CenterBeam CEO to address the Halifax Alumni Chapter of Francis Xavier University

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- The Halifax Alumni Chapter of St. Francis Xavier University will welcome StFX graduate, Dr. Kevin Francis, LLD, president and CEO of CenterBeam Inc., to address friends and supporters of the university at the annual StFX Kehoe Dinner and Auction. The event will take place on April 18^th at the Cunard Centre in Halifax.

CenterBeam is an award-winning managed IT services company based in San Jose, California, that provides outsource solutions for mid-size businesses. Since joining the company in 2002, Mr. Francis, a native of Sydney Nova Scotia, implemented a total quality process throughout the organization increasing customer satisfaction to ninety-nine per cent. He also scaled CenterBeam's operations, opening a technology operations center in Saint John, New Brunswick to serve the company's quickly growing roster of customers.

Prior to joining CenterBeam, Mr. Francis was president, chief executive officer and director of Accelio Corporation, a leading global provider of web-enabled business process solutions. Under his leadership, Accelio earned fiscal 2001 revenues of more than $100 million (Canadian), created a distribution network spanning the world, and reached 8.5 million users. The company was successfully acquired by Adobe Systems in 2002.

Mr. Francis also held a variety of positions with Xerox including chairman, president and CEO of Xerox Canada, a $1.6 billion (Canadian) organization.

Kehoe Dinner chair Shawn Monahan, CA said Francis is a perfect fit for the annual event, which celebrates excellence in leadership.

"We're delighted to welcome such a successful StFX graduate and leader in North American business to address this year's dinner," said Monahan. "We look forward to hearing how Kevin's studies at StFX provided a strong foundation for him to pursue leadership roles at leading corporations here in Canada and south of the border."

The StFX Kehoe Dinner and Auction, now in its 18^th year, raises funds to ensure StFX con­tinues to offer Canada's premier undergraduate experience. Proceeds are donated to the university's athletics department and the scholarship and bursary fund.

More information about the event is available on the StFX Halifax Chapter website at www.stfxalumni.ca.

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For more information, please contact:

Shawn Monahan, CA
18^th Kehoe Dinner and Auction Chair
Tel: 902.423.1341
shawn@bruceinc.ca