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Mr. Steve Rowley Joins NET(net) Global Board of Advisors as Special Advisor

Steven Zolman
Oct. 29,2012 |

NET(net), Inc., a leading global provider of comprehensive IT Investment Optimization Services, has announced that Steve Rowley has joined the company’s Global Board of Advisors as a Special Advisor. Mr. Rowley will develop and chair the NET(net) Europe Board of Advisors during the upcoming year while assisting with expansion efforts in Europe. He will also recruit talent, develop client and partner relationships, and help NET(net) to formulate and execute its growth plans. Prior to joining NET(net), Mr. Rowley served as CEO of Torex, where he successfully led the organization through a sale to Micros. Before that, he served as CEO of Anite ...

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Spadotto Joins NET(net) Americas as Client Services Director in Brazil

Steven Zolman
Jul. 19,2012 |

NET(net) has announced the hiring of Luis Augusto Spadotto Baptista to serve as Client Services Director in Brazil for its Latin American division. This new position is a key part of NET(net)’s efforts in Brazil as part of a comprehensive expansion plan into the larger Latin American market. Spadotto will primarily focus on building and sustaining close relationships with the NET(net)’s client executives, assisting them with their strategic IT planning, and enabling them to get the best value with their IT investments. By joining NET(net), Spadotto brings the company more than 25 years of executive experience. He has earned that experience ...

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Oscar Garcia Velasco Joins NET(net) as President of Emerging Markets

Steven Zolman
Jun. 13,2012 |

NET(net) announced today that Oscar Garcia Velasco has joined the company as President of Emerging Markets. In this new position, Mr. Velasco is responsible for developing and expanding NET(net)’s services and market leadership in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Mr. Velasco will focus on growing and nurturing executive level relationships with NET(net)'s clients and stakeholders in these emerging markets. Mr. Velasco has worked extensively in the IT Industry for more than 20 years and led several top tier world-class technology firms around the globe. He has a proven history of exceptional leadership in large IT organizations, such ...

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NET(net), Inc. Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire The Copperwood Group

Steven Zolman
May. 16,2012 |

NET(net), Inc. announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Copperwood Group. The US-based Copperwood Group specializes in Executive IT Advisory Services for health systems, hospitals, providers and payers. In a move that vaults NET(net) to market leadership in IT optimization for healthcare organizations, NET(net) will merge the services of the Copperwood Group into its NET(net) Healthcare division under the leadership of Matt Hartzman, Executive Vice-President. Key Copperwood Group Principals, Hal Fontinelle and John Barr, will join NET(net) as Senior Vice Presidents of Value Creation and Value Delivery for ...

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Hartzman Joins NET(net) , Inc. as Executive Vice President of Managed Services

Steven Zolman
Feb. 15,2012 |

Holland, MI – NET(net), Inc. announced today that Matt Hartzman has joined the organization as its Executive Vice President of Managed Services. In his new post, Mr. Hartzman is responsible for assisting NET(net) clients in retaining value in their IT supplier agreements and investments through NET(net)’s Strategic Supplier Management Services. Mr. Hartzman will also leverage his 25 years of IT experience helping clients deal with supply side and buy side industry problems that often lead to highly inefficient IT supplier investments, and highly ineffective supplier management practices. Mr. Hartzman was most recently CIO and VP of ...

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Harper Joins NET(net), Inc. as VP of Value Delivery

Steven Zolman
Apr. 4,2011 |

HOLLAND, Mich. -- NET(net), Inc., a global provider of comprehensive IT investment optimization services, announced an addition to its professional services team – Tim Harper, Vice President of Value Delivery. Harper will interface with NET(net) clients by delivering and managing project outcomes and overall communications. He will also conduct business and financial analytics, oversee and produce high quality project deliverables, and ensure the unique NET(net) professional services resources are properly deployed to provide maximum business value and client satisfaction. Harper is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Project ...

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NET(net) Appoints Kellsey D. Le as President

Steven Zolman
Jan. 25,2011 |

Holland, Mich. - NET(net), Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive IT Investment Optimization Services, announces the appointment of Kellsey D. Le to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, assuming the position from company founder Steven C. Zolman, who remains Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Kellsey has an enviable skillset in the global IT arena”, said Steven Zolman. “Her passion for excellence, insightfulness on the needs of clients and tenacity to get the job done, together with her vision for our industry and her leadership by example, assures our clients will continue to receive the highest value from our ...

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NET(net) To Focus On Healthcare IT Optimization Services

Steven Zolman
Jan. 5,2011 |

White Paper Identifies Top 10 Reasons Why Most Pay Too Much Holland, Mich., – NET(net), Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive IT Investment Optimization Services, has announced the formation of NET(net) Healthcare, an industry specific solution designed to proactively address head on the issues of healthcare technology overspend. “Despite the growing pressure to reduce costs, healthcare organizations continue to pay an unnecessary premium for IT systems, software and services, “said NET(net) CEO Steven Zolman. “While you might expect healthcare organizations to have a high technology investment, we have found that the premium is too high ...

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NET(net) Launches Global Services Division

Steven Zolman
Dec. 15,2010 |

HOLLAND, Michigan, May 5, 2010– NET(net), Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive IT Investment Optimization Services, announced today the formation of NET(net) Global Services Division, offering Strategic Supplier Managed Services, a natural extension of NET(net)’s core service offering designed to assure clients sustain ongoing value from their negotiated IT investments. “Our clients have been very pleased with the value captured at the bargaining table through our Optimization and Negotiation Services, but they also realize that unless these complex agreements and relationships are managed over time, value can erode,” said NET(net) ...

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NET(net) acquires Licensing Handbook, The Premier Destination for Software Licensing Information

Steven Zolman
Dec. 15,2010 |

NET(net), Inc., the industry leading provider of IT Investment Optimization Services, is pleased to announce its recent acquisition of the LicensingHandbook family. LicensingHandbook.com is a premier destination for licensing, contracting, negotiation and risk management information and is the online home for the Software Licensing Handbook. This acquisition strengthens NET(net)’s market leadership position with respect to helping clients optimize software licensing investments, adding to the collective expertise and Federated Market Intelligence of its already thriving investment optimization practice. Along with the acquisition comes Mr. ...

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