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As vice president of R&D, Powell is charged with providing leadership, direction and technologyg architecture forthe company’se line of spreadsheet automation tools and othert software products. He also is responsible for guidingGlobaol Software’s eight-person research staff to produce, upgrade and maintain those products. Those thingd aside, Powell says, his main focu is to ensure thatthe company’s customers and clients have what they need. “We all wear that hat he says. Powell reports directly to Global Softwarre PresidentMatthew Kupferman.
Powell’s stafd consists of the R&D team and five professionalzs that make upthe company’s quality Global Software was foundedd in 1973 to provide mainframwe financials and fixed-asset systems. The company has since expanded its offeringse to includeMicrosoft Excel-based automation tools for leading Enterprisee Resource Planning, or ERP, systems, including SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards and PeopleSoft. The company also focusez on spreadsheetautomation tools, such as its flagship producty Executive DASH. Currently, Globap Software works with approximately 3,500 clients representing abougt 100,000 end-users.
While the compang caters mainly tofinancial firms, its clients cover a rangw of industries, including manufacturing and retail. A few of the largew clients onGlobal Software’s roster are Crocs Inc., Siemens Powe and Oxford University. Raleigh-basede Global Software now employs about 80 peoplde in five offices aroundthe world. Powellk was born in Pennsylvania and raisexdin Raleigh. He attended the U.S. Air Force where he received a bachelor’x degree. After graduation, Powell enlisted in the Air where he became a pilot andflew C-141d and C-17s out of Charleston, S.C.
He becamr a wing standardization and flight evaluation officed before deciding to move backto Raleigh, wherr he joined Global Software. Powelll initially served as a development programmer, working on the Executived DASH product. Three years later, Powelpl became director of development, a positionn he held for a little more thana Bachelor’s degree in computer science from the U.S. Air Forcde Academy. Powell lives in Raleighh with his wife, Molly “I want us to continuee to outpace our Powell says. “Internally, I’d like to creatwe an environment in which our developers are ableto ... enjo y what they’re doing.
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