Gerber Strengthens YuniquePLM Team with Appointment of Vice President of Professional Services


TOLLAND, Conn., USA, (PRWEB) May 30, 2012

Gerber Technology welcomes Keith Krystofolsky as vice president of Professional Services for the companys YuniquePLM and webPDM software products. He will manage Gerbers global team of consultants and technical experts through customer implementations and continuous software enhancements.

Krystofolsky brings with him more than a decade of experience working with PLM systems and processes across a number of global, diverse, multi-channel companies. He comes to Gerber from Fifth and Pacific Companies (formerly Liz Claiborne, Inc.) where he was the director of design and product development systems. Prior to that, he was the manager of product technology at New York & Company, Inc. and an application analyst at Limited Brands.

Donny Askin, president of Gerbers YuniquePLM business, said, In the past two years, more than 40 fashion companies throughout North America and Europe have adopted YuniquePLM to drive business growth and process improvement across their organizations. From these successes comes a wealth of “voice of customer” feedback that drives continuous product improvement. Among other things, Keith will serve as the direct liaison between our users and our product development team.

Krystofolsky said, I have worked with a number of PLM systems in the past and am delighted to be working with a product that I know is wholeheartedly embraced by people across the fashion industry designers and IT professionals alike because its intuitive to use, makes it easier to collaborate with partners, and, in the end, helps teams create a more appealing product for the consumer.

YuniquePLM is the recipient of the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Global Fashion Product Lifecycle Management Product Leadership Award. Frost & Sullivan analysts evaluated several PLM contenders based on product features and functionality, product innovation, product acceptance in the marketplace and customer value enhancements. Their findings state, “YuniquePLM is a well-drawn solution created by a team of people from the industry who have hands-on expertise in addressing the needs of the fashion PLM industry across the globe. This has enabled the wide adoption and acceptance of YuniquePLM across various end-users in the fashion industry.”

About Gerber Technology

For more than four decades, Gerber Technology has been the world leader in providing sophisticated hardware and software systems to automate and more effectively manage the product design and manufacturing process. We serve 25,000 customers, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, in the aerospace, apparel, retail, composites, packaging, furniture, technical textiles and transportation interiors industries in 130 countries. Our products help users move faster, at less cost and with the highest quality.

Based in Connecticut, USA, Gerber Technology is owned by Vector Capitol, a San Francisco-based, global private equity firm specializing in the technology sector that manages more than $ 1 billion of equity capital. Visit http://www.gerbertechnology.com for more information.







Colorados Top Research Universities Team with Cleantech Fellows Institute to Offer Cleantech Executive Accelerator

DENVER, CO (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

Colorados public universities are teaming with the Colorado Cleantech Industry Associations newest program to offer executive training in clean technology ventures to individuals outside of the industry. The Cleantech Fellows Institute addresses a simple but bothersome problem: not enough seasoned executives in the cleantech industry. The objective of the program is to help experienced entrepreneurs and executives accelerate their transition into the cleantech sector, stimulating new venture formation, job creation and growth of the cleantech industry.

The Cleantech Fellows Institute is the first of its kind with a national focus and is accepting applications now through July 27. The program will begin in September and combines seminars, lectures, lab visits, capstone and other business planning projects within the university settings at Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the University of Colorado.

Providing introductions to the national cleantech eco-system, world-class technology and a strategic understanding of the industries within cleantech to seasoned entrepreneurs is critical to venture formation, said Cleantech Fellows Institute Director Wayne Greenberg. Our unique partnerships and collaborations with the university and research community in Colorado makes the state an ideal location to promote, build and grow a successful clean technology startup.

The technologies used to develop the venture-backed companies are emerging from research laboratories at the three universities and the Department of Energys (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Targeted executives are those who have built successful companies in different sectors such as aerospace, biotechnology and enterprise technology.

CUs research laboratories are developing sophisticated, clean technologies with significant market potential, said David N. Allen, CUs Associate Vice President for Technology Transfer. Combined with the leadership expertise of the executives coming into the Cleantech Fellows Institute, we believe these technologies have a high potential for success in the commercial world.

The Colorado School of Mines prides itself on educational programs based on cutting-edge emerging technologies and on real-world collaboration with leading business people as part of our instructional offering, said Will Vaughan, Director, Technology Transfer at Colorado School of Mines. Partnering with the Cleantech Fellows Institute gives us another opportunity to work at the nexus of academia and entrepreneurship.

The key to the programs success will be the executives exposure to commercially-ready technologies from Colorado sources. Working with the universities and energy laboratories, as well as a team of cleantech industry insiders, the executives will develop a deep understanding of the technologies being developed at each institution. Each executive will select a technology that sparks their interest and plan a capstone project to present in January 2013.

As CSUs chief advocate for research activities and the promotion of CSU technology into the marketplace, I am excited to be a part of this cleantech era of technology development and commercialization, said Bill Farland, Vice President of Research at Colorado State University. CSU is working to ensure that our most significant innovations are getting out into the marketplace to the people who need them and our partnership with the Fellows Institute supports that mission.

The Cleantech Fellows Institute was created by the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association and is supported by NREL and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a national business organization of which CCIA is a founding chapter.

Information on how to apply for the program is located at cleantechfellows.com.

About Cleantech Fellows Institute

The Cleantech Fellows Institute is an exclusive program designed to facilitate the creation of venture-backed clean technology companies. The CFI will educate a highly select set of proven executives from across the country, and from a wide variety of industry sectors, that are interested in making the transition to cleantech. For more information, visit http://www.cleantechfellows.com

About Colorado Cleantech Industry Association

The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) represents the interests of the states cleantech industry. Its mission is to further establish Colorado as a world leader in clean technology by providing representation and advocacy, a unified voice, relevant programming and capacity development. For more information, visit http://www.coloradocleantech.com.







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Leading Online Marketer Numero Uno Web Solutions Strengthens Management Team with the Addition of Wayne Smith


New York, NY (PRWEB) September 07, 2012

Numero Uno Web Solutions, a fast-growing global Internet marketing firm that caters to small- and mid-size business-to-consumer companies, is proud to announce the addition of Wayne Smith, BA, as the companys new sales manager.

Smiths responsibilities as sales manager will entail driving the strategic direction and management of online sales and establishing plans and strategies that will continue to expand Numero Uno Web Solutions customer base.

A company spokesperson noted, “We are delighted to have Wayne Smith on board. The online marketplace is fiercely competitive and is continually evolving. There are many complexities involved with successful online marketing, so having a strong leader who understands the opportunities and challenges is vital. Im confident that with Waynes experience and knowledge, Numero Uno Web Solutions is going to continue to experience unprecedented growth.”

Smith brings an extensive background and strong leadership to his role at Numero Uno Web Solutions. His previous positions include national sales manager with Sears Canada and product specialist with Grand & Toy Interiors. He has a broad background in developing and executing strategies and marketing plans, as well as managing teams of varying sizes and building strong relationships with businesses and consumers.

Joining the Numero Uno Web Solutions team is a great fit and excellent opportunity. The online marketplace has become a major driver of new business. The business of increasing web site traffic is intensely competitive. If you want your web site to be at the top of the search rankings, you need more than just an online presence, said Smith.

To learn more about Numero Uno, visit the companys web site at http://www.numerounoweb.com.

Numero Uno Web Solutions is one of the top Internet marketing firms helping companies get more qualified traffic to their web sites. For more information on Numero Uno Web Solutions, and to discover how the company can help maximize your companys search engine optimization and online presence, visit http://www.numerounoweb.com.

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New Energy Works Timberframers Expands Engineering Team


Farmington, New York (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

New Energy Works Timberframers is pleased to announce the addition of Bryan Bleier, Fred Klein, Assoc. AIA, and Owen MacDonald to their engineering group.

Bryan, Fred, and Owen will be active members of New Energy Works Timberframers engineering team connecting with architects, designers, and builders regarding timber frame engineering, plans, raisings, enclosures, and fine woodworking on residential and commercial projects.

Were glad to welcome these new members to our engineering group, says Brian Mosch, general manager at New Energy Works Timberframers. In addition to their primary skill set, each person brings professional experience in the architecture, design, build, and construction fields which will greatly benefit our partners, our clients, and our internal organization.

New Energy Works Timberframers have been designing and building environmentally responsible timber frames across the USA for nearly 30 years from their facilities in New York and Oregon. Offerings include: Timber Framing (design, engineering, manufacturing, build), Enclosure Systems, Fine Woodworking, Recycled and Sustainable wood products. New Energy Works has LEED AP staff members, is a member of the US Green Building Council, and is FSC Certified.







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Working Solutions, Pioneer of the Virtual Call Center Model, Announces Strategic Expansion of their Sales Team

Plano, TX (PRWEB) August 23, 2012

Working Solutions, a pioneer in the hosted contact center model, is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Moberly, Sales Director and Ken Wheeley, Regional Sales Manager to its expanding sales team. Both bring over 20 years of sales and leadership experience in the telecommunications industry.

Moberly will be planning and directing the sales activities of the company. Wheeley will be responsible for identifying and closing new business opportunities as well as delivering on revenue targets to help in the overall growth and success of Working Solutions.

Scott and Ken are two talented, tech-savvy sales professionals who understand market trends and client needs. I am positive they will help take our company to the next level as well as contribute innovative ideas, said Tim Houlne, CEO of Working Solutions.

Founded in 1996 by company President and COO Kim Houlne, Working Solutions has grown from a single agent to a virtual call center community of more than 100,000 work-at-home professionals in North America over the past 17 years.

Working Solutions is an innovative company that continues to break boundaries. I believe our sales and marketing team is strategically ready to take the company to the next level, said Moberly, an alumnus from Indiana University, as well as a graduate of the Army Command & General Staff Officer Course.

I want to help companies understand that having agents work from home is a natural step in the evolution of the telecommunications industry. When you have the right partner using the right technology and processes, home-based agents are more productive and offer greater levels of customer service than their facilities based co-workers, said Wheeley, who received his degree from Cumberland University.

With the recent expansion of their sales and marketing team, Working Solutions continues to strategically plan for market growth with a focus on bringing greater value to clients, increasing customer satisfaction and providing positive return on investment.

About Working Solutions

Working Solutions improves return on investment and controls costs for contact centers by providing groundbreaking results through the right people and technology delivered at the right time. Working Solutions services include Agents OnDemand

Response Mine Interactive Promotes Key Executive to Lead Digital Services Team

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 02, 2012

Response Mine Interactive (RMI), a digital marketing agency founded on direct response principles focused holistically on driving category leading ROI for brands, announces the promotion of Ryan Woolley as Senior Vice President of Digital Services. The appointment aligns with Woolleys deep routed experience within the interactive marketing space and solidifies the firms plan for strategic growth in 2012. Recently named an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company, RMI is poised to continue its influence in direct response marketing, strategy and online media.

Ryan continually exceeds performance goals in serving clients. I dont know if its the Midwestern fortitude or just his own zen-like calm, but he has innate leadership skills and a deep commitment to engendering success in others- clients and employees alike, explains Ken Robbins, founder and president of RMI.

Depth and Breadth Added to Digital Services Team

Woolleys promotion comes after years of relentless focus and dedication to producing exemplary results for RMIs clients and the agency itself. In his new role, he will be tasked with leading the Systems Design & Operations of the Digital Services Division. Woolley will maintain P&L ownership of the Digital Services Division, focus on new business development and serve as a strategic resource for RMI staff and clients alike.

Before leading the Digital Services Team, Woolley served as Vice President, Group Director of Client Services where he was tasked with providing strategic marketing insight to RMI’s rapidly growing number of interactive marketing clients while maximizing profits and revenue growth for both clients and the agency. Due in part to his dedication and relentless focus on strategic growth, Woolley was promoted to Senior Vice President of Digital Services.

