Ken Schmidt Will Try to Get IT Providers to Think Differently

BELLEVUE, NE (July 22, 2010) — Tigerpaw Software, Inc., developer of the most comprehensive business building software for technology providers, today announced Ken Schmidt, former director of communications at Harley-Davidson as their keynote speaker at the Tigerpaw User Conference 2010 being held October 6th-8th in Dallas, Texas.
While at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Schmidt played a vital role one of the most celebrated turnarounds in corporate history. A specialist in corporate positioning and media relations, he was asked to work with the then-struggling Harley-Davidson to help restore the company’s image and create demand for its motorcycles. Within a few short years, Harley-Davidson became one of the most visible and frequently reported-on companies in the world while sales of its motorcycles rocketed upward.
Schmidt left Harley-Davidson to take an ownership position at VSA Partners Inc., a marketing firm that served Harley-Davidson and many of the world’s best-known brands, including General Motors, Coca-Cola, IBM, and Campbell’s Soup. Schmidt continued to help establish the widely known Harley-Davidson brand, and he also worked with Willie G Davidson on the book 100 Years of Harley-Davidson.
Schmidt’s views on how perfectly average people can do extraordinary things will help IT providers build an entirely new corporate culture, rekindle relationships with existing customers, and reach out to new customers in completely new and untraditional ways.
The Tigerpaw User Conference will be held at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel and Resort on October 6, 7, and 8. Tigerpaw customers and prospects will have the opportunity to better their business with cutting edge software, product training classes, and peer-led discussions. For more information on this business-building event, visit http://www.tigerpawsoftware.com/uc2010.
About Tigerpaw
Tigerpaw is the leading provider of business building software designed for technology providers. The award-winning Tigerpaw solution is the most comprehensive suite of tools available to help IT, telephony, security, audio/video, and point of sale businesses create growth. Tigerpaw enables businesses to deliver a higher level of service while achieving greater profitability by managing, automating and integrating service, CRM, inventory, sales, marketing, purchasing, workflow, and accounting. Tigerpaw ensures that sales calls are never forgotten, customer requests don’t fall through the cracks, SLAs are met, and technician time is always billed. With Tigerpaw, all of your employees share customer information from a single database, through one powerful application. For over 25 years, Tigerpaw has helped more than 25,000 technology providers increase sales, provide better service, produce bids faster, order and track equipment, manage projects, and bill faster. www.tigerpawsoftware.com