HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., April 7, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Quintek Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:QTEK), a provider of 21st-century Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and document-management services that raise efficiency and lower costs for data-intensive industries, announced that it has promoted Chris de Lapp to the position of National Sales Manager, where he will take a sharply expanded leadership role in directing the Company's continued national sales expansion.
Mr. de Lapp has held the position of Sales and Business Development Executive since he joined Quintek last year. He brought Quintek more than 17 years' experience in outside sales to Fortune 500 companies. In the last seven years of his career, Mr. de Lapp has closed more than $83 million in long-term contracts, including more than $8 million in long-term contract value in his first year at Quintek.
As well as driving sales, Mr. de Lapp has successfully managed relationships with Quintek's key subcontractors, vendors and partners. Additionally, he has been responsible for the development of a strong sales pipeline representing over $27 million in potential sales with an additional $19 million in on-the-radar deals. Going forward, he will work closely with Robert Steele, President and CEO, with focus on growing overall company revenues through expanding the sales team, expanding the company's involvement within existing accounts, and expanding the business through existing partnerships.
In his career, Mr. de Lapp has held two different positions as Sales Manager, including nine years with Affiliated Computer Systems NYSE (ACS), a $4 billion a year international provider of BPO and IT services, as Senior Business Development Manager. Among his accomplishments, there was the closing of a three-year BPO services contract with Washington Mutual Bank valued at over $30 million. Additionally, Mr. de Lapp closed numerous other deals with customers such as The City of San Jose, Wells Fargo and Los Angeles County. Previously, Mr. de Lapp was a Sales Manager with Summit Technologies, where he brought in and closed major customer accounts such as Lockheed Martin, Bank of America, Blue Cross Blue Shield, AAPR FHP (now PacifiCare) and Visa International.
Robert Steele, Quintek CEO, stated, "In addition to his proven ability to deliver very powerful revenue results for Quintek, Chris has demonstrated a commitment to customer satisfaction, an effective management style, strong organizational skills and a talent for employee and customer relations. The company looks forward to providing Chris the resources that he needs to succeed in his new position and to play a key role in helping Quintek execute its business and revenue growth strategies."
About Quintek Technologies, Inc.
Quintek Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary Quintek Services, Inc. (QSI), delivers 21st-century Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services and solutions that enable organizations of any size to secure and manage their key data processing demands with optimal efficiency and minimal costs. As a next-generation technology company, Quintek is unhindered by outdated information technology systems, and thus is able to deploy best-of-breed solutions in all aspects of BPO computer applications and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).
Quintek provides a range of mission-critical information and document-management solutions to organizations in document-intensive industries, including government, public utilities, healthcare, insurance, financial, legal, telecommunications and manufacturing. The Company has built steady growth on a strategy of providing superior services and solutions, and continues to exploit the steadily increasing growth in BPO and ILM marketplaces; the Aberdeen Group, a provider of IT market intelligence, forecasts 13% annual growth for the BPO industry through 2005, when the market is projected to reach $248 billion. For more information, visit http://www.quintek.com. For more investor-specific information, including daily and historical Company stock quote data and recent news releases, please visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/quintek. To read or download the Company's Investor Fact Sheet, visit http://www.trilogy-capital.com/tcp/quintek/factsheet.html.
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This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including statements regarding potential sales, the success of the company's business, as well as statements that include the word "believe" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Quintek to differ materially from those implied or expressed by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the risk factors included in Quintek's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and any subsequent reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act. This press release speaks as of the date first set forth above and Quintek assumes no responsibility to update the information included herein for events occurring after the date hereof. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated due to factors such as the lack of capital, timely development of products, inability to deliver products when ordered, inability of potential customers to pay for ordered products, and political and economic risks inherent in international trade.