NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 26, 2013) - Information Builders , a leader in business intelligence ( BI ) and analytics, information integrity , and integration solutions, today announced that its support team was named Customer Service Department of the Year at the 2013 American Business Awards. In addition to taking the gold Stevie® in this category, Information Builders' Director of Strategic Support Services, Vashti Ragoonath, was honored with a silver award as Support Staffer of the Year, and Daniel Ortolani, the company's vice president of Worldwide Customer Service, was awarded a bronze in the Customer Service Executive of the Year category.
Information Builders' recognition as Customer Service Department of the Year reflects the value it places on delivering an unparalleled customer experience. The company is committed to helping all customers, and their stakeholders, access and use data to make better decisions, and this ethos extends to its Customer Support Services (CSS) department, led by CSS Vice President Stu Madison and Senior Director Douglas Tina. The CSS team approaches customer service as a means to ensure organizations are deriving maximum value from their BI investments. As such, not only do employees provide technical support for Information Builders' products, but also partner with customers to demonstrate how BI can address the unique needs of their organization.
In 2012, Information Builders received a customer satisfaction score of 93 percent, indicating that customers acknowledge the high priority placed on supporting their needs, even under extreme circumstances For example, when Superstorm Sandy battered the country in the fall of 2012, customers experienced uninterrupted 24/7 support services and major BI projects were successfully completed, meeting their production rollout deadlines.
Information Builders' commitment to helping companies enhance the value of its solutions is evidenced by the program that Vashti Ragoonath developed to introduce customers to new features of its WebFOCUS BI suite. The silver Stevie® Support Staffer of the Year winner defined, led, and implemented a program to acclimate customers to the new product capabilities, assist in product testing, migrate existing systems, and ultimately deploy into production. In his leadership role, Daniel Ortolani lays the framework for the company's ongoing dedication to customer care. His Stevie® award recognizes the 2012 initiatives he spearheaded in support of this endeavor, including a training program to help the global team better understand and respond to customer needs more rapidly.
"To receive these honors from the American Business Awards is gratifying for the entire organization and further validates the strategic importance Information Builders places on customer support and satisfaction," said Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders. "We continue to invest in all aspects of customer support services including automatic, around the clock coverage for our customers, co-location of help desk employees with product teams, and expansion of senior product architect resources. Our high-touch customer support approach differentiates Information Builders in the BI and information management market and greatly benefits both our customers and our product program."
More than 3,200 entries were submitted to the 2013 American Business Awards and 320 executives nationwide participated in the judging process. Information Builders and other winners celebrated their recognition on June 17 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel.
About the Stevie® Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service. A fifth program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, will debut later this year. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at StevieAwards.com and follow the Stevie Awards on Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , and YouTube .
About Information Builders Information Builders helps organizations transform data into business value. Our software solutions for business intelligence and analytics, integration, and data integrity empower people to make smarter decisions, strengthen customer relationships, and drive growth. Our dedication to customer success is unmatched in the industry. That's why tens of thousands of leading organizations rely on Information Builders to be their trusted partner. Founded in 1975, Information Builders is headquartered in New York, NY, with offices around the world, and remains one of the largest independent, privately held companies in the industry. Visit us at informationbuilders.com , follow us on Twitter at @infobldrs , like us on Facebook , and visit our LinkedIn page.
Press Contacts Kathleen Moran Information Builders (212) 736-4433 Kathleen_Moran@ibi.com Kate Finigan LEWIS PR (617) 226-8847 InformationBuilders@lewispr.com
