sales integrity merges with pariveda solutions!

Joint Services to Include Sales Process Automation Solutions.

Dallas, January 7, 2008: Sales Integrity, a sales operation and management consulting firm, today announced it has merged with Pariveda Solutions, a provider of IT strategy, project management and technology solutions.

Sales Integrity partners Sean Piket and Susan Paul both join Pariveda Solutions’ management team as Vice Presidents.

Sales Integrity brings with it their Sales Operation Framework to help customers address specific issues related to sales talent, sales performance and sales management. As a result Pariveda Solutions will now offer expanded Sales Process Automation services for CRM implementations, Sales Informational Portals, and Sales Management Dashboards.

“We are excited about working with such a talented and fast growing organization,” said Sean Piket, Sales Integrity’s founder and CEO. “As a result, we will be able to accelerate the initiatives we have been working on at Sales Integrity to deliver more comprehensive solutions to our customers.”

“Part of our growth strategy is to acquire top talent not only in targeted geographic areas, but also with specific skills and experience,” said Bruce Ballengee, Pariveda’s CEO. “By adding Sean and Susan to our leadership team, we will be able to expand the breadth and depth of our service offerings while leveraging their experience to help Pariveda achieve its growth goals.”

Pariveda Solutions (www.parivedasolutions.com) was ranked the 16th fastest growing company in the Dallas Business Journal’s 2007 edition of the Dallas One Hundred, comprised of the 100 fastest-growing private companies in the DFW Metroplex. Launched and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Pariveda Solutions has grown to over 100 employees in just four years with offices located in Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston and Seattle.

For more information, please contact Sean Piket at 214-777-4650 or sean.piket@parivedasolutions.com

Sean Piket, CEO & President
Sean Piket is the founder, CEO & President of Sales Integrity, Inc. Prior to launching Sales Integrity, Sean spent time in a direct sales role for various information technology consulting firms as a multi-million dollar annual producer and a former President's Club Award winner. Sean also held the positions of National Practice Director of CRM and National Sales Director, where his sales operations improvement, sales process automation, and training programs were responsible for multi-million dollar annual growth in sales pipelines and corporate revenue. Overall, Sean offers more than 15 years of sales and sales management experience with a specialization in sales training, sales operation management, and sales process improvement & autmation. Sean is also the founder of SalesMecca.com, a sales success resource center (www.salesmecca.com). Sean is a member of Sales & Marketing Executives International (www.smei.org), the La Cima Club (www.lacimaclub.com), and a founding member of the DFW IT Roundtable (www.dfwitsales.com). For more information on Sean, please visit his LinkedIn Profile at www.linkedin.com/in/seanpiket or his weekly Sales Success Framework blog on SalesMecca.com. Sean graduated Summa Cum Laude from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois with a B.A. in Speech Communication.

Susan Paul , Vice President

Susan Paul is a Vice President for Sales Integrity and is responsible for building and leading the Sales Consulting business unit. Susan has more than 20 years of experience in consulting, sales, sales management and executive management with companies ranging from start ups to global systems integrators.  Susan has served as National Sales Director for a $400 million technology consulting company.  She has managed sales teams spanning large geographies and grew a start up territory to $40 million in sales over a two year period.   Susan has experience cultivating channel relationships to generate multi-million dollar revenue streams.  Her efforts won her multiple vendor awards as well as successive President’s Club awards.  Susan has worked with numerous CRM systems, sales methodologies, compensation and territory management models.  She has experience developing sales operations processes and reporting to increase sales force efficiency and hiring and recruiting efforts.  Susan earned a BS in Economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago.