Randy Eckel is a career entrepreneur with experience spanning over 20 years in the technology industry. He has grown and managed a variety of software and service organizations and has spent several years as a strategy consultant to small and medium size technology businesses. Randy was Chief Operating Officer for Integrated Information Systems, a publicly traded systems integrator focusing on Microsoft, IBM and Novell software technologies. Prior to his tenure at Integrated Information Systems, Randy was co-founder, chairman, president and chief executive officer of InfoImage, Inc. a national software and services company. InfoImage was a market leader in the Collaborative and Knowledge Management software and consulting space. Randy led InfoImage to become one of only sixteen Microsoft Global Alliance Partners, and was Lotus / IBM's, and CRN magazines, Business Partner of the Year in 1998. Eckel jointly holds two patents for software design inventions, has spoken at many industry events as the keynote adress, has been published numerous times in respected industry magazines such as KM World, Computer Reseller News, and E-Week, and was a finalist for 1998 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.Randy Eckel has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from The University of Arizona and an MBA Finance from Western International University. He is currently a partner in an equity research firm that specializes in small and mid cap software companies. |