Rick Crandall to Provide Strategic Insight to Executive Management Team
WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2006
Vision Chain, Inc. (www.visionchain.com), a leading global provider of demand and supply chain solutions, announced today that Company has expanded its Advisory Board with the addition of technology industry veteran Rick Crandall.
Mr. Crandall is a well-known entrepreneur credited with numerous successful ventures over the past several decades. He is most notably recognized as the founder of Comshare, Inc., the first true decision support software company. Comshare focused on decision support and pioneered executive information systems, multidimensional modeling and ‘business intelligence'. Rick founded and ran the company from its startup 1966 until 1994—building it into a $125 million international business. He later provided a strategic role in the creation of the Giga Information Group, one of the industry's leading information technology research and advisory firms. He was chairman of Giga until its sale to Forrester Research. He has served on and chaired the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) – the nation's leading IT trade association. Mr. Crandall founded and currently chairs the Enterprise Software Roundtable—a forum limited to the chief executives of the world's largest enterprise software companies. He serves on the Board of Directors of numerous technology companies such as Novell, Diebold, Inc. and several private ventures. In the past several years, Crandall has served as the tech industry advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"Decision support has gone through a major transformation from its origins. Today it's all about meeting the market's needs for real-time decision-making, and nowhere is that more obvious than in the relationship between manufacturer and retailer. The Vision Chain solution is fresh and in tune with the most current needs of the market. I look forward to helping Shawn grow his vision into a world class software company," said Mr. Crandall.
"Having Rick help the management team will accelerate our existing momentum. As we grow and gain customers, Rick will help us build foundations to scale the business by orders of magnitude," said Shawn Dolley, CEO of Vision Chain. "His insight and guidance will be invaluable as we embrace an aggressive path to exponential growth and market leadership in the enterprise software arena."
About Vision Chain, Inc.
Vision Chain, Inc. is the market leader in enterprise software that powers decisions using demand data for the world's largest consumer products companies. Vision Chain is the number one choice among sales, marketing and supply chain personnel for creating a single, centralized source of cleansed demand data that drives more complete retail product sales analyses, more accurate product demand forecasts, and more precise RFID analytics. As a result, CP companies achieve enhanced shelf presence, category captains and advisor positions, reduced stock outs and distribution voids, and greater brand visibility. Clients include The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE: SMG) and H.J. Heinz (NYSE: HNZ). For more information, visit: www.visionchain.com.
Vision Chain Contact:
Michael Sorensen
202.459.4135 - michael.sorensen@visionchain.com