Houston, Texas – May
31, 2007 —PROS, a world leader in Pricing
and Revenue Optimization Software, announces that their 13th
Annual Summit featured a slate of world-class speakers, all
contributing to the unprecedented success of the Summit.
Over 500 executives and pricing professionals attended a
wide range of lectures that focused on creating pricing capabilities
that generate extraordinary margin and profit improvements.
“We were honored to have the participation of such outstanding
speakers,” stated Jeff Robinson, PROS Senior Vice President. “The
knowledge and experience of this year's speakers demonstrates
PROS' position as a thought leader in the pricing and
revenue optimization (PRO) space.”
Contributing to the rich content offered at this year's
Summit were the following presenters:
- Laura Preslan, Microsoft
- David Dvorin, Fisher Scientific
- Patrick Connaughton, Forrester Research
- Matt Johnson, Simon-Kucher & Partners
- BlueLinx Pricing Team, BlueLinx
- Robert Friedman, Deloitte
- Robert DeSisto, Gartner Research
- Steve Pinchuk, Harrah's Entertainment
- Sheryl Kingstone, Yankee Group
- Lisa Thompson, Monitor Group
- Augustin Manchon, Simon-Kucher & Partners
- Tom Jacobson and Julian Short, Accenture
- Jim Saunders, Pricing Solutions Ltd.
“PROS is excited about the tremendous success of the
13th Annual Summit,” said Bert Winemiller, PROS Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. “We
attribute that success to the diversity of industries represented
and the quality and knowledge of the speakers, who shared real-world
challenges and successes on the road to pricing excellence.”
About PROS
PROS is a leading provider of pricing and revenue optimization software products, specializing in price analytics, price execution, and price optimization. By using PROS' software products, companies gain insight into their pricing strategies, identify pricing-based profit leaks, optimize their pricing decision making and improve their business processes and financial performance. PROS' software products implement advanced pricing science, which includes operations research, forecasting and statistics. PROS also provides a range of services that include analyzing a company's current pricing processes and implementing software products to improve pricing performance. PROS has implemented over 200 solutions across a range of industries in more than 40 countries.
Founded in 1985, PROS is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Today, PROS has over 300 employees, more than 100 with advanced degrees and 20 with Ph.D.s. PROS recorded revenue of $46.0 million in 2006, a 31% increase over 2005, and has achieved eight consecutive years of profitability.
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