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SMARTANALYST, Inc. Appoints Steve Girling as Vice President and Managing Director
NEW YORK ‚ October 25, 2005 ‚ SMARTANALYST, Inc., a pioneer in providing outsourced market research and analytics products and services, announced today that it has appointed Steve Girling to the position of vice president and managing director for business development.
Girling will be responsible for directing the companyís sales, business development and marketing efforts, including managing the dramatic growth of revenues and profits and the enhancement of SMARTANALYSTís reputation as a premier provider of research services for life sciences, fast-moving consumer goods, financial and marketing services companies.
Girling said, ìI am excited to join SMARTANALYST, because its business model is highly innovative and already very successful. SMARTANALYST has a deep portfolio of capabilities and an exceptionally strong team of research experts in New York and New Delhi, India. SMARTANALYSTís existing clients clearly love the companyís superior-quality products, which augments and enhances critical elements of clientsí research and business development processes.î
SMARTANALYST Co-Founder and CEO Manu Bammi said, ìWe are delighted to have Steve join our management team and weíre confident that his leadership will help us further develop our sales and revenues. Steveís background in consultative sales for information companies is a great match for our company.î
Prior to joining SMARTANALYST, Girling was vice president of business development at Evalubase Research, a benchmarking company. As regional director of Giga Information Group, Girling supported the acquisition of Giga by Forrester Research, having led Giga's Northeast region. He previously managed Gigaís UK sales efforts growing revenues to $20 million over a three-year period. Girling holds a bachelorís degree with honors in information systems management from Bournemouth University in England.
About SMARTANALYST, Inc.
SMARTANALYST, Inc. delivers customized research, analytics and outsourced knowledge services to corporate clients in the life sciences, fast-moving consumer goods, financial and marketing services industries. The company succeeds by providing a quality, cost-effective research and analytics product portfolio that supports decision-making processes for marketing, business development, R&D, financial and investment decisions. More information is available on the companyís Web site, www.smartanalyst.com.