Datatel President John F. Speer, III To Add Title of CEO.FAIRFAX, Va. -- Datatel([R]), Inc., a leading provider of technology solutions and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. , today announced that its president, John F. Speer, III, has taken on the role of 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. . Mr. Speer, 48, a 23-year Datatel veteran, has also served as the company's COO. The Datatel Board of Directors unanimously approved his promotion in July 2007. "We are very grateful to John for his exemplary leadership and 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. skills over the past year," said Orlando Bravo, chairman of the Datatel Board of Directors and a managing partner with Thoma Cressey Bravo, Inc., a private equity investment firm and investor in Datatel. "John has been instrumental in Datatel's continued success, and this appointment further affirms the Board's confidence and support that he has earned." Mr. Speer moved to California in 1986 to open Datatel's San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden office after two years in its Software Development Division. He returned to Datatel's headquarters in 1994 to become a regional sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , leading the company's newly formed Central Region Business Development Team. In 1997, Mr. Speer was named vice president of sales, with the responsibility of new client acquisitions and ongoing client relationship management. In September 2006, he was appointed as president and COO after the death of long-term chairman of the board, president, and CEO, H. Russell "Russ" Griffith. Mr. Speer played a pivotal leadership role in Datatel winning the United States Senate Productivity and Quality Award in 1997, and has been an active member of the Continuous Quality Improvement Network (CQIN) since 2000. Having participated in the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Total Quality Management (TQM (Total Quality Management) An organizational undertaking to improve the quality of manufacturing and service. It focuses on obtaining continuous feedback for making improvements and refining existing processes over the long term. See ISO 9000. ) training program in the early 1990s, Mr. Speer has been a champion for continuous improvement initiatives at Datatel. Today, he is actively involved in advancing the adoption of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality principles throughout higher education. He graduated from James Madison University “JMU” redirects here. For the university in Liverpool, England, see Liverpool John Moores University. For the public-policy college at Michigan State University, see . in 1983 with a degree in Management Information Systems. About Datatel, Inc. Datatel is a leading provider of fully integrated information management systems that provide value for higher education institution administrators. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company counts more than 740 institutions throughout North America as clients. Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities for more than 25 years, helping them operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit http://www.datatel.com. About Thoma Cressey Bravo Thoma Cressey Bravo is a leading private equity investment firm with more than 27 years of experience in building successful companies. Recognized nationally for pioneering the 'buy and build' strategy, Thoma Cressey Bravo identifies high-potential industry sectors to partner with successful companies in building industry leaders through organic growth, operational improvements, and strategic acquisitions. Thoma Cressey Bravo specializes in software, healthcare, business services, and other consolidating industries including education, distribution, and consumer products. The firm currently manages almost $2 billion in equity capital. Thoma Cressey Bravo is one of the most active and successful private equity firms in the software industry. The firm's current portfolio of software companies has aggregate revenues and profits of approximately $2.0 billion and $500 million, respectively. Thoma Cressey Bravo has a record of investing in and helping to build software companies that are leaders in their respective markets. In application software, the firm's companies are leaders in vertical markets such as Distribution, Higher Education, Retail, Manufacturing, and Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and . In infrastructure software, the firm's companies include leaders in Database Tools, High Availability, and Host Access. For more information, please visit http://www.tcb.com/ (c) 2007 Datatel, Inc. All rights reserved. Datatel, Colleague, and ActiveCampus are registered trademarks of Datatel, Inc. All other names, products, and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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