PRESS RELEASE
March 20th, 2007
Contact: Claudia J. Betzner, Exec.Dir.
619-221-9200 or cbetzner@aol.com
Service Industry Prestigious Award Recipients Announced
SAN DIEGO, CA., MARCH 20, 2007 – The Service Industry
Association proudly announces the recipient’s of “The
D F Blumberg Innovation Award” and “The SIA Lifetime
Achievement Award.”
The first award, “The D F Blumberg Innovation Award”
is given by SIA for Innovation in the Service Industry and the
winner is Doug Morse, Oracle Corporation. This is the second
D F Blumberg Innovation Award. The first was given in 2005 to
Don Blumberg, posthumously, whom this award was named for. Nominees
for this award come from the Service Industry Leaders and are
presented to the SIA Board for the final decision. According
to John Rinas, President of SIA, “while there were many
nominees, the most outstanding innovative contribution was for
the leadership Oracle is doing to enhance and define the Service
Industry with skills requirements, while enhancing education
to support the future of the global service industry.”
Oracle has met with Federal and other global governments to
support funding and legislation for research and innovation
in services and the academic institutions on the need to research
and teach services. From a nationalistic point of view, this
will be key for the U.S. economy.
The second award, “The SIA Lifetime Achievement Award”
was presented to Joe Patton, of Patton Consultants, Inc.. This
is the first time ever a Lifetime Achievement Award has been
given by the Service Industry Association. “SIA is proud
to present this lifetime achievement award to Joe Patton in
recognition of his industry leadership in best practices and
logistics,” said John Rinas, President SIA.
Joe has contributed seven major textbooks and founded several
companies in the Logistics and Support Parts area including
Service InfoSystems, Inc. and Management Metrics Services, Inc..
Their COMputerized Management System (COMMS) was one of the
first service and management maintenance systems, with over
100 installations. These business concepts have become the basis
for the development of “Third Party Logistics” (3PL)
companies that manage outsourced service parts logistics. Patton
Consultants are trusted advisors to management in product service,
logistics, and support systems. Joe plans to continue his work
in this area as long as mind and body allow.
The Mission of SIA is to serve as a forum where every member
can enhance their business and to take collective action for
the betterment of the industry whenever necessary. SIA enhances
the high-tech industry by promoting an open environment of interdependence
& co-operation between manufacturers, independent servicers
and users by providing value-adding solutions for customers.
The Service Industry Association is a non-profit association
of enterprises involved in the support of high-technology products
in the marketplace, represented by their top level executives,
whose role is to promote the best possible range of alternatives
& choices of services for those products, and support of
the customers who use them.
Regular membership within the SIA is open to all high technology
service and support organizations including manufacturers, resellers
and other related entities. For information on SIA go to their
website at www.servicenetwork.org. |