With more than 11 years of interactive marketing experience, Ryan has managed strategy and relationships for many RMI clients including Staples, Rooms To Go, Travelzoo, and Carters/OshKosh BGosh. Ryan was a featured speaker at the 2010 Direct Marketing Associations Annual Conference on Advanced Link Building.

Prior to joining RMI, Ryan served as vice president of interactive marketing for Anderson Communications, an integrated marketing agency in Savannah, Ga., and Hilton Head Island, S.C. There he launched the agencys paid search and search engine optimization services. Ryan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University with a bachelors degree in computer information systems.

RMI offers an innovative marketing strategy that redefines the mission of its clients marketing function to achieve the greatest ROI. Its customer acquisition program owns and builds online properties in key consumer-facing markets. By attracting specific audiences to these properties, RMI converts them into customers for clients at no risk. Its digital services division drives sales conversion by employing direct response strategies such as paid search, local search and SEO to acquire new customers and achieve online category domination.

About Response Mine Interactive

Response Mine Interactive (RMI) is a digital marketing services firm grounded in direct response principles to help its clients achieve online category domination. Dedicated to ROI driven efficiencies, RMI has generated billions of dollars in revenue for leading brands in the ecommerce, seniors, healthcare, retail, travel and home services markets. For more information, visit http://www.responsemine.com or call 404-233-0370 x318.







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A&I Solutions would like to announce the Employee of the Week, Tim Higgins. Tim is a Senior Architect on the A&I Service Assurance Team.


(PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Throughout the years, Tim Higgins has worked in various locations across North America assisting customers to install, configure, and operate purchased software. As a senior consultant for A&I Solutions, his responsibilities cover those areas as well as a wide range of activities. For example, Tim works closely with A&I customers by mentoring personnel and providing knowledge transfer. Also, he implements triage, diagnosis, and root cause analysis of application performance problems and architecture of monitoring infrastructure in the client environment.

Tim explains, Since working with A&I Solutions I have learned more about technology than I thought I could ever learn. Every client is different, every task is different and every situation is different; so when there is an issue it is never the same and you have to work to figure it out. The team at A&I are some of the best and brightest teammates I have ever worked with. Everyone is a great team player. Anyone is ready to assist the next with any situation. Although the focus of his consulting was Java/J2EE and .NET application performance management, he is highly proficient in Weblogic/WebSphere/IBoss Application Servers, Database (Microsoft SQL/Oracle), Scripting (JavaScript, Bash, VB/Power Script, WMI), and many other technologies.

As an A&I employee, Tim has worked for several companies throughout the past two years. Those include Disney, Coach, Verizon, Arizona Department of Economic Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), SeaWorld, Fidelity Investments, First Citizens Bank, Nascar, General Electric (GE), Harris, Liberty Mutual, Purdue, N-DEx, and many more. He has accomplished many tasks and has done impeccable work for these companies.

In August, Tim will be celebrating his two year anniversary with A&I Solutions. He has been an added benefit to the company and we appreciate the time and effort he has put into his work on the Service Assurance Team. Tim has created new opportunities for our organization and has been an active part in the success of A&I Solutions.

Success Story:

It was great working with Verizon, because of all the knowledge that I learned in such a short period. I went in planning to do a simple install of the APM architect and a few agents to monitor their application. In no time we ran into issues. The 1st issue was a bug we found in the .NET agent after working on it all night, it was really about 6 am the following day when we got it resolved. Before our findings, I worked with a team of experts for about 3 weeks, pushing long and hard hours trying to resolve a resource issue.

We got it working and I moved on to my next project which we finished early to find out that Verizon needed me back for another issue. This time our agent was pushing their servers over the 95% resource mark. Basically, with our agent the application was still putting them over 95% of memory on their production servers. This time it took 3 days for us to see that it wasnt our agent. Their application was running at 85% 90% without our agent. Our agent would put 1% of overheard per process adding 10% to what they already had. In a normal application adding 10% isnt a big difference but with an application already pushing the limits, that is a lot. The last few days we spent helping the client trim down their application by looking at some simple best practices and simple ideas.

