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Akili Hires Claborn as Sales Executive

6/1/2010 2:03:40 PM

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DALLAS, Texas (June 1, 2010) --

Akili, one of the fastest growing Dallas consulting firms in the enterprise performance management and business intelligence software segments, announced today the appointment of Laura Claborn as sales executive. With more than 15 years of experience in executive sales roles, Ms. Claborn is ideally suited to build on the company’s impeccable reputation for client-focused information management solutions that support the adaptive enterprise.  

“Laura comes to Akili with a record of strong customer relationships grounded in earned trust,” said Shiek Shah, chief executive officer of Akili. “She understands how to dive deep to learn client’s pain and help them navigate the congested software marketplace to determine the best custom solution to allow them to make critical decisions in real time.  Laura will be indispensible to Akili.”

Prior to joining Akili, Ms. Claborn held the roles of senior specialist for CompuCom Systems, Inc., account executive with BEA Systems, Inc., and McAfee channel account manager with Network Associates, Inc.  In each of these positions she fostered relationships with Fortune 500 businesses and gained in-depth understanding of software licensing and consulting services.

Ms. Claborn received a B.S. in Business Administration from Lubbock Christian University. In addition, she has received professional software certifications and further business training from Siebel, Miller Heiman, and Microsoft.

Ms. Claborn can be reached at lclaborn@akili.com or 214.978.3202.

About Akili
Akili (pronounced (uh • kē’ • lē) meaning “knowledge” in Swahili) is an enterprise performance management and business intelligence consulting firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas.   Akili provides solutions that support the adaptive enterprise, enabling real time planning, forecasting, and budgeting systems that are powerful, intuitive and capable of seamlessly merging all dimensions of a large scale business enterprise.  

Akili’s nearly 20 years of successful service to Fortune 1000 companies speaks to their expertise, client-focus, and results-oriented standards of excellence.

Whether the need relates to business intelligence, performance management, or budgeting and forecasting, Akili’s core belief is that information becomes actionable only when presented in its proper context. Akili helps leading organizations move rapidly toward a model where planning is continuous and where the focus is on agility and adaptability.  

Akili is an SAP BusinessObjects partner and SAP services partner, working with SAP since 2008. Their shared goals center on implementing world class planning and performance management solutions for their clients from within the SAP BusinessObjects solution portfolio.

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For more information on Akili’s solutions and services, please visit www.akili.com or contact Laura Claborn, sales executive, at 214.978.3202 or lclaborn@akili.com.