Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 5, 2002

John Brennan – Ict Group Inc (ictg)

JOHN J. BRENNAN is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of ICT Group, Inc., a leading global provider of outsourced customer management services designed to improve the efficiency and profitability of clients' sales, service and marketing programs. Mr. Brennan has served as the executive leader of ICT Group since 1987, when he managed the buyout of its predecessor company, International Computerized Telemarketing, from Decision Industries Corporation (DIC), after serving as the division's President from July 1986 to March 1987. Prior to that, he had been Vice President of Corporate Planning and Business Development at DIC, having joined them in June 1983 as Vice President of Product Marketing. He had also been President and CEO of Decision Beverage Systems Corporation until June 1986, after managing the acquisition of this turnkey software business for DIC in February 1986. Before joining DIC, Mr. Brennan held key management positions in marketing and strategic planning at General Electric Information Services Company, GE's computer time-sharing subsidiary. Prior to joining GE in 1981, Mr. Brennan had spent 11 years with Quantum Science Corporation, a New York- based marketing research and consulting firm, specializing in the information technology industry. As executive vice president of Quantum from 1979 to 1981, he was responsible for its professional staff and marketing research operations in New York and London. His previous positions at Quantum include senior consultant, director of industry programs and vice president. Mr. Brennan holds a BS in Nuclear Science from the State University of New York Maritime College, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MS in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Profile
TWST: May we start out with a brief overview of the history of

ICT Group, Inc., and a picture of what is going on at the present

time?

Mr. Brennan: ICT Group has positioned itself as one of