HOUSTON, TX, Dec. 16, 2008 — Acorn, the preeminent resource for cost and profitability management software solutions, has promoted Jerome Patterson to chief marketing officer. Patterson, who boasts 15 years of high-tech experience delivering strategic solutions to enterprise clients, has played a strategic role in the Acorn brand's growth since joining the company in 2003. Acorn CEO Leland Putterman made the announcement.
"Jerome combines a unique marketing background with a track record of 'front line' sales and delivery success at Acorn and beyond," said Putterman. "The quality of Acorn's personnel is a competitive differentiator, with a team that is heads and tails ahead of the competition in terms of sheer knowledge bandwidth, passion, depth and scope of experiences and insightfulness. Jerome's tenure at Acorn aligns with our 'bottom-up' approach, ensuring that our leaders understand each intrinsic aspect of the company and what we do for our clients."
As chief marketing officer, Patterson is responsible for the design and execution of the company's global marketing programs—including branding, corporate communications, marketing communications, product marketing, Web marketing, sales training & development, sales support, strategic alliances support, demand generation and analyst relations. Since joining Acorn to manage the Charles Schwab account and lead Acorn's expansion in the Financial Services sector, he has held senior management roles spanning sales, business development, marketing, and sales operations. He was most recently senior vice president, sales operations.
Prior to Acorn, Patterson led sales, marketing, alliances, services and support at Houston-based Paymetric, Inc., during a period when the company was consistently at the top of the Fast Tech 50 for revenue growth. While there, he secured nearly 100 Fortune 1000 clients and was an inaugural winner of the SAP Pinnacle Award. He previously worked for IT outsourcing service provider Bluestar Solutions, Inc., California; leading IT services company Computer Sciences Corporation, Houston; and Andersen Consulting, Dallas.
Patterson earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.
About Acorn
Acorn (www.acornsys.com) is the leading provider of profit improvement solutions for growing revenues profitably, reducing costs, and improving operational efficiencies. Over the past 12 years, Acorn has delivered profit improvement results for Global 2000 companies in the Financial Services, Retail, Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Distribution, Logistics and Services sectors. Utilizing a trademarked technology and proven methodology, Acorn reveals profit opportunities across the enterprise, including customers, channels, segments, products, vendors, and processes. Acorn's unique approach enables clients to make continuous, fact-based decisions to improve their bottom line and Earnings per Share (EPS), yielding over $5 billion in profit improvements and creating billions in new shareholder value.
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