Ethics Violation

[700UW]

Director of Maintenance Finance Liz Jackson, who had a hand in the purchase of "WorkBrain" resigns from US Airways and takes a job with WorkBrain:

Press Release Source: Workbrain Corporation

Workbrain Bolsters Leadership Position in Transportation and Logistics Industry with Appointment of Experienced Airline Executive
Tuesday February 10, 2:50 pm ET


Liz Jackson to drive market strategy for Workbrain's fully integrated, industry specific workforce management solutions
TORONTO, Feb. 10 /CNW/-- Workbrain Corporation (TSX: WB - News) today announced the appointment of Liz Jackson to the position of Senior Director, Transportation and Logistics. Jackson, who has 15 years of experience in the transportation industry, will provide market expertise and drive product innovation to ensure Workbrain continues to deliver the leading workforce management solution to this sector.
Workbrain already automates workforce management processes for some of the largest transportation companies in the world. British Airways employs Workbrain to manage its complex time and attendance and employee self-service requirements, and has reported significant payroll savings as a result. In addition, Workbrain has developed and deployed solutions that address the unique challenges of the industry, including employee scheduling, shift trading, schedule bidding and overtime equalization.

Jackson joins Workbrain from US Airways, where her most recent role was Managing Director of the Aircraft Maintenance Division. Her career at US Airways included leadership roles in Finance, Information Systems and Planning, where she designed, deployed and measured enterprise-wide IT initiatives to optimize workforce deployment and automate business processes. Jackson has managed large, unionized employee populations across multiple sites, and helped drive transformation of US Airways' supply chain processes.

"Liz complements Workbrain's Transportation and Logistics team with deep industry expertise and will help Workbrain accelerate its leadership position in this market," said Workbrain Executive Vice-President David Stein. "Liz understands the complexity of managing and deploying complex, unionized workforces, and will use her experience to ensure Workbrain continues to deliver solutions that help transportation executives optimize workforce performance."

Jackson's product direction, combined with Workbrain's Speed 2 Value implementation methodology, will help clients realize a fast return on investment, significant cost savings and operational efficiencies. "Transportation enterprises are under intense pressure to control and reduce costs, and workforce management solutions can be a key driver of this strategic priority," said Jackson. "Workbrain's industry-proven solutions can be rapidly deployed to help airlines and other transportation clients achieve significant cost savings and operational efficiencies."

About Workbrain

Workbrain develops, markets, implements and supports software that helps large organizations optimally deploy and manage their workforces. Customers such as The TJX Companies, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation and British Airways have chosen Workbrain's industry-focused workforce management solutions to automate labor forecasting, employee schedule optimization, time and attendance, employee self-service, and workforce analytics. For more information, please visit www.workbrain.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements which are not historical facts, but are based on certain assumptions and reflect Workbrain's current expectations. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Workbrain disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

Workbrain is a trademark of Workbrain, Inc. All other product or company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.


For further information contact:
Brad Elder
Workbrain Corporation
1-888-219-9993 ext. 2267
[email protected]

 

[tim]

Oh Yes, I remember Liz well. She was not one to listen to anyone below her.

As far as this topic goes, she was one of the good ole boys, in this case women, it will be dismissed with a wave of the hand.

 

[BabyBus]

We probably were bilked for millions for this all the while you and I took concessions. An employee earns an hourly wage and overtime could be handled with an exception. I see a need for Sinex, but not meeds or workbrain. Supervisors are charged with seeing to it that their employees are on duty. If overtime is earned, fill out an exception and rid ourselves of the little pesky wall computers and the network that we pay to support it. Also, it is counterproductive to to have this big brother. If you want help gettting things done, Quid pro quo.

Can you say vitamin man...

 

[700UW]

$6 million

 

[tim]

$6 million

All this money spent to over see the mechanics and related, but not to include the planners, they don't punch the clock, in Pit anyway.

 

[700UW]

It is for the ramp and customer service too, they are going to use it in the 10 largest stations to start for them.

 

[BabyBus]

Punching a clock is childish. Sugar not salt.....Bu they way, I am not a planner.

 

[700UW]

Guess you don't know what happened to the ex-pentagon employees who were promised a job at Boeing if the DOD bought the 767 Tankers?

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Pentagon will delay plans to acquire 100 air refueling tankers from Boeing in light of a scandal at the aerospace giant that has led to the dismissal of two executives and the resignation of Chairman and CEO Phil Condit.

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said the Pentagon's internal auditor will examine whether the conduct of the two executives had any negative impact on the contract to lease 20 tankers and buy another 80.

The Air Force initially proposed leasing all 100 tankers in an attempt to quickly update its aging fleet. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and other lawmakers had criticized the proposal as wasteful and lawmakers worked out the compromise to lease only 20 planes and buy the rest. The change was expected to save billions from the original plan, estimated around $21 billion.

In a letter Monday to leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services committees, Wolfowitz described the delay as "a pause." He said the Pentagon "remains committed to the recapitalization of our aerial tanker fleet and is appreciative of the compromise that will allow this arrangement to move forward."

"Nonetheless, I believe that it is prudent to reassess this matter before proceeding," he said.

Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner responded to Wolfowitz on Tuesday, saying the Pentagon should take no action on the planes until the findings of the Pentagon inspector general have been made available for review by Congress, said John Ullyot, a spokesman for Warner, R-Va.

Work on development of the tanker modifications already is under way at Boeing's Wichita, Kan., facility. Boeing-Wichita spokesman Dick Ziegler said he would not characterize the Pentagon's actions as a disappointment but called it "merely a pause" as Wolfowitz described in his letter.

"We have been given no change in direction. We are merely waiting until the actions can be completed," Ziegler said. "We are ready, willing and quite able to begin work."

Congressional advocates of the tanker plan stressed the urgency of updating the tanker fleet. Most of the planes are more than four decades old.

"Further delay of the tanker program, beyond the two years that have already elapsed since Congress first approved this plan, could result in greater costs to taxpayers and to our defense capability," said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

A spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert, John Feehery, said "the bottom line is we don't have enough tankers to do the job for national security." Hastert is from Illinois, where Boeing's headquarters is based, and Boeing's commercial airplane division is headquartered in Washington state.

Boeing announced Nov. 24 it had fired its chief financial officer, Mike Sears, and a vice president, Darleen Druyun, a former Air Force official. A Boeing investigation found that Sears approached Druyun about joining the company while Druyun was overseeing Boeing contracts for the Air Force.

Boeing said Sears and Druyun were fired for violating company policies on hiring and they tried to cover up the misconduct.

Condit resigned unexpectedly Monday, saying "the controversies and distractions of the past year were obscuring the great accomplishments and performance of this company."

On the day that Sears and Druyun were fired, President Bush signed a $401.3 billion defense bill that authorized the plan to lease and buy the tankers. But pressure quickly mounted to reconsider the plan. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the next day that he had asked senior Pentagon officials to examine whether it should be delayed.

On Friday, McCain and Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill., sent a letter to Rumsfeld saying it would be irresponsible for the Defense Department to proceed with the contract without reassessing it.

 

[700UW]

Bob US does, they mailed it to everyone's house.

You are not an employee so I guess you don't know every corporate policy do you?