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Alexander Consulting Joins Technology Professional Services Association Certified Partner Program
Consulting Firm Focuses on Professional Services Strategy Development
SAN DIEGO, October 30, 2006 – The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA), the technology professional services industry’s premier organization, today announced that Alexander Consulting has been selected as a TPSA Certified Partner. Recently launched, the TPSA Certified Partner Program offers TPSA members the resources of service providers specializing in areas of technology professional services management such as service strategy, service marketing, service sales, and service portfolio development..
“TPSA Certified Partners are thought leaders that command expertise unique to the world of technology professional services. These specialized service providers are often hard to identify and qualify, and in an effort to better serve the TPSA membership, we carefully screen and evaluate companies to cultivate an upper echelon of accredited Certified Partners. Alexander Consulting is a perfect example of a quality provider with a long history in this industry,” said Thomas Lah, TPSA Executive Director.
Dr. Jim Alexander, Alexander Consulting founder, stated, “TPSA is completely aligned with our core philosophies. We look forward to delivering great benefit to TPSA members through our unique mix of services and decades of expertise.”
Alexander Consulting offers consulting, workshops, training, and company-specific assessments and benchmarks. In addition, their pioneering research studies, books, articles and white papers have led the professional services industry for years. Alexander Consulting experts are also available for keynote speeches and presentations.
The Certified Partner Program is one of several new partner programs that TPSA will unveil in the coming months. The association is assembling a network of business partners to extend the reach of its program portfolio and add value for members. Poised to assist members with the challenges of building and optimizing technology professional services organizations, TPSA partners possess a vast array of talent, expertise, and experience. TPSA is carefully choosing partners to provide assistance to its members in major disciplines such as strategy, operations, sales, marketing, engineering, and delivery.
For more information on TPSA partners and for companies interested in being considered for the TPSA Certified Partner program, contact TPSA at info@tpsaonline.com. For professional services community resources including important industry news and key financial trends, TPSA programs and member benefits, visit www.tpsaonline.com.
About Alexander Consulting
Alexander Consulting helps product companies formulate and implement professional services strategies for clients ranging from mature professional services organizations (PSO) seeking the next level of performance, to newly formed organizations attempting to build capabilities, to product companies contemplating whether professional services is the proper strategic move.
For more information on Alexander Consulting, please contact media relations coordinator, David Rippe, at Celestia International at david@celestiacorp.com or 513-253-4854.
About TPSA
The Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA) is the first and only organization for executives who create, produce, deliver, manage, measure, and optimize technology services in the world’s leading corporations. Member companies represent a diverse group of market segments including hardware and software products, systems integration, on-demand hosted applications, and value-added solutions. Through membership collaboration and management expertise, TPSA provides the information, concepts, models, and best practices required for success in the critical professional services component of the technology enterprise.
Leveraging its influential membership, TPSA serves as a pre-eminent thought leader and issues advocate, providing insights and trends analysis to the media, industry and business community-at-large on all matters related to technology professional services. Among its member programs, TPSA offers a Benchmark Survey with peer-group specific and industry average metrics, and The Service 50, an aggregation and analysis of publicly reported financial data, with a focus on trends in services revenues, margins, and contributions to total corporate revenue.
TPSA is part of the Point B group of associations. For over 16 years, Point B has successfully managed industry groups, including the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA). More information on TPSA can be found at www.tpsaonline.com.
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