Tom Behlau Joins CRM manager as Managing Partner
Behlau will focus on the Company’s Expansion Efforts
MALVERN, Pa., July 10 /PRNewswire/ — CRM manager today announced that local entrepreneur, Tom Behlau, has joined the company as managing partner. CRM manager is a provider of full-service implementation and post “go-live” services for clients of salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the worldwide leader in on-demand CRM (customer relationship management) services. In this position, Mr. Behlau will be responsible for the company’s expansion efforts.
“Tom and I were competitors in the 1980s and 1990s both founding technology training companies that were based in Conshohocken, Pa.,” said Andy Atkins, founder and managing partner for CRM manager. “We are now coming together to build a company leveraging the tremendous success of salesforce.com. With Tom’s strong ability to grow companies from the ground up into multi-million dollar entities, he will be focusing on expanding CRM manager beyond the Philadelphia region and will be a valuable addition to our leadership team.”
“With the on-demand CRM market taking off and more specifically, the amazing success of salesforce.com, I believe CRM manager is in a sweet spot,” said Mr. Behlau. “There is a large demand for support of CRM applications after implementation. CRM manager’s annual service program meets the market demand and the company’s existing clients are thrilled that they are now able to maximize the award-winning functionality in salesforce.com and focus more on their sales, marketing and customer support initiatives.”
Mr. Behlau has more than 30 years of experience, with extensive operations, management and entrepreneurial expertise in the information technology industry. In 1988, Mr. Behlau founded Information Technologists, Inc. (later named Actium Corp.), which was a systems integration, hardware/software reseller and training organization based in Conshohocken. In 1998, with revenues at $80 million, more than 400 employees and offices in seven cities, Mr. Behlau sold the company. In 2000, he founded another information technology systems integration business called Anexinet Corp. He sold his interest in Anexinet in 2005 at which point revenues exceeded $18 million and the company employed more than 100 people in three states.
About CRM manager
CRM manager, based in Malvern, Pa., is a provider of full service implementation and post “go-live” services to help salesforce.com clients maximize the functionality of this award-winning CRM application. CRM manager’s annual service program provides highly customized on-going support, administration and continuous improvement services enabling clients to enhance their sales, marketing and customer support efforts. Some of CRM manager’s clients include: DLG Media, eCount, Electro-Mechanical Integrators, Inc., FLAVIA Beverage Systems (division of MARS), Food Sciences Corporation, Health Market Science, Preferred Real Estate Investments, Universal Fabric Structures, Inc. and WAM Systems. For more information on CRM manager, visit www.crm-manager.net.
