Benchmark Consulting Names Richard Rector Executive VP of Sales

January 10, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
Atlanta, Georgia - Benchmark Consulting today announced that Richard Rector has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Sales. With its recent acquisition of Canadian-based Castor Technologies, Benchmark Consulting will be restructuring its Canadian Sales Organization. In his new role, Mr. Rector will be responsible for Benchmark Consulting’s global sales effort, as well as, the initial integration of the Canadian sales group. Richard previously was responsible for North American sales where, for the past two years, revenue has grown 200%.

Richard brings to Benchmark Consulting over 25 years of enterprise sales experience in areas such as technology and IT consulting services. Prior to joining Benchmark Consulting, Richard held executive sales responsibility with Adea Solutions, a global IT consulting firm. He also served as Sr. Vice President of Sales for Certified Staffing based in Houston, Texas.

“Benchmark Consulting offers a unique blend of process consulting and application transformation services,” said Rector. “Having previously worked for a firm who offered only general IT services, I recognize the value of delivering specific solutions that positively impact time-to-market for our clients. I am excited about the new responsibility, I am thrilled to be part of a strong organization, and I will continue building an exceptional sales team.”

“Richard brings a great deal of services sales experience to our management team,” said Stéphan Bérubé, President of Benchmark Consulting Canada. “He has a proven track record within our organization for building sales teams and driving services revenue growth. I am very excited about our both our Canadian and global growth plans and look forward to his leadership and contributions.”

About Benchmark Consulting (www.benchmarkconsulting.com)

Benchmark Consulting is a leading global provider of modernization solutions for legacy information systems and business processes. Its unique and revolutionary application modernization platform, IRIS™, and business process services help customers grow revenue, reduce costs, shorten time to market, and extend the ROI of their existing legacy systems. With IRIS™, Benchmark Consulting is unique in addressing the full range of IT modernization through automated migration solutions that mitigate risk, minimize IT downtime, and preserve application business logic. Benchmark Consulting offerings enable database, application, and platform migrations, system standardizations, application development and redevelopment; and application outsourcing.

Our revolutionary capability builds on our expertise in consulting, technology and outsourcing to help clients get the absolute most out of technology investment and create truly sustainable value for their customers and shareholders.