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Sales Optimizer Completes Acquisition of Buvelo Solutions

Acquisition Creates a Top CRM Implementation, Development and Training Partner

Press Release Source: Sales Optimizer On Wednesday March 9, 2011, 9:00 am EST

ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - 03/09/11) - Sales Optimizer (www.salesoptimizer.com), a top CRM Consulting Partner and Authorized Training Center based in Orlando, FL, announced today that it has acquired Buvelo Solutions (www.buvelo.com), a management consulting and technology services firm based in Dallas, TX that specializes in CRM Consulting Services and Software Development.

"Buvelo, with its strong brand, great development team and industry expertise, is an excellent addition to our organization," stated Nik Nikic, Founder and CEO of Sales Optimizer. "We believe that our clients will benefit greatly from the expanded breadth of our technology solutions and this acquisition further solidifies our capacity to deliver quality CRM Consulting Services throughout the Central U.S. and Latin America."

Buvelo is experienced at helping clients assess enterprise applications and identifying strategic solutions to help streamline technology infrastructure, reduce data redundancy, improve business processes, and lower costs.

"We're very excited about joining the Sales Optimizer team and accelerating the growth of our new organization. This acquisition provides the additional leadership, resources and specialization to more effectively help our customers across a broader range of core services," said Richard Gonzales, Founder and President of Buvelo Solutions. "We remain committed to strengthening our position within the industry and the CRM partner community. This acquisition ensures our future growth and together we will achieve a broader range of success given our combined capabilities."

Management of the company includes executives from both organizations. Nik Nikic will continue as CEO, Richard Gonzales as President/Managing Partner and Ram Majji as Sr. Vice President of Technology and Professional Services.

About Sales Optimizer Sales Optimizer is a leading sales performance optimization consulting firm committed to driving CRM user adoption and top line revenue by helping organizations get maximum value from their CRM investment through a hybrid solution of implementation, change management and training services. Sales Optimizer is a leading CRM Select Consulting Partner, an Authorized Training Center, an AppExchange and ISV Partner and the first and only sales methodology company to release advanced strategic account and opportunity planning tools on the CRM platform.

To learn more, visit www.salesoptimizer.com or contact richard.gonzales@salesoptimizer.com.

About Buvelo

Buvelo Solutions is a management consulting and technology services firm specializing in Software as a Service. Buvelo excels at helping organizations rapidly and cost effectively build, deploy, and maintain adaptive software applications and solutions on Salesfoce.com. The company was founded on the principle of helping companies achieve maximum business velocity by generating sustainable organizational momentum towards maximum efficiency. In today's business environment, conventional methods of targeting and streamlining processes are no longer sufficient to maintain a competitive advantage. Buvelo helps organizations overcome these challenges through the use of effective and efficient technologies. www.buvelo.com

About CRM

CRM is the enterprise cloud computing company. Based on their real-time, multitenant architecture, the company's platform and CRM applications (http://www.CRM/crm) have revolutionized the way companies collaborate and communicate with their customers. CRM offers the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing.

Sales Optimizer Names Andy Wager Managing Director – Business Technology Sector 

ORANGE COUNTY, CA – January 21, 2011 -- Sales Optimizer, LLC (www.salesoptimizer.com), a leading provider of software and CRM consulting services to the office automation industry, today announced that Andy Wager has been named to the position of Managing Director, Business Technology Sector.

Mr. Wager began working with Sales Optimizer as a Senior Consultant in 2009 and has been instrumental in the securing and success of major CRM implementation and sales productivity projects with industry leaders such as Sharp Business Systems and Toshiba Business Solutions. Prior to joining Sales Optimizer, Mr. Wager held high-level positions in firms such as Ricoh, Canon & Toshiba. Mr. Wager was educated in the United Kingdom, where he specialized in business & marketing.

"We're excited that Andy has accepted this key position" said Nik Nikic, CEO of Sales Optimizer. "Sales Optimizer is experiencing rapid and continuous growth in both our CRM Consulting Practice and our Sales & Management Training Practice. We are confident that with Andy’s industry experience, knowledge and relationships, coupled with the expertise he has developed with us, we will continue as the leading provider of cloud services and sales productivity methodologies for the business technology arena.”

"Andy brings years of successful business experience to his new role combined with the skills and capabilities one would expect from a key representative of a world class consulting organization." said Steve Wasula, Managing Partner at Sales Optimizer. "In this role, Andy will ensure the level of excellence we have demonstrated will continue as we focus on expanding our leading role within the business technology sector.”

Mr. Wager will be based in Orange County, CA at the West Coast Office of Sales Optimizer, LLC.

About CRM

CRM is the enterprise cloud computing company. Based on CRM’s real-time, multitenant architecture, the company’s platform and CRM applications (http://www.CRM/crm) have revolutionized the way companies collaborate and communicate with their customers, including:

• The Sales Cloud, for sales force automation and contact management
• The Service Cloud, for customer service and support solutions
• Chatter, for social collaboration
• The Force.com platform, for custom application development
• The AppExchange, the world’s leading marketplace for enterprise cloud computing applications

CRM offers the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing. As of July 31, 2010, CRM manages customer information for approximately 82,400 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks.

About Sales Optimizer

Sales Optimizer is a leading sales and technology consultancy committed to helping organizations move successfully to the cloud by offering best of breed technology, change management and training services. We are computer scientists, engineers and MBA's with backgrounds in sales, marketing, customer service, management and leadership. Our team members are also CRM Certified Administrators, Developers, Consultants and Instructors. We design and teach end users how to use CRM to increase their personal productivity. Sales Optimizer is a leading partner of CRM and is a CRM Select Consulting Partner, a CRM Authorized Training Center, a CRM AppExchange Partner and a CRM ISV Partner.

We are also the first consulting partner to release an Opportunity Planning and Account Planning methodology native in CRM as well as a wide variety of free productivity tools available on the Force.com AppExchange. Our methodology was designed specifically to reinforce the skills and process we teach with the software we provide. Our clients include: Ricoh, Toshiba, Xerox, Sharp, ClearChannel, TechData, The Ritz Carlton, Wyndham, Lutron, Progress Energy, Deloitte, Ameriprise, infoUSA, TruGreen, The Golf Channel and others.

To learn more about Sales Optimizer and the products and services we offer, please visit our website at www.salesoptimizer.com or call (407) 389-6060.