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UtiliPoint International Partners With
Rick Dove to Explore Utility Agility

For Immediate Release

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—September 29, 2004—UtiliPoint International, Inc. (UtiliPoint), the utility and energy industry thought leader, and Rick Dove, founder of Paradigm Shift International and renowned expert on enterprise agility, today announced that the two firms are partnering to examine and research the concept and values of agility in the utility industry. Rick co-led the founding work at Lehigh University that identified agility as a critical business necessity. He subsequently led the industry initiatives that defined agile strategic and operating principles, and wrote the definitive book on how to determine agility needs, build agile business processes, and create agile enterprises: Response Ability - The Language, Structure, and Culture of the Agile Enterprise (Wiley 2001).

“Utilities have historically been a conservative industry and have recently focused on performing basic core strengths by eliminating diversification efforts to a certain extent,” said Jon T. Brock, chief operating officer of UtiliPoint International. “However, with that in mind, we are seeing utilities begin a management shift where regulatory, governance, information technology, and commodity pricing issues are forcing the industry to be more agile. The utility that 'does nothing' will eventually be left behind as the utilities that can see market conditions changing and make required adjustments early will begin to lead the utility and energy industry.”

“The concept is not new to other industries,” said Rick Dove. “Manufacturing is an example of an industry that has successfully implemented many of the agile enterprise concepts with astonishing results. We plan to test the concept of agility in the utility and energy markets, and determine where it can provide the most benefit to executives facing major technological, operational, regulatory, marketing, and cultural change.”

UtiliPoint research efforts have already identified areas where agility is being tested within the utility industry with successful results. The partnership with UtiliPoint and Paradigm Shift will examine those areas and identify others where the agile concepts may be successfully deployed to effect positive change.

The two firms expect to identify other significant projects in the area of utility agility to work on together in the future. Additionally, UtiliPoint and Paradigm Shift will partner for industry seminars and presentation opportunities.

To learn more about agility in the enterprise, contact either Jon T. Brock at 505.244.7607 or Rick Dove at 505.586.1536.

About UtiliPoint International, Inc.

Contact Information: Jon T. Brock, UtiliPoint International, Inc, 505.244.7607, jbrock@utilipoint.com

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