That was a great experience because not only were we able to debug CA but we were able to assist the client with other issues as well.

Recommendation:

I had a great experience working with Tim on the initial rollout of the CA Introscope for my current company. Even with the long hours, demanding requirements, and stressful time crunch, Tim helped make the experience better with his technical counsel and positive attitude.

Brandt A. Meyers, Enterprise Systems Management The Walt Disney Company

About A&Is Service Assurance

A&I Solutions Application Performance Management and Monitoring team is a premier Direct Managed Partner and service provider of CA Service Assurance and Application Performance Management. Our Network Performance Management tools can help you continuously monitor application delivery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Ultimately, our team of experts assures that end-to-end application response times meet or exceed SLAs and business requirements. A&I Solutions has extensive experience in APM Introscope, CEM, DB Insight, Spectrum, eHealth, Nimsoft and Service Operations Insight.

About A&I Solutions

A&I Solutions is North America’s premier provider of integrated enterprise solutions, dedicated to implementing solutions from CA technologies. A&I Solutions provides enterprise products and services to help companies achieve the highest level of performance. We focus on the best rated products and extensive experience to deliver comprehensive integrated Enterprise Solutions. Working with enterprise management, resource planning, service assurance, security and infrastructure monitoring, A&I helps organizations achieve their full potential by driving consistency and maximizing efficiency. Our proven methodologies, innovative best practices and deep technical experience produce better business results for our Customers. A&I has expertise across all IT environments – physical, distributed, cloud, virtual and heterogeneous platforms. We specialize in the following: CA Security Suite, CA Clarity, CA Wily – Introscope, CEM, SOI, NetQoS, Reporting – Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Actuate Reporting, Enterprise Integrations.

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A&I Solutions Would Like to Announce the Employee of the Week, Todd Hall; Todd is a Senior Consultant on the A&I Service Assurance Team


Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) June 20, 2012

Todd is a senior consultant on the Service Assurance Team at A&I Solutions and is certified in Introscope, CEM, and APM. He is experienced with IT management over multiple disciplines including: database administration, architecture, and product and program management.

He explains, I enjoy working with customers on implementations and education of best practices. Though, what I really love is working with data contained to provide clear information to non-technical individuals and groups.

Todd specializes in database administration, application development, and application support. Before becoming an A&I employee, Todd worked for several companies as an Applications Developer/Database Administrator and managed several development teams. His past work experience has given him the skill set to differentiate himself from others in the workforce.

Since becoming a member of the A&I Service Assurance Team, Todd has worked with a number of companies, some including: JCPenney, Sun Trust, McKesson, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase and Co.

Recommendation

I recently completed working with Todd on a 6-month Wily project for a large financial institution. Todd was an instrumental member of the project team. From early on he established excellent relationships with the customers technical team members. Todd ensured that we have excellent documentation that describes in detail the customers technical environment and produced detailed process documentation. He coordinated the day-to-day activities of the entire technical team to ensure that they follow up on issues on a timely basis and focus their work on the top technical issues. In addition, Todd took on many of the tough technical challenges himself and was diligent to follow them through to resolution. I relied on Todd heavily to ensure the technical team works at their highest level of productivity. Todd is a valuable addition to any project team and I would be glad to work with him again in the future.

-Thomas Koehler

(Hired Todd as a IT Consultant in 2011)

About A&I Service Assurance

A&I Solutions Application Performance Management and Monitoring team is a premier Direct Managed Partner and service provider of CA Service Assurance and Application Performance Management. Our Network Performance Management tools can help you continuously monitor application delivery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. Ultimately, our team of experts assures that end-to-end application response times meet or exceed SLAs and business requirements. A&I Solutions has extensive experience in APM Introscope, CEM, DB Insight, Spectrum, eHealth, Nimsoft and Service Operations Insight.

