SME Corporation Accelerates Sales Growth and Business Development Initiatives; David Whiteside Hired as VP of Sales.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2001 SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise project management products and services to Fortune 500 companies, today announced David Whiteside as vice president of sales. In this role, Whiteside will direct SME's aggressive sales growth and business development initiatives. "Dave's appointment is an integral part of our global business development strategy," said Matthew Meblin, 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. . "With Dave's leadership, I have great confidence that SME will become the dominant leader in the enterprise project management market space." David Whiteside brings over 21 years of worldwide sales management experience to SME Corporation. In his most recent position as director of enterprise & National Account Programs at The Thomson Corporation, West Group, he is credited with developing high performing sales teams for a new sales division, defining sales processes, and was instrumental in the creation of the National Account Program. His background also includes management positions in the legal and financial services publishing field at both the RIA (Rich Internet Application) A Web-based application that approaches the speed and elegance of a local application. An RIA may refer to a browser-based application that uses AJAX or another enhanced coding technique. Group and Matthew Bender & Company where he was responsible for the sales and marketing of leading edge technology offerings. Whiteside earned his BS degree in marketing from Lake Superior State University in Sault Sainte Marie Sault Sainte Marie, city, Canada Sault Sainte Marie (s  sānt mərē`), city (1991 pop. 81,476), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Mich. , Michigan and an MBA MBAabbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif. SME Corporation's flagship product, Project InVision(R), allows companies to control critical project information and standardize processes across the enterprise. The system creates a Web-based project portal allowing geographically dispersed employees, vendors, contractors, and customers to collaborate real-time on projects. Customers can purchase the award-winning software from SME or lease the solution through a hosted projectinvision.com offering. Project InVision was honored with Microsoft's 1997 award for "Best BackOffice Solution" and as a finalist in the 1999 awards for "Best Business Solution." SME Corporation (www.smecorporation.com) is a pre-IPO company, founded in 1991, with an established base of Fortune 500 customers including AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Morgan Stanley, and ExxonMobil. SME also has global strategic alliances with EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , SME operates sales and support offices in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, Dallas, Detroit and Jacksonville metro areas, with plans to open international offices in European and Asia Pacific regions. |
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