About Us

We are located in the greater Seattle area with partner offices across the nation.

John Burdekin – Founder and President

I have over 25 years of experience in the software & technology industries ranging from large aerospace and hardware companies to small early stage start-ups to large enterprise software companies. I have experience, insight and knowledge that have enabled me to successfully build and manage all aspects of a company’s customer-facing technical and business development organizations, such as Alliances, Partnerships & Channels Sales, Technical Support, post-sales Technical Support & Call Centers, Professional Services, Hosting, and Training, with companies like Vantive, SumTotal Systems, Attensity and others. Successful in many markets such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), eLearning, and Business Intelligence (BI) markets.  By using a unique blend of skills and defining best practices for each group to drive operational excellence, I have successfully and consistently built many organizations from the ground up, as well as taken over under performing organizations and turned them into highly efficient and profitable organizations.

So if you need help building and growing your company call us today.

Jim Hale is a recognized sales leader with broad success in Entrepreneurial and Corporate environments.  He has developed and led worldwide sales and operations and has extensive experience with selling and managing teams in the Americas, EMEA and Pacific Rim.  Jim has both channel and direct sales organizations consistently improving revenue and margins while implementing profitable cost controls.  Extensive network of executive contacts in major reselling organizations as well as corporate accounts.  Jim has hired and developed sales organizations at IBM, Oracle, Ernst & Young and Vantive as well as a number of startup companies.  www.mprovesales.com

Mary Egan Lorigan has over 23 years of executive sales and services experience in the software industry.  Mary began her career with Informix Software in a sales position as their eighteenth employee.  In her last position with Informix, Mary led the Informix Northeast Sales organization and managed the team that closed the largest financial services transaction for Informix.  Following her time at Informix, Mary led North American Sales for Vantive, then Worldwide Sales and Services for Docent where worldwide sales grew from $1M to $29M over the three years of Mary's tenure.  Most recently, Mary ran the sales organization at Open Harbor and the Sales and Services operation at Attensity.  Mary has also helped high technology organizations build great sales teams by doing sales, and sales executive recruiting.  www.newviewrecruit.com