Robert Kaplan joins Motif, Inc Board of Directors

Released on = June 25, 2007, 3:53 am

Press Release Author = Motif, Inc.

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Bob Kaplan, formerly with McKinsey and Co., has joined the
board of directors of New Jersey based Motif, Inc., a specialized business process
outsourcing provider. Bob Kaplan has been a senior executive and management
consultant for the past 30 years, and now serves as an advisory member to the board
of Motif.

Press Release Body = Bob Kaplan, formerly with McKinsey and Co., has joined the
board of directors of New Jersey based Motif, Inc., a specialized business process
outsourcing provider. Bob Kaplan has been a senior executive and management
consultant for the past 30 years, and now serves as an advisory member to the board
of Motif.

Kaushal Mehta, Founder & Chairman of Motif, Inc. said, \"Bob Kaplan\'s 30 years of
industry experience on the boards of several large and diverse companies will help
us build on our track record of delivering services of exceptional quality to
Fortune 500 clients. Bob plans to work actively with Motif's management to define
the strategic direction of the company and get Motif to capitalize on its position
in the growing outsourcing industry."

Commenting on his appointment, Bob said, "There are significant opportunities for
value creation with the right balance of on-shore, off-shore service delivery
capability and domain expertise. Motif has built a unique set of organizational and
technical capabilities that lay the basis for what should be a rapidly growing
enterprise. I am looking forward to helping the organization become one of the
leading companies in knowledge based process outsourcing."

Bob spent ten years with McKinsey & Company as senior partner, leading their
information technology and systems practice. Prior to that, he was the managing
partner at the Boston Consulting Group where he worked for eleven years. Earlier, he
worked with KPMG as a systems consultant.
Bob's expertise is in the areas of strategy development and implementation,
organizational effectiveness, and information systems and technology. He has worked
extensively with CEOs in technology-based industries, financial services, and
utilities. Bob has held and currently holds a number of senior executive positions
including acting CEO, acting CTO and board member for companies such as ITM
Software, Silicon Valley Bank, Greater Bay Bank, Netliant, Inc., SiteSmith, Active
Reasoning, Imagicast, epriSolutions and Alibris, Inc.
Bob has an M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's
degree with honors with exceptional distinction in economics from Yale University.
Bob is a member of the Technology Advisory Peer Group for the State of California, a
group of private sector executives counseling the state CIO as part of the
Governor's Information Technology Consolidation and Realignment Initiative.

About Motif

Motif, Inc. is a specialized business process outsourcing company serving Fortune
500 and mid-market clients. Motif has demonstrated expertise in rules based back
office transaction processing which involves decision making, personalized customer
support services and knowledge services. Motif's suite of services include eCommerce
Customer Support services, Financial services - 401(k) Reconciliation services,
Shareholder services, HR services - Benefits administration and Retirement services,
Mortgage services and Internet Research & Analysis. Motif has been recognized by
NeoIT and Global Services for the last three years as one of the Top 100 offshore IT
outsourcing and BPO service providers in the world. Motif was additionally ranked
among the top 20 firms on the "Global Outsourcing 100--Rising Stars Category" by the
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) in January, 2006. It
is an ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certified company (an international standard for
Information Security Management System). For more information on the company, please
visit www.motifinc.com.

Web Site = http://www.motifinc.com

Contact Details = Sue Horton
One Cattano Ave,
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: 973-267-7286
sue.horton@motifinc.com

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