CoCreate Announces Expansion of Direct Sales Force and Fills Key Sales-Management Positions.Business Editors &High Tech Writers FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000 Expansion Includes New Programs for Customer Support and Service CoCreate (CoCreate Software Inc., Fort Collins, CO, www.cocreate.com) A software company specializing in mechanical CAD (MCAD), data management and project team collaboration software. Established in 1985 as the Mechanical Design Division of Hewlett-Packard, CoCreate adopted its present name in Software Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard See HP. Hewlett-Packard - (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and Company, today announced plans to significantly expand both its internal and external sales force to meet the increasing needs of its customers for software products and services. The expansion includes additional direct account representatives designated for targeted territories, growth in the internal sales and service staff to better serve the company's installed base, and expansion of the service and support center. The company also announced that it has filled key sales-management positions. The company named Mike deFisser as vice president and director of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations and Bob Alfieri as vice president and director of U.S. Sales and Field Operations. Both deFisser and Alfieri bring a wealth of experience, dedication and industry knowledge to their new positions. Prior to his new assignment, deFisser was responsible for North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales of CoCreate products and services. Prior to joining CoCreate, deFisser was instrumental in building the HP OpenView HP OpenView was a Hewlett Packard product range consisting of an extensive portfolio of network and systems management products. In 2007 the entire HP OpenView portfolio was rebranded under the strengthened HP Software name. software sales organization and held key sales-management positions with the organization. Alfieri was previously responsible for CoCreate's eastern sales organization. Prior to joining CoCreate, Alfieri held numerous sales-management positions with SDRC (company) SDRC - The company behind VGX. http://sdrc.com/. Corp. &uot;The growth in CoCreate's business, particularly the success of our OneSpace collaboration software See collaborative software. , is the driving force behind this expansion,&uot; said deFisser. &uot;Our installed base is a key focus for us, and investment in the field resources to ensure our existing customers receive the highest level of sales and support attention is a top priority. &uot;I am extremely pleased with CoCreate's progress during this past year and even more excited about next year's potential,&uot; said deFisser. &uot;CoCreate is leading the collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software. movement and is well positioned to maintain the No. 1 position in this expanding market. The new people we are recruiting will give us an even stronger presence in the marketplace.&uot; &uot;Plans also are underway to roll out a series of seminars on CoCreate's advanced technologies and innovative uses of OneSpace for collaboration in the product design and development community,&uot; said Alfieri. &uot;These seminars will provide familiarization fa·mil·iar·ize tr.v. fa·mil·iar·ized, fa·mil·iar·iz·ing, fa·mil·iar·iz·es 1. To make known, recognized, or familiar. 2. To make acquainted with. with the OneSpace software along with training and information on such topics as time to market, time compression, improving communication with manufacturing and subcontractors, and reducing engineering change orders.&uot; CoCreate also announced plans to increase contact with user-group members. Through factory supported programs, users can meet to discuss the use of new technologies, resolution of common problems and successful innovations in their respective industries. About CoCreate CoCreate Software Inc. is a software subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company. It develops mechanical computer aided design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". and product data management software that supports the concept of shared-space design. The software includes OneSpace for distributed, collaborative product development Collaborative Product Development (Collaborative Product Design) (CPD) is a business strategy, work process and collection of software applications that facilitates different organizations to work together on the development of a product. ; SolidDesigner for product modeling design; ME10 for 2-D design, drafting and documentation; and WorkManager for product data and workflow/process management. CoCreate solutions are known for high quality, ease of use, customization and support of industry standards. They are available in 10 languages and are installed on more than 120,000 systems in design, engineering and manufacturing organizations worldwide. Information about CoCreate Software Inc. and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.cocreate.com. |
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