CES International CMO Don McDonnell Presents Guest Lecture for Oglethorpe University's Rikard Lecture Series


ATLANTA, Oct. 13, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- CES International Inc., the leading global provider of outage and network management systems for distribution utilities, today announced that Don McDonnell, chief marketing officer, will present a lecture on Tuesday, October 14 entitled The Relevance of the 4 P's In Surviving & Thriving During the Technology Downturn.

McDonnell will present his lecture as the October guest speaker for Oglethorpe University's Rikard Lecture Series sponsored by the Oglethorpe University College of Business.



 Lecture Details:     Tuesday, October 14, 2003 -- 4:00-6:00 PM
                      Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe
                      University
                      Atlanta, Georgia
                      Oglethorpe Contact: tkirkland@oglethorpe.edu
                      or 404-364-8447

A portion of Mr. McDonnell's honorarium for the lecture will be donated to The Goshen Valley Foundation, founded by CES International CEO John Blend and his wife Connie in 1997. The Foundation operates the Goshen Valley Boys Ranch, dedicated to providing Christian group homes for disadvantaged youth. Additional information on the Goshen Valley Ranch can be found at www.goshenvalley.org or by contacting Goshen Valley Executive Director Lloyd W. Zook at lwzook@goshenvalley.org.

About CES International

CES International supplies real-time software solutions to utilities on five continents, serving more than 35 million metered accounts. CES International is the developer of the Centricity operations resource management (ORM) system, which includes the market's leading outage-management system, and the newly developed Energy Delivery Management (EDM) suite of network-management software. For more information, visit www.ces.com or call 1-800-450-0266. CES International -- Redefining Connectivity.



            

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