[0] Dirig Software Strengthens Management Team, Expands Sales and Professional Services Groups.Business/Technology Editors NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2000 --VP of Sales to substantially grow sales force and revenue; VP of Professional Services to focus on service provider and enterprise environments-- Dirig Software, developer of leading applications and systems management solutions, today announced a new Vice President of Sales, Tom J. Maneloveg, a 16 year IT sales veteran charged with expanding the company's in-house sales force and increasing the opportunities through Dirig's channel partnerships. In addition, Dirig announced that co-founder Thomas Cloos will head the company's service efforts supporting the enterprise, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and service provider markets as Vice President of Professional Services. "Dirig is bolstering its already strong management team and building its leadership role in the applications and systems management space. We are excited to have someone of Tom Maneloveg's knowledge and experience driving our sales efforts. Tom has a firm understanding of both the channel and direct sales models required in today's market," said Robert Hoyt CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Dirig. "Additionally, there isn't a more qualified person to head up our professional services group than one of our founders. Tom Cloos's product knowledge and industry experience is unrivaled." Dirig will expand its sales force significantly over the next year and plans to open regional sales and services offices to support both the channel and direct sales efforts for enterprise companies and service providers, key markets for Dirig's RelyENT and xSPress solutions. In addition, the demand growth for Dirig's products has led to the development of a professional services group to help organizations yield a faster return on investment with applications and systems management solutions from Dirig. "From the beginning, we understood that Dirig's core technology was perfectly suited for the enterprise and service provider infrastructure. The latest release of our core technology only furthers our resolve to deliver the industry's most advanced applications and systems management solutions for these targeted environments," said Cloos. "Our new Professional Services group compliments our sales and engineering efforts, allowing our customer base to realize a faster time to management and enabling companies to quickly manage custom or legacy applications." Maneloveg has extensive sales and management expertise as well as a solid technology background. Maneloveg came to Dirig from SDL (Specification and Description Language) A modeling language used to describe real time systems. It is widely used to model state machines in the telecommunications, aviation, automotive and medical industries. International (formally ITP ITP - Intent to Package ), a provider of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation services to Fortune 100 companies, where he was the VP of Sales and Operations. During his tenure Maneloveg created an alliance program for partners and consistently increased sales revenue each year. Prior to SDL International, Maneloveg held senior sales management positions with Object Design Inc., Inference Corporation and Legent Corporation. Tom began his sales career as Account Manager at Sterling Software and a Sales Engineer at Information Science. Cloos is a software developer with almost 10 years of experience in development and solutions consulting. Prior to co-founding Dirig, Cloos helped develop Calypso Software Systems' consulting organization and its various systems and application management products. Cloos has experience in strategic vertical markets such as finance, manufacturing and telecommunications. About Dirig Dirig Software develops and markets applications management products for e-Business. The product supports systems running on Windows NT, Linux and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). . The company focuses on providing products that deliver real-time feedback and actions to manage customers' applications and environments, while also making these products easy to install, configure and upgrade. These solutions include xSPress for service providers, RelyENT for enterprise and dot coms, and Proctor for OEMs. The company's rapid growth is fostered by partnerships with major industry leading organizations including Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), Cabletron Systems (NYSE: CS), Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PRGS PRGS Phosphoribosylglycinamide Synthetase ) and Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ). Founded in 1997, Dirig is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Nashua, NH. For more information, visit Dirig at www.dirig.com or call 603-889-2777. Dirig, Proctor and the Dirig logo are trademarks of Dirig Software, Inc. Other products, services, company names, trademarks, or registered trademarks referenced in this document are used for identification purposes only and remain the property of their respective owners. |
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