STC Associates Appoints Claudia Foo to Head Brand and Market Strategy in Asia-Pacific Region

Former Intel Brand Manager Joins Growing Asian-Focused Team


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - October 6, 2008) - STC Associates, an independent global brand management consultancy, announced today that Claudia P. Foo has joined the company as Senior Director of Brand and Market Strategy. Ms. Foo, a former brand manager and strategist at Intel Corporation, will be based in STC's Singapore office, where she will drive its Asia Pacific regional efforts.

"STC Associates has a long track record of building brand strategies for our clients worldwide using its capabilities of a strong, multi-disciplinary, multi-national focus," said Sophie Ann Terrisse, CEO, STC Associates. "Claudia's vast experience in technology and telecom, key industry segments for STC, as well as her understanding of how changes in those sectors impact branding and marketing, is a great asset to our firm. At the same time, Claudia's expertise will complement STC's ability to provide strategic and creative account management services worldwide."

Ms. Foo joined Intel in 1998, where she was a Senior Brand Manager in the company's Sales and Marketing Group. Working on brand strategy for Centrino, she was intimately involved with competitive analysis, product roadmap decision planning and business analyses for Intel's leading edge mobility product. Ms. Foo holds an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

About STC Associates

Formed in 1992, STC Associates is an independent global brand management consultancy with extensive experience in the telecom, technology, spirits and luxury good sectors. STC's Brand Intelligence Management, a multi-disciplinary, multi-faced approach to branding, enables clients to increase return on their brand investment in ways relevant to, and synchronous with, their larger business strategies. STC has offices in New York, London, Singapore and, as of 4th Quarter 2008, Mumbai. For more information, go to www.stcassociates.com.

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