Chicago Software Association Issues Top Honor to Jack Noonan; SPSS Inc. Chief Recognized With CSA's Leadership Award.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999-- Celebrating his creative vision and business savvy, the Chicago Software Association (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ) presented SPSS A statistical package from SPSS, Inc., Chicago (www.spss.com) that runs on PCs, most mainframes and minis and is used extensively in marketing research. It provides over 50 statistical processes, including regression analysis, correlation and analysis of variance. Inc. President 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. Jack Noonan with their Leadership Award at the 1999 CSA Annual Achievement Awards. The Leadership Award is given to the top executive of a member company whose guidance has been instrumental in the success of his or her organization. Noonan was recognized for building a cohesive cohesive, n the capability to cohere or stick together to form a mass. organization, exhibiting a gift for prudent risk-taking and providing significant volunteer support for the betterment bet·ter·ment n. 1. An improvement over what has been the case: financial betterment. 2. Law An improvement beyond normal upkeep and repair that adds to the value of real property. of the community. "Jack Noonan is an outstanding representative of what it takes to build and maintain a competitive organization in the technology marketplace," said Candace Renwall, director of the CSA. "He exemplifies what it takes to ensure that Illinois can establish itself as a high-tech mecca." "I am honored to be selected for this Leadership Award," Noonan said. "It's a very exciting time to be a part of SPSS and it's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that our goals and direction are supported by the CSA. As our new tagline, `data mining makes the difference,' suggests, SPSS software development in Chicago will continue to growth and impact the business intelligence market." Since becoming president and chief executive officer of SPSS Inc. (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 : SPSS) in 1992, Noonan's technological vision and direction has taken SPSS from a small entrepreneurial en·tre·pre·neur n. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre, to undertake; see enterprise. organization with a single product offering, to an intelligent, business-minded public company with multiple lines of business. Today, more than 250,000 organizations worldwide use SPSS software to create and distribute information for better decision making. Noonan's strategy of combining internal development with acquisitions has led SPSS through nine corporate acquisitions, the most key of those being the late-1998 acquisition of Integral Solutions Ltd., which helped solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. SPSS' data mining leadership role. These acquisitions have made SPSS the leading provider of market research software in the world. About CSA The Chicago Software Association is a private, not-for-profit industry trade association dedicated to creating an environment in which software and information technology companies can prosper. The CSA is a regional association with approximately 550 member companies, serving a territory that includes all of Illinois, and a 150-mile radius around Chicago (including southern Wisconsin, southwest Michigan, and northern Indiana Northern Indiana is the region of Indiana including 26 counties bordering parts of Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The area is generally sub-classified into other regions. The northwest is economically and culturally intertwined with Chicago, and is considered part of the Chicago ). As the recognized voice of technology in Illinois, CSA represents emerging growth to Fortune 500 companies. About SPSS Inc. SPSS Inc., a multinational software and services company, is a leader in business intelligence, especially data mining and customer relationship management. The company also leads in three vertical markets: survey/market research, quality improvement and scientific research. With products running on all major computer platforms and translated in several languages, SPSS helps organizations leverage information to increase revenues and improve processes. Founded in 1968, the company has more than 40 offices, nearly 900 employees and 1998 revenues of $121 million. The company also has won the following awards: ranked No. 70 on Forbes 1999 list of the "200 best small companies" and as the 22nd most profitable company on the Nasdaq exchange by Equities magazine; granted 1999 World Class Solution award in business intelligence and named "best decision support system for business intelligence" in the 1999 RealWare award competition; named No. 28 in DM Review's Data Warehouse Top 100; placed No. 21 on the 1998 Soft-letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ; and No. 97 in the 1999 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine. Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has offices and distributors around the world. For more information, visit www.spss.com. SPSS information is available on the World Wide Web through the SPSS Press Center at: http://www.spss.com/press |
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