Names Hicks to VP Post; Announces Additions to Board, Staff
Washington, DC–February 10–ProSight® Inc., the leading provider of portfolio management solutions to the federal government, today announced an expansion of its federal team with the appointment of a sales veteran as Vice President for federal operations.
ProSight today named James Hicks Vice President, ProSight Federal. In his new role, Hicks is responsible for the federal sales team as well as public sector strategy. With more than 20 years experience in IT, Hicks was most recently director, government sales, for THINQ Learning Solutions, a learning management software company. Hicks also spent a number of years with PeopleSoft where he helped create a sales force to launch PeopleSoft products into the federal market.
“The ProSight offering is an enterprise tool that enables those responsible for governance to have visibility into what initiatives are truly contributing to the mission,” said Hicks. “I look forward to working with ProSight’s team to support the federal government in its leadership in portfolio management.”
The appointment of Hicks follows closely other key additions to the ProSight Advisory Board and the federal team. ProSight announced the addition of federal IT industry veteran Tom Hewitt to its Advisory Board. Hewitt is the founder and CEO of Global Governments, Inc., a consulting firm focused on strategic planning and marketing in the international government IT market. He was also the founder of Federal Sources, Inc., one of the leading custom research and consulting companies serving the public sector IT market. Hewitt sold Federal Sources in 1998.
ProSight announced the appointment of Erin Hawley as Alliances Manager for ProSight Federal. Hawley is responsible for identifying and growing strategic alliances within the federal market. Prior to joining ProSight, Hawley held a variety of positions at Blackboard Inc. where she helped expand that company’s presence in the federal market through partner alliances. In addition, she managed a sales team covering corporate, non-profit and government markets for Blackboard. Hawley has also held positions with Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems.
“The expansion of our federal team is a direct result of federal agencies’ increased interest in portfolio management and the use of such technology to manage everything from IT assets to real estate,” said ProSight CEO John Cimral. “We’re committed to working with federal agencies and have brought together the best and the brightest to support them in their varied missions.”
About ProSight
ProSight® is the only provider of top-down portfolio management solutions for government agencies. ProSight’s COTS portfolio management software and government agency expertise simplifies the OMB Exhibit 300/53 submission process, saving agencies’ time and resources by compiling business cases that are approved on the first submission. As requirements change, ProSight continues to provide the solutions that help agencies meet future compliance and regulatory standards.
In addition, ProSight Portfolios leverages the information from OMB exhibits and re-purposes it for portfolio management, application rationalization, and federal enterprise architecture compliance.
For more information on ProSight and our government customers’ successes, visit www.prosight.com/govt.
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