Reminiscing on Our “Worst” Year

October 12th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

Like many businesses across the country, we were looking at 2009 as being the worst year in the history of our company. And then…it was our best.

Pardon the understatement, but in 2009 the economy was bad. While reports after the fact now declare the recession officially ended in June of that year, for us, and for our customers, it was in full swing with the aftermath of the bailouts (aka the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008) from the previous winter still freshly emblazoned upon our memories and available credit drying up like watering holes in Texas. Many companies counted 2009 as their last. Read More…

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Team Forte Participates in Clean Lakes Festival Liquid Courage 2 Mile Challenge

September 26th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

Team Forte Participates in Clean Lakes Festival Liquid Courage ChallengeOn Saturday, August 27th, members of “Team Forte” participated in the Clean Lakes Festival Liquid Courage 2-Mile Challenge race and obstacle course in Madison, Wisconsin.

It was a new experience for most of the participants from Forte Research because the course required participants to pair up in teams of two. Following a 2-mile sprint, each pair had to complete a series of fun obstacles and challenges. The race culminated in a fast slide down hill on a wet and soapy Slip-n-Slide to the finish line.

Several children, ranging in age from 8 to 14, of Forte Research Systems employees helped round out the group of 12 from Team Forte. Kung Chao and daughter Madison were the fastest pair from Forte in the “Family” category with a time of 28 minutes and 50 seconds.

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Forte Research Systems Team Members Hold a Pinewood Derby

July 15th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

Pinewood Derby cars sit on display rackOn a Friday afternoon in June, Forte Research team members took some time out of their day to race custom-crafted pinewood derby cars. Thirty one cars were created by team members, some with the help of family members at home.

The company provided pinewood derby kits and the creativity went from there. Work on some of the cars began weeks before the actual event.

Photos of all the entries may be viewed on the Forte Research Facebook page.

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Member of Team Forte and Family Participate in Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis.

July 12th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

For Trinity and Beyond!In May, Forte Research web developer, Brooks Boyd, along with his wife Katrina and their daughter, Trinity, were joined by friends and family to form a team of 17 people (plus one dog, Jeffrey) to participate in a Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The event, which was held at Elver Park in Madison, Wisconsin, is put on annually by the Wisconsin chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to raise funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis research. Read More…

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Team Forte Participates in Race for the Cure Run/Walk Event

June 20th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

On Saturday, June 4th, members of the newly formed “Team Forte” participated in the Susan G. Komen Madison Race for the Cure event.

Team Forte was formed at the beginning of 2011 as a way for employees to participate in community events as a team.

“In addition to the obvious benefits of promoting healthy activity, