Chris John Joins StrandWare as Vice President of Sales.Business Editors EAU CLAIRE Eau Claire (ō klâr), city (1990 pop. 56,856), seat of Eau Claire co., W central Wis., on the Chippewa at the mouth of the Eau Claire River, in a hilly lake region; inc. 1872. , Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000 StrandWare(R) Inc., a leading provider of bar code labeling and tracking software products, today announced that Chris H. John has been appointed vice president of sales for the company's North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. . In this newly created position, John is responsible for overall strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and sales leadership for the Label Matrix(R) line of bar code labeling products. Label Matrix, a widely installed bar code labeling software product, is sold through a large network of industry partners. The partners work closely with their customers to bring the right hardware and software components together for labeling in a broad range of industries, including retailing, manufacturing and government. John will maintain and enhance relations with StrandWare's partners by focusing on partner satisfaction, growth and retention. "StrandWare already has excellent relations with our reseller partners and a well-established sales process A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. that brings together the Web, telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. and other sales channels," commented Mike Strand, StrandWare 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. . "As we've grown, it makes sense to have a single individual who is charged with developing and implementing the strategy for this vitally important function. Chris brings a wealth of customer service experience and a sensitivity to our partners' needs that is extremely important." John joins StrandWare from Ferrellgas, a propane propane, CH3CH2CH3, colorless, gaseous alkane. It is readily liquefied by compression and cooling. It melts at −189.9°C; and boils at −42.2°C;. distribution company, where he was area manager for the northern Minnesota/Wisconsin area. At Ferrellgas he held profit and loss responsibility for the geography and was responsible for developing strategic sales plans. He recruited and led a sales team that developed the customer base through significant customer growth and improved retention. In addition, John carefully managed pricing while reducing expenses and account receivables account receivable Any amount owed to a business as the result of a purchase of goods or services from it on a credit basis. Although the firm making the sale receives no written promise of payment, it enters the amount due as a current asset in its books. . John holds a bachelor of arts degree in business from the State University of New York at Brockport The State University of New York at Brockport, also known as SUNY Brockport, Brockport State University or the State University of New York College at Brockport, is a four-year liberal arts college located in Brockport, Monroe County, New York, near Rochester. . He lives in Eau Claire. About StrandWare StrandWare is a Microsoft Certified software manufacturer of a complete family of innovative bar code label design and printing software. Since its founding in 1988, StrandWare has been a pioneer in the data collection industry with groundbreaking PC-based labeling products that feature full graphic design capabilities and that support all common bar code label printers. StrandWare's BackTrack(R) Group offers BackTrack tracking software that helps organizations cut costs by efficiently labeling, tracking and managing information. The company is a leader in Business Efficiency Solutions through Tracking (BEST) technologies. StrandWare's products are used by all of Fortune's top 15 companies and 65 of the top 100. Its software is sold worldwide through a network of dedicated channel partners. For more information, contact StrandWare at 800/552-2331, fax 715/833-1995, or visit the company's Web site at www.strandware.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: StrandWare, Label Matrix and BackTrack are registered trademarks of StrandWare Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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