ALTech Appoints Charlie Rutledge as Vice President, Solution Services Group.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1998-- Executive Brings Over Ten Years of System Integration Experience to the Deployment of Speech Recognition Solutions for Call Centers Applied Language Technologies, Inc. (ALTech), the leading provider of conversational speech recognition technology and products for over-the-telephone solutions, today announced that Charlie Rutledge has joined ALTech as the company's new vice president of its Solution Services group. Mr. Rutledge comes to ALTech with an extensive background in IT systems development, most recently with Andersen Consulting See Accenture. . "We found exactly the right person for this important position," said Mark Holthouse, senior vice president, Technology and Operations for ALTech. "Our goal is to simplify the deployment process for our customers. Charlie's extensive experience in defining and delivering large, mission critical systems in a variety of industries will be an enormous asset to us and to our clients." In his new position, Mr. Rutledge is responsible for delivering custom speech applications to clients using ALTech's comprehensive speech recognition software, SpeechWorksTM. He will oversee all customer projects, ensuring that the solutions and services each client receives during the development process exceed expectations. To accomplish this, Mr. Rutledge will follow and build upon ALTech's Speech Application Development Lifecycle (SADL SADL Situational Awareness Data Link (US Air Force) SADL Situation Awareness Data Link SADL Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (hearing aid satisfaction survey) ), a proprietary process for the development of speech systems. In addition, he is charged with growing a high quality professional staff, and continuing to build on the excellent working relationships with ALTech's platform partners. Charlie Rutledge held several management positions in his five years with Andersen Consulting where he was responsible for both systems implementation and IT strategy development for a number of Andersen's key clients in finance, insurance, health care and retailing. Prior to joining Andersen, Mr. Rutledge was vice president of Ipswich Bay Software and managed data and telecommunications at Exxon Chemical and Marathon Oil Marathon Oil Corporation NYSE: MRO, based in Houston, Texas, is a worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production company. Principal exploration activities are in the United States, Norway, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Canada. . He holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from MIT's Sloan School, and a BS from Miami University Miami University, main campus at Oxford, Ohio; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1809, opened 1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes McGuffey Library and Museum and the Edgar W. . SpeechWorks by ALTech enables people to talk to computers over the telephone in a natural way. The company's award-winning solution is based on technology licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and incorporates several technologies patented by ALTech. SpeechWorks simplifies and speeds the development of speech-activated services for information delivery and e-commerce through its patent-pending DialogModules. The company provides comprehensive system integration and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to clients, and distributes its solution through an unparalleled network of resellers and integrators worldwide. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, ALTech 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 with financing from venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and Intel Corporation. For additional information, visit http://www.altech.com. SpeechWorks and DialogModules are trademarks of Applied Language Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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