February 2001J.R. Hunter Named Chief Operating Officer of EC Power International, Inc.
J.R. Hunter, who joined EC Power as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2000, has been named Chief Operating Officer and a Director of the Company. EC Power is a Houston-based provider of e-commerce transaction routing services for major energy companies and their trading partners. "EC Power is pleased to have Mr. Hunter's participation at the executive level of our firm. He brings needed sales, marketing, and operational skills to round out our executive management team" said H. L. Rush, Jr., Chairman of EC Power's board of directors.
Prior to joining EC Power, Mr. Hunter served as Vice President of Sales/Western U.S. for BMC Software, and had extensive experience during his 12 year tenure with BMC in operations of international offices as well as numerous sales and marketing roles. In addition to his experience at BMC, Mr. Hunter spent over 12 years in sales and marketing with IBM, later serving as Vice President of Sales for Decimus, a computer-leasing company owned by GE Credit Corp.
About EC Power EC Power is an Transaction Service Provider (TSP) that provides data transformation, intelligent transaction routing, and web reporting for the regulated and deregulated energy industry. Founded in 1995, EC Power serves utilities and deregulated retail energy service providers by interconnecting them via the internet with their trading partners.