Professional insights of three outside directors will bring diverse
technology services insights to the company’s field service strategies.

Minneapolis—Oct. 4, 2010—Field Solutions, Inc. (www.fieldsolutions.com), North America’s premier independent field service technician resource, today announced the addition of two new outside executive members to its board of directors—David Hemler and Sidney “Chip” Emery. The additions of Hemler and Emery expand the board to four members, including Joy Lindsay of StarTec Investments and Field Solutions chairman and CEO, Mac Lewis.

“These individuals bring extraordinary insight and a healthy diversity in their expertise, from a range of global leading companies,” stated Lewis, founder, investor and CEO of Field Solutions. “Their knowledge and experience will help Field Solutions continue to develop and deliver innovative and valued services to the electronics industry.”

David Hemler is senior vice president of small business services at Deluxe Corporation, based in Shoreview, Minn. He brings over 20 years of sales, marketing and operations experience to the Field Solutions board. Hemler’s previous roles include president of Best Buy for Business, and an 11-year career with Microsoft, where he was president of Microsoft Canada. He began his career as a consultant with Andersen Consulting, now known as Accenture. Hemler holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago.


Chip Emery is the owner and CEO of Stillwater, Minn.-based Supply Chain Services (SCS), a provider of barcode scanning solutions for the manufacturing, distribution and warehousing industries. Emery has a long history of successfully developing sales channels in field mobility, with a focus on point-of-sale (POS) and barcode equipment. Prior to SCS, Emery spent 10 years as chairman and CEO of MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC). In addition, he has held executive positions with Honeywell Industrial Controls and Avionics, as well as The Bendix Corporation. Emery is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford University.

In August 2010, Field Solutions announced the addition of Joy Lindsay to its board of directors. Ms. Lindsay is president and co-founder of StarTec Investments, LLC, and was previously a senior vice president at West Publishing (now a Thomson Reuters business).

Field Solutions continues to experience rapid volume and client growth while serving a number of large electronics OEMs and service organizations that have made the company their preferred field services supplier.

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