January 27, 2010
Accelerance Adds Outsourcing Expert Andy Hilliard as New President
Hilliard spearheading Accelerance's move to enhance the Accelerance Global Partner Network
and establish Accelerance as a leading IT service provider with a global delivery footprint.
Redwood City, CA – [PR Web] – Accelerance CEO Steve Mezak announced today that it has added Andy Hilliard as President of Accelerance. Hilliard, who most recently served as CEO of Oneworld Technology, is a key addition for Accelerance as it expands operations and services further into the offshore IT Outsourcing industry. Hilliard will oversee Sales and Account Management for Accelerance as the company focuses on generating prospective clients for both Accelerance and their Global Partner Network of offshore IT service providers. He will also work with Mezak in reorganizing and optimizing the Accelerance Global Partner Network to best serve Accelerance clients.
Hilliard, who is based in Accelerance’s Charlotte, NC office, is
responsible for working with CEO Steve Mezak in reorganizing
Accelerance's business model, optimizing the Accelerance Global Partner Network and in making Accelerance a leading IT service provider with a global, qualified network of offshore IT service partners.
Hilliard brings deep offshore IT sales experience, having been a Divisional Manager at Cognizant and a Co-Founder of nearshore IT services provider Isthmus Costa Rica. He was most recently CEO of Oneworld Technology, which focused on driving opportunities to a select group of Latin-based nearshore IT service providers. Previous to Cognizant, Hilliard worked in enterprise software business development with Siebel, YOUcentric and ABT as well as Marketing Management for Bank of America and Nestle.
"Andy's business development and track record in the offshore IT services space is invaluable to the future strategy of Accelerance. He will be instrumental in leading the redevelopment of both evolving Accelerance's Global Partner Network model and helping clients who want to leverage global software development resources quickly and safely," said Steve Mezak, CEO of Accelerance.
"Accelerance has a long, strong history of creating and servicing their Global Partner network of offshore IT service companies. Current network members and new service providers that are accepted into the network in the future are extensively qualified by Accelerance. This pre-qualified network is unique to the industry and is a great asset to companies looking to ramp-up their IT outsourcing quickly ," said Andy Hilliard.
About Accelerance
Accelerance is a Silicon Valley-based expert outsourcing services firm
working with businesses that are grappling with the issues of
outsourcing software development. The Accelerance Global Partner Network
is the only online directory of highly qualified and hand-selected
global software development companies from around the world with
successful track records in developing software for clients.
Accelerance also offers consulting services for the rapid ramp-up and
management of offshore programmers. Accelerance was founded in 2001 by
Steve Mezak, a veteran of numerous software development companies and
projects both onshore and offshore and is author of the book: Software Without Borders: A Step-By-Step Guide to Outsourcing Your Software Development available on Amazon and the Accelerance website. For more information, visit: http://www.accelerance.com.
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