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Looking for products or services specifically for the Call Center environment? Please consider the following IARE Allied Members first!

IARE Allied Members (Updated July 2008)

ACS
ACS, a Fortune 500 Company & Six Sigma organization, is the leading provider of fully diversified, end-to-end, business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) solutions to commercial and government clients worldwide. ACS is the travel industry's leading customer care contact center and business process outsourcer. We offer in-depth travel industry expertise and solutions. By understanding our clients' unique needs and objectives, we strengthen our clients' profitability through lower costs, streamlined operations, improved accuracy, quality, productivity, and higher levels of customer satisfaction.

John Duffy
Admin Assistant
215 NW 25th Street, #6
Wilton Manors, FL 33311 USA
954-394-3143; Fax: 786-272-0533
john.duffy@acs-inc.com

Chris Engle
Sales Director, Global Customer Care
215 NW 25th Street, #6
Wilton Manors, FL 33311 USA
646-226-3778; Fax: 786-272-0533
chris.engle@acs-inc.com

Lori McCloud
Sales Executive, Travel
215 NW 25th Street, #6
Wilton Manors, FL 33311 USA
954-257-2314; Fax: 786-272-0533
lori.mccloud2@asc-inc.com

Scott Wright
Senior Sales Executive
447 Ridge Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126 USA
847-910-6091; Fax: 786-272-0533
scott.wright@asc-inc.com


APAC Customer Services
Leading provider of inbound reservations and customer care solutions that drives increased sales and builds brand loyalty

Selena Lyons
Director, Global Business Development
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd., Suite 470
Irving, TX  75039
972-740-4360; Fax: 972-556-0258
selyons@apacmail.com

Larry Rodman
Vice President, Global Business Development
Director, Global Business Development
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd., Suite 470
Irving, TX  75039
972-342-6118; Fax: 972-556-0258
ljrodman@apacmail.com


Avaya, Inc.
Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help companies transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage. More than 1 million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500®, use Avaya solutions for IP Telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Communications-Enabled Business Processes. Avaya Global Services provides comprehensive service and support for companies, small to large.

Neil Giles
Technical Solution Specialist
5976 W. Las Positas Blvd., Ste 116
Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA
408-321-4989; Fax: 408-321-4989
ngiles@avaya.com


Bay Bridge Decision Technologies
Bay Bridge is the number one provider of strategic planning solutions to the contact center community through its CenterBridge suite of software applications. Bay Bridge's award-winning CenterBridge application is the forecasting, staff and capacity planning, budgeting, and contact center analysis solution of choice for the world's leading contact center organizations.

Ric Kosiba
President
900 Bestgate Rd., Suite 210
Annapolis, MD 21401 USA
540-710-7298; Fax: 410-224-7642
kmm@baybridgetech.com

Daniel Mahon
VP Sales / Marketing
900 Bestgate Rd., Suite 210
Annapolis, MD 21401 USA
540-710-7298; Fax: 410-224-7642
dmm@baybridgetech.com

Lisa Mahon
Marketing/Communications
900 Bestgate Rd., Suite 210
Annapolis, MD 21401 USA
410-224-9883; Fax: 410-224-7642
lam@baybridgetech.com

Kristi Maxwell
Marketing & Communications Manager
900 Bestgate Road, Suite 210
Annapolis, MC 21401
410-224-7642; Fax: 410-224-7642
kmm@baybridgetech.com


Consistacom, Inc.
VectorVision automated management and documentation solutions for Avaya contact centers.

Marilyn Clark
Director of Sales and Marketing
PO Box 293
Houghton, MI  49931
906-483-2650; Fax: 906-483-0950
mmclark@consistacom.com

Steven Fitzgerald
President
PO Box 293
Houghton, MI  49931
906-483-2650; Fax: 906-483-0950
scfitz@consistacom.com


Envision
Envision Telephony, Inc. is a global, award-winning provider of software and services that improve performance from the contact center to the enterprise. The company’s flexible, integrated solutions enable customers to consistently deliver legendary customer experiences by improving agent, contact center and enterprise performance. Envision’s software includes business intelligence, speech analytics, workforce management and Click2Coach (composed of Envision Quality Monitoring and Envision eLearning). The company’s solutions are deployed across thousands of desktops in both a telephony and a back-office environment. Envision offers business consulting, implementation, training and support services using a proven, ROI-driven methodology that delivers rapid and reliable results.

Tom Aiello
VP, Worldwide Sales & Marketing
520 Pike St. Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
206-225-0800; Fax: 206-225-0801

Jill Majors
Marketing Specialist
520 Pike St. Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
206-225-0800; Fax: 206-225-0801
jill.majors@envisioninc.com

Alex Reaume
Pre-Sales Engineer
520 Pike St. Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
206-225-0800; Fax: 206-225-0801

Connie Smith
Chief Evangelist
520 Pike St. Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
206-225-0800; Fax: 206-225-0801
connie.smith@envisioninc.com

Nida Vaicaitis
Regional Sales Manager
520 Pike St. Suite 1600
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
206-225-0800; Fax: 206-225-0801


eStara
eStara Click to Call and Click to Chat turn your call center into a sales center by providing an immediate human connection with your customers when you need it most. Both services engage buyers proactively and move them seamlessly from the Web into live dialogue, creating a truly personal one-to-one experience.

Steve Rinehart
Account Manager
1 Main Street
Cambridge, MA  02142
617-386-1970; Fax: 617-386-1111
srinehar@atg.com

Cyndi Smith
Event Manager
1 Main Street
Cambridge, MA  02142
617-386-1970; Fax: 617-386-1111
cyndi.smith@atg.com

 

FurstPerson
FurstPerson helps contact center hiring managers find, hire, and keep better employees.  Our clients are able to transform today's hiring practices to best in class hiring practices which enable them to reduce turnover, improve new hire job performance quality, reduce hiring costs, and grow profits.

Michelle Cline
Vice President
2580 Charles St.
Rockford, IL 61108 USA
773-467-9477; Fax: 815-997-1376
michelle.cline@furstperson.com

Jeff Furst
President & C.E.O.
2580 Charles St.
Rockford, IL 61108 USA
815-997-1422; Fax: 815-997-1373
jeff.furst@furstperson.com

Robert Kuller
Managing Director
2580 Charles St.
Rockford, IL 61108 USA
815-997-1422; Fax: 815-997-1373
robert.kuller@furstperson.com

Joel McIntyre
Director of Business Development
2580 Charles St.
Rockford, IL 61108 USA
254-298-2725; Fax: 815-229-9405
joel.mcintyre@furstperson.com

Shirley Yiu-Piazza
V.P. of Marketing
2580 Charles St.
Rockford, IL 61108 USA
815-997-1364; Fax: 815-997-1374
shirley.yiu-piazza@furstperson.com


IEX, a NICE Company
IEX Corporation is a leading provider of workforce management, strategic planning and performance management software for call centers. Over 3,100 centers in more than 50 countries, 900,000 agents in total, rely on our workforce optimization solutions to plan and optimize the performance of their agent workforce. IEX workforce management, strategic planning and performance management solutions lead the way in call center optimization.

Emile Baillargeon
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
emile@iex.com

Jennifer Ballantyne
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
jballant@iex.com

Jeremy Cowan
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-643-4524
jeremy.cowan@iex.com

Joe Gaudette
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
joe.gaudette@iex.com

Sandra Jimenez
Vice President
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
sandra.jimenez@iex.com

Bud Nugent
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
bud.nugent@iex.com

Erv Prince
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-643-4524
prince@iex.com

Dan Savinski
Vice President
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
dsavinski@iex.com

Phil Weidemaier
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1239; Fax: 972-643-4524
phil.weidemaier@iex.com

Aubrey Woodard
Regional Sales Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-1300; Fax: 972-301-1200
woodard@iex.com

Nancy Zimmermann
Marketing Communications Manager
2425 N. Central, Ste 500
Richardson, TX 75080 USA
972-301-4847; Fax: 972-643-4524
nzimm@iex.com


IQ Services
IQ services empowers companies to deliver the best possible experience to their customers through flexible and responsive managed testing services. As the industry’s first integrated load test service provider, IQ Services extends a full spectrum of expert quality assurance testing services to the telecommunications industry including: test planning; application feature testing; load and performance testing; and post-cutover availability monitoring. IQ Services' commitment to customer service and quality testing services is key to helping customers successfully integrate complex business solutions, maintain required service levels and achieve desired ROI.

Kristy Buddensiek
Marketing Coordinator
6601 Lyndale Ave., S, Suite 330
Minneapolis, MN  55423
612-243-5114; Fax: 612-243-6616
kbuddensiek@iq-services.com

Gary Roethle
Consultant
6601 Lyndale Ave., S, Suite 330
Minneapolis, MN  55423
612-243-5128; Fax: 612-243-6616
groethle@iq-services.com

Gregg Williams
Vice President, Direct Business
6601 Lyndale Ave., S, Suite 330
Minneapolis, MN  55423
612-243-5124; Fax: 612-243-6616
gwilliams@iq-services.com


Jabra
Jabra delivers added value to your contact center by increasing the quality of customer interactions through superior products and services. Jabra brings you lower total costs by designing the very best products and ensuring their flexibility to work with existing contact center infrastructure. All of Jabra's headset solutions and value-added tools are designed with uncompromising attention to durability and sound quality as well as comfort and ease of use.

Mark Derby
Channel Sales Manager
6120 Ibispark Drive
Lithia, FL 33547 USA
813-767-0694; Fax: 407-788-7661
mderby@gnnetcom.com

Serena Lyons
Marketing Specialist
77 Northeastern Blvd.
Nashua, NH  03062
603-864-6568; Fax: 303-598-0488
slyons@gn.com

Chris Szeszko
Strategic Account Manager
6120 Ibispark Drive
Lithia, FL 33547 USA
770-205-2284; Fax: 407-788-7661
cszeszko@gn.com


LLE Language Services
Established in 1979, Language Learning Enterprises, Inc. (LLE™) was founded with a mission to provide excellence in foreign languages. Today LLE is a thriving Total Language Service Provider serving the private and public sectors with language services from Afrikaans to Zulu. Our track record speaks for itself. The breadth and depth of our personnel, our sound management skills, our years of experience, our investment in technology, and our focus on the future have enabled LLE to meet the changing needs of our clients in a consistently superior manner.

Clyde Anderson
Vice President, Marketing
199-3 Sulky Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
877-405-8764; Fax: 540-869-9637
canderson@lle-inc.com

Stacy Bowdring
Marketing Support
199-3 Sulky Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
877-405-8764; Fax: 540-869-9637
sbowdring@lle-inc.com

Paula Hite
Client Relations
199-3 Sulky Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
877-405-8764; Fax: 540-869-9637
phite@lle-inc.com

Jaime Pappas
Administrator, Sales Support
199-3 Sulky Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
877-405-8764; Fax: 540-869-9637
jpappas@lle-inc.com

Gary Sanders
VP of Sales
199-3 Sulky Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
877-405-8764; Fax: 540-869-9637
gsanders@lle-inc.com

Mathew Swain
Marketing Administrator
199-3 Sulky Drive
Winchester, VA 22602 USA
877-405-8764; Fax: 540-869-9637
mswain@lle-inc.com


Mindshare Technologies
Mindshare Technologies is the fastest growing customer feedback company in the world. Our clients come from across the service spectrum -- restaurant, lodging, retail, hair salons, spas, home service, newspapers, etc.

