Invention Machine Expands Management Team.BOSTON -- Appoints Veteran Technology Executives to Support Continued Strong Demand for its Innovation Software Invention Machine Corporation, the leading provider of enterprise software to optimize knowledge creation and accelerate the process of innovation, today announced three new appointments to its management team bringing a broad depth of expertise across marketing, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and channel sales to the company. Valerie Brodie joins Invention Machine as Vice President of Marketing and will oversee and direct the company's worldwide marketing programs, marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales and brand. Valerie brings to Invention Machine, 17 years of experience in marketing, business development 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. with more than ten years of focused technology, software, new media and digital video experience. Prior to Invention Machine, Valerie served as the Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. at Epicor Software Corporation (Nasdaq: EPIC), an enterprise application software provider serving global manufacturers and distributors. Barry Daitch has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Client Services and Best Practices. In this capacity, Barry will manage the company's global professional services organization to meet the market's growing demand for Invention Machine's innovation solutions. Barry is responsible for all Invention Machine's implementation, training, and consulting services that include the Goldfire Innovator Success Program and other innovation best practice services. Barry brings to Invention Machine more than 20 years of services, operations, sales, and product development experience. Most recently, Barry served as AVP AVP arginine vasopressin. Business Operations and Content Solutions at Comverse Technology (Nasdaq: CMVT CMVT Converse Technology ). Ray DeMeo joins Invention Machine as Vice President of Global Channels and will be responsible for developing and managing global channel sales in Europe and Asia Pacific. Building upon the growth and success of Invention Machine's direct sales channel, Invention Machine is aggressively expanding its reseller channel market strategy to include additional geographies in Asia Pacific and Europe. Ray brings to Invention Machine more than 15 years of experience in developing and managing Asian and European channel partners and customer relationships for multi-national organizations. Most recently, Ray led the growth of the Asia Pacific Operations for Emulex Corporation (Nasdaq: ELX Elx, Spain: see Elche. ), a US-based leading supplier of fibre channel connectivity products to the storage industry, where he grew annual channel revenues more than five-fold. "As a result of our strong performance and the groundswell ground·swell n. 1. A sudden gathering of force, as of public opinion: a groundswell of antiwar sentiment. 2. of interest in Invention Machine and its innovation software, we have the opportunity to leverage our success into the company's next stage of growth and expansion, "says Mark E. Atkins, Chairman, 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. of Invention Machine. "I am pleased to have Valerie, Barry and Ray join our team as we broaden our reach and continue our success with Global 5,000 customers." About Invention Machine Invention Machine Corporation is the leading provider of enterprise software to optimize knowledge creation and accelerate the process of innovation. For more than a decade, over 1,200 companies have leveraged Invention Machine's innovation software to drive top-line growth, reduce costs and expedite time-to-market. Invention Machine's Goldfire Innovator empowers an enterprise with actionable knowledge to innovate more effectively, improve design and production processes across the product lifecycle and continually fuel product pipelines achieving better success rates and faster time to market delivery. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Invention Machine's global presence supports Global 5,000 customers worldwide including such companies as Delphi, HP, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Saipem, Dow, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Whirlpool, and Shell. For additional information, please visit www.invention-machine.com. |
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