DALLAS--eVerge Group, a Plano, TX-based Oracle Partner, announced today the addition of Ken Forrest to the leadership team. As Vice President – Strategy & Support, Mr. Forrest will focus on the operational delivery of PeopleSoft applications implementation primarily focused on K-12 education clients.

Mr. Forrest has served in senior executive positions with public school districts for 26 years. As the Chief Financial Officer for the Detroit Public Schools, Ken led the ERP implementation and helped transform the District’s administrative operations and systems into an example for other large urban districts. Throughout his career, Ken has directed all of the non-educational functions for school districts and has contributed to the many advances in the educational administrative technology landscape. Ken received his Masters degree in Management Systems from the University of Southern California and is also a retired Colonel in the United States Army Reserve.

“We’re very pleased that Ken has joined our PeopleSoft practice,” said Paul Strother, vice president of ERP sales and operations. “The K-12 education segment is a growing portion of our business and Ken brings an incredible amount of experience from both his days working within school districts and his recent experience providing system consulting to districts across the county.”

About eVerge Group

eVerge Group delivers best in class services for the implementation, integration and support of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. eVerge Group’s sole focus is to partner with clients to provide business, process and technology expertise so that client deployments of Oracle-PeopleSoft and Oracle-Siebel applications meet their return on investment objectives. For more information, visit www.evergegroup.com.