About A & I Solutions

A&I Solutions is North America’s premier provider of integrated enterprise solutions, dedicated to implementing solutions from CA technologies. A&I Solutions provides enterprise products and services to help companies achieve the highest level of performance. We focus on the best rated products and extensive experience to deliver comprehensive integrated Enterprise Solutions. Working with enterprise management, resource planning, service assurance, security and infrastructure monitoring, A&I helps organizations achieve their full potential by driving consistency and maximizing efficiency. Our proven methodologies, innovative best practices and deep technical experience produce better business results for our Customers. A&I has expertise across all IT environments – physical, distributed, cloud, virtual and heterogeneous platforms. We specialize in the following: CA Security Suite, CA Clarity, CA Wily – Introscope, CEM, SOI, NetQoS, Reporting – Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Actuate Reporting, Enterprise Integrations.

For more information please visit http://www.anisolutions.com.







AtHomeNet Announces Plans to Integrate with Village Management Software (VMS) from Team Soft Solutions


Suwanee, GA (PRWEB) June 19, 2012

AtHomeNet, Inc., a provider of web-based services for community associations, announces their planned integration with Las Vegas based property management software provider, Team Soft Solutions, creators of Village Management Software (VMS). The integration will allow residents of communities to view their account information by logging into their AtHomeNet community website.

The idea behind partnering was based on requests from both companies clients. Team Soft Solutions Owner, Michael Renaldo explains, We have clients who have been asking for integration with AtHomeNet, and we are very pleased that we will soon be able to provide it.

Initial integration will provide clients residents access to their Account Balances, Last Payment Information, and Charges & Payment Account History – all through their communitys AtHomeNet website. Future additions as a result of the partnership include providing access to violations, architectural requests, and more.

Serving more than 650 association management companies in the US and 7 other countries, AtHomeNet is focused on helping them provide better services to their community clients. One of our goals is to make it easier for our management company clients to do their job, says Susan Sanders, AtHomeNet CEO and Co-Founder. This new collaboration will do just that by helping our VMS clients reduce phone calls and emails to the association manager while putting important information in the hands of their residents.

VMS provides interactive, real-time property management tools to thousands of homeowners associations, condominium associations, and apartment/rental management companies. For more information visit http://www.villagemanagementsoftware.com.

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Algonquin Studios’ Management Team Honored on Business First’s List of Who’s Who in Technology 2012


Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) June 27, 2012

Steven Raines, Algonquins Chief Executive Officer, and Stephen Kiernan II, Algonquins President were both included in Buffalo Business Firsts Whos Who in Technology 2012 list, published by the paper on Monday, June 18th.

According to Donna Collins, Senior Editor at Business First, the executives included on the list represent the companies that appear on Business First’s annual top lists of companies in the technology sector, including office equipment and telecommunications companies, technology companies, and wireless service providers.

Mr. Raines has been building Internet and Intranet applications, electronic commerce systems, scalable enterprise-wide infrastructures, order entry systems and production analysis software using Microsoft technologies since 1995. Prior to co-founding Algonquin, he was a Senior Programmer/Analyst at SOFTBANK Services Group (now Client Logic) and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English, with Honors, from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Mr. Kiernan has been designing and building solutions for the web, print, and CD-ROM since 1998. He has extensive knowledge of many web-based technologies, including: Active Server Pages (ASP), HTML, CSS, XML, and XSL. Before joining Algonquin Studios, Kiernan worked as a multimedia consultant in Boston, MA, with clients including Bentley Motors, Houghton Mifflin, and Marriott Hotels. He earned his Masters of Business Administration at the State University of New York at Buffalo and holds a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Multimedia from the State University of New York College at Fredonia.

About Algonquin Studios – Algonquin Studios is a professional services firm providing world-class software development, customized IT services, web design and web content management systems, and business and technology consulting since 1998. Algonquin Studios provides expert business solutions for many industries including health care, legal, financial, and not-for-profit. The company is headquartered in the heart of downtown Buffalo, surrounded by squares, shops, restaurants, architectural attractions, and all the other gems of the city, and has a Manhattan office, located on Wall Street, in the center of the city’s bustling financial district.