Erich Dietz
Director
310 East 4500 South, Ste 450
Salt Lake City, UT 84107 USA
801-263-2333; Fax: 801-263-2334
ecdietz@mshare.net

Lonnie Mayne
EVP Sales
310 East 4500 South, Ste 450
Salt Lake City, UT 84107 USA
801-263-2333; Fax: 801-263-2334
lmayne@mshare.net


Oberlander & Associates
Executive Search Consultants

Evelyne Oberlander
President
648 Broadway, Suite 506
New York, NY, USA
Phone: 212-260-3028 Fax: 212-460-5024
Email: evelyne@oberassoc.com


Parallax Technologies
Parallax has brought together a powerful suite of applications that enable organizations to achieve substantial business benefits by optimizing the deployment of your workforce and the management of data in the contact center. As an application provider and systems integrator, we deliver world-class solutions while leveraging partnerships with established industry leaders to provide all the necessary components of a complete Contact Center Solution.

Ernie Labara
President
7640 Dixie Hwy, Suite 125
Clarkston, MI 48346
248-625-3456; Fax: 248-620-3456
elabara@parallaxtechnologies.com

Ann Mullaly
Vice President, Business Development & Marketing
7640 Dixie Hwy, Suite 125
Clarkston, MI 48346
248-625-3456; Fax: 248-620-3456
amullaly@parallaxtechnologies.com


Snowfly Incentives
Snowfly provides an online points-based incentive system that enables a call center environment to harness the motivational power of immediate positive reinforcement to engage and inspire employees to higher levels of performance, improve morales, and reduce turnover. Snowfly's Total Incentive Solution also includes incentive related consultation and services including incentive program design, management, and rewards fulfillment.

Tyler Mitchell
Vice President of Marketing
709 Grand Avenue
Laramie, WY  82070
307-745-7126 x7; Fax: 307-742-5088
tmitchell@snowfly.com


Telvista
Telvista provides creative outsourcing solutions for customer care, technical support, sales, IT consulting, customer relationship management (CRM), and interactive voice response (IVR) needs. We specialize in providing high-quality solutions to a broad range of mid-size and Fortune 1000 clients. Telvista becomes a partner in the success of our clients by offering a broad range of contact center consulting services specifically designed to seamlessly integrate people, process, and technology. This support enables our customers to do more with less by fully utilizing their existing resources and maximizing their return on investment. Our VistaStats™ process also provides a consistent, calibrated view of service quality that continually improves the results of our clients’ programs.

Annette Baker
Call Center Director
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-5601; Fax: 972-919-8145
annette_baker@telvista.com

Cheney Coker
CRM Administrator
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-8131; Fax: 972-919-814
cheney_coker@telvista.com

Cyndi Fischer
Quality Manager
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-7800; Fax: 972-919-8145
cyndi_fischer@telvista.com

Kathy Grupp
Training Manager
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-7800; Fax: 972-919-8145
kathy_grupp@telvista.com

Ayn Owens
Director, Sales Operations
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-8125; Fax: 972-919-8145
ayn_owens@telvista.com

Christie Turner
Marketing Manager
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-7800; Fax: 972-919-8145
christie_turner@telvista.com

John Woodfin
IT Manager
1605 LBJ Freeway, Suite 200
Dallas, TX 75234 USA
972-919-7708
john_woodfin@telvista.com


Texas Digital
Provider of real-time digital display solutions for call centers.

Andrew Bettis
Regional Sales Manager
400 Technology Parkway
College Station, TX  77845
913-322-8596; Fax: 979-694-2402
abettis@txdigital.com

Ronda Ochoa
Tradeshow Coordinator
400 Technology Parkway
College Station, TX  77845
979-696-0485; Fax: 979-694-2402
rochoa@txdigital.com

Matt Wheat
Regional Sales Manager
400 Technology Parkway
College Station, TX  77845
210-764-1886; Fax: 979-694-2402
mwheat@txdigital.com


The Next Level Sales Consulting
Simply put  -- it’s unwavering execution, Next Level results. The Next Level delivers performance consulting to sales organizations, client service organizations, and call centers. We focus relentlessly on boosting the key metrics that matter most to your business.

Jennine Barkley
Consultant
2321 Rosecrans Ave. Suite 4250
El Segundo, CA 80245 USA
310-643-7700; Fax: 310-643-7744

Robert Coakley
Consultant
2321 Rosecrans Ave. Suite 4250
El Segundo, CA 80245 USA
310-643-7700; Fax: 310-643-7744
BobC@NextLevelSalesConsulting.com

Gene St. Pierre
Business Development
2321 Rosecrans Ave. Suite 4250
El Segundo, CA 80245 USA
310-643-7700; Fax: 310-643-7744
genes@tnlsc.com


Upstream Works Software Ltd.
Upstream Works delivers contact center solutions for companies that view their customer service as a strategic competitive advantage and want to improve both their existing infrastructure and their satisfaction ratings. Upstream Works provides connectivity among all facets of a business, providing immediate access to key customer data and empowering agents to resolve customer issues efficiently while in compliance with business rules. The result is a rise in first-call resolution rates that reduces customer churn, lightens the overall call volume and raises employee morale, which makes the call center more productive and increases customer satisfaction ratings.

Sophia Ahmed
Marketing
8000 Jane St.
Vaughan, ON L4K 5B8 CANADA
905-660-0969; Fax: 905-660-8769
sahmed@upstreamworks.com

Sabrina Baksh
Sales
8000 Jane St.
Vaughan, ON L4K 5B8 CANADA
905-660-0969; Fax: 905-660-8769
sbaksh@upstreamworks.com

Sharlene Dubraj
Account Rep
8000 Jane St.
Vaughan, ON L4K 5B8 CANADA
905-660-0969; Fax: 905-660-8769
sdubraj@upstreamworks.com

Rob McDougall
President
8000 Jane St.
Vaughan, ON L4K 5B8 CANADA
905-660-0969; Fax: 905-660-8769
rmcdougall@upstreamworks.com


West Corporation
To many of the top companies in nearly every industry, West is connecting with their customers, speaking out clearly, confidently, persuasively in a market place that spans the globe and yet is as personal as a conversation between two people.

Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, West processes billions of minutes in voice-related transactions every year and we employ over 28,000 people, located throughout North America, Europe and Asia. And while our own client base is expansive, our focus is singular. We specialize in the creation of voice-related solutions, based on the leading technologies and the strength of our methodologies that have been proven over time.

Ted Fortezzo
VP of Sales
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, NE 68154 USA

Mark Frei
Senior VP of Sales
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, NE 68154 USA
800-841-9000
mafrei@west.com

Dan Gordon
Director of Sales
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, NE 68154 USA

Denise Kellar
Marketing Manager
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, NE 68154 USA
402-963-1309; Fax: 402-963-1602
dmkellar@west.com

Jody Kistaitis
Director of Sales
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, NE 68154 USA
800-841-9000
jlkistaitis@west.com


Xzamcorp
Xzamcorp provides telephone and web-based data collection and analysis services.  The company helps clients evaluate the quality of their customer services (through telephone, e-mail and text chat mystery shops) and understand their customers' expectations and perceptions (through telephone and web based surveys).  Xzamcorp clients should expect prompt response times, personal contact with managers and a good return on investment for their research dollars.

   Harvey Cannova

   Sales Director

   590 E. Western Reserve Rd., Bldg 9, Suite E

   Boardman, OH, USA

   Phone: 781-545-6985; Fax: 

   hcannova@xzamcorp.com

 

   Jared Ray

   President

   590 E. Western Reserve Rd., Bldg 9, Suite E

   Boardman, OH, USA

   Phone: 440-256-3781; Fax: 330-266-7475

   jray@xzamcorp.com

 



International Association of Reservation Executives
7400 East Arapahoe Road, Suite 211
Centennial, Colorado 80112 U.S.A.

Phone 303-694-4728       Fax 303-694-4869     
iare@assnoffice.com

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