Centerpost Expands Management Team.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2001 Appoints James N. Patrick Executive Vice President Sales and Business Development Centerpost Corporation, a leading provider of automated communications solutions, announced today the addition of James N. (Jim) Patrick as Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Mr. Patrick, who previously held key executive positions at Computer Associates, General Electric, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. and the AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Corporation, brings a highly successful, long-term sales and business development track record to Centerpost, where he will lead the company's revenue growth activities. "We are very excited to have Jim lead our sales and business development efforts as we accelerate adoption of our solutions across targeted industries," said Juergen Stark, Chairman and 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 Centerpost. "Jim is an industry veteran with a collaborative customer development track record across multiple industries and product types. He is also a creative and innovative business strategist. That combination is perfect for Centerpost." Mr. Patrick joins Centerpost from Computer Associates' eBusiness Applications business unit, interBiz, where he served as Division Vice President. In this capacity, Mr. Patrick developed Computer Associates' strategy to enter the application service provider (ASP) market, restructured the domestic sales channels for its enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) businesses and managed the overall reorganization of worldwide sales, channels and alliances for its ERP/supply chain initiatives. Prior to Computer Associates, Mr. Patrick played a critical role at Sun Microsystems, where he assisted in managing the company's sales transition from the workstation market to the server market. He established Sun Microsystem's customer relationship management and sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. operations, to generate leads for targeted market segments and measure Sun's efforts to expand its business. Mr. Patrick was also responsible for improving Sun Microsystems' call center help lines and client tracking systems. During the mid-1980s, Mr. Patrick founded a "think tank" for American Airlines' holding company, AMR Corporation, which examined and predicted trends in the travel and hospitality industries as well as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , logistics, retail and communications services. He also served as Vice President of AMR's information service business unit and was Vice President and General Manager of the General Computing and Network Services subsidiary. Previously, Mr. Patrick spent 10 years in management with General Electric's E-commerce business unit, establishing the Southwest region's ASP business for the banking industry. In addition, Mr. Patrick is a noted business trends expert and founder of Millennium Productions Inc. and The James N. Patrick Group. He is a professional speaker and has spoken at numerous travel and financial services forums as a keynote speaker. Mr. Patrick has produced and been featured in over 1,600 radio commentaries and is a frequent guest analyst for radio and television. Mr. Patrick is a graduate of the University of Louisville See also
1. ^ [1] 2. ^ [2] URL accessed on June 8 2006 3. . About Centerpost Centerpost Corporation provides automated communications solutions for United Airlines, Travelocity and other leading companies. Centerpost's services enable companies to deliver automated, interactive phone calls and actionable alerts to customers and employees using voice, wireless, email, fax and instant messaging. Centerpost is backed by Motorola, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4.5 billion in capital commitments. , Tribune Ventures, Portage Portage (1, 2 pôr`təj; 3 pôr`tĭj). 1 Town (1990 pop. 29,060), Porter co., NW Ind., a suburb of Gary, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1959. Venture Partners, and Keystone Venture Capital. More information is available at www.centerpost.com. |
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