Kathy Hooker Burress Named to SMA Board of Directors

Nov. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- Houston, TX --  Software & Management Associates (SMA), a leading provider of enterprise automation software, announced today that Kathy Hooker Burress has been named to their Board of Directors.

Software & Management Associates (SMA), a leading provider of enterprise automation software, announced today that Kathy Hooker Burress has been named to their Board of Directors. Hooker Burress began her career in the software industry at EDS (Electronic Data Systems) in Plano, Texas. Earlier this year, after more than 28 years in the financial services industry, she retired as the President of Symitar, whose Episys software is the primary data processing platform for credit unions over $25 million in assets. According to Michael Taylor, SMA’s President and CEO, “My relationship with Kathy began a number of years ago through our partnership with Symitar, as we empowered credit unions to automate their IT processes and improve efficiency. Now that Kathy has retired as Symitar’s President, I am pleased to welcome her to our board of directors and look forward to her insight and counsel as we strategically expand SMA’s presence within the North American financial industry and throughout the world.”

SMA is a global leader in cross platform enterprise job scheduling software and event driven automation software, with offices in England, France, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland and the United States. With 30 years of experience, SMA powers some of the most complex data centers in the world. SMA OpCon/xps automation software maximizes technology investments and enables IT process improvements to quickly produce measurable ROI in weeks without armies of consultants. For more information please contact us at www.smausa.com/contact.htm .

Contact:
Gordy Drost
Software & Management Associates (SMA)
3939 Glade Valley Drive
Kingwood, Texas 77339
281-446-5000
gdrost@smausa.com
http://www.smausa.com

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