s new COO, he leads the management of functional and technical consulting, customer support, strategic consulting, education and pre-sales. He is responsible for maintaining MCA’s record of successful on-time delivery and complete customer satisfaction, and provides functional guidance for operations in EMEA.

“Since joining MCA Solutions in early 2003 as the Boeing project manager, Bob has been instrumental in our company’s growth and development,” said Bob Salvucci, president and CEO of MCA Solutions. “We‘re excited to have Bob join our executive team, and look forward to a very successful year ahead.”

Prior to joining MCA Solutions, Bob held multiple director positions at i2 Technologies, overseeing supplier relationship management, logistics and transportation. Before joining i2, he was the product manager for MARCAM Solution’s Protean ERP product. Bob spent 14 years as a program manager at Raytheon, where he captured and managed more than $50M in technology contracts.

“This is a very exciting opportunity, and I’m looking forward to playing an even stronger role in the company’s growth, development and success in the coming years,” said Mr. Bryant.

About MCA Solutions

MCA Solutions, and its Service Planning Optimization suite of solutions, helps companies in industries ranging from aerospace and defense and semiconductors to industrial and medical equipment, set new standards for asset utilization and customer support. SPO is a Web-based suite of advanced inventory planning, forecasting and execution solutions that give companies the ability to manage and monitor inventory levels of mission-critical materials. It meets the demanding requirement of the service parts planning process, reduces operating costs and provides global, real-time visibility throughout the extended service supply chain. The first commercial software to optimize assets in a multi-echelon service supply chain network, it supports collaborative planning, forecasting and execution processes by linking with a company’s enterprise and customer relationship management systems.

MCA Solutions, Service Planning and Optimization Suite and SPO are trademarks of MCA Solutions, Inc.

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MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE: BE – News), one of the world’s largest management and technology consulting firms, today announced it has been selected as one of the Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers by GI Jobs in the publication’s December 2007 issue. BearingPoint, a leader in serving public sector and government clients worldwide, ranked 31^st on the list.

Recently revealed in the December 2007 issue of GI Jobs (www.GIJobs.net), the fifth annual Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers list is developed after the magazine reviews an estimated 2,500 companies with revenues of at least $1 billion; only two percent of companies make the list. GI Jobs considered the strength of a company’s military recruiting efforts, the percentage of new hires with prior military service, and company policies toward national guard/reserve service and veteran community outreach.

“As a leading provider of consulting services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, BearingPoint recognizes the importance of doing all we can to support our employees who are called into service as National Guard and Reserve personnel,” said Robin Lineberger, executive vice president for BearingPoint’s Public Services practice. “We actively recruit employees with prior military service because of the discipline, sense of mission, attention to detail and leadership skills they bring to BearingPoint and our clients. We are proud to be included in this select list of firms.”