John Matterson announced as Vice President bisTrack North America

John Matterson

Author: T. Lavigne
Date: Jan 14 2010

John Matterson, a seasoned leader, is appointed Vice President for bisTrack North America with overall responsibility for all aspects of bisTrack.

Vancouver, BC - As the popularity of Progressive Solutions’ bisTrack™ software continues to grow rapidly throughout North America, Progressive Solutions - President Len Williams has appointed John Matterson to oversee that growth as the company’s new Vice President of bisTrack™ North America. In this position, Matterson will have overall responsibility for all aspects of bisTrack, including sales, marketing, research and development, along with customer services.

Prior to joining Progressive Solutions, Matterson was part of the senior executive team at Tectura, the world’s leading global provider of Microsoft ERP, CRM and technology services. During his time there, the company experienced tremendous growth globally.  Matterson has also held a senior IT position with forest industry giant International Forest Products and also worked for MacMillan Bloedel.

“We are very pleased to have someone with John’s experience joining our team,” said Williams, “Not only is his experience in managing growth an asset, but with John’s background in customer relationship management, we can ensure that  the customer experience and support will continue to be a primary focus of our business practice and philosophy.

“Thanks to John’s extensive experience and expertise with Microsoft products and platforms, we’re also looking forward to making bisTrack an even more powerful and versatile tool for companies in the lumber and building materials industries.”

Matterson said he welcomes the opportunity to join a company where the customer experience is such a high priority.

“The Progressive Solutions team understands that growing a business depends not just on having a great product like bisTrack, but on developing your relationship with your customers. From Research & Development and sales to implementation and ongoing support, that customer experience and interaction is key to making a great product even better. I look forward to making bisTrack the preeminent software tool used by North American LBM companies to achieve business success.”
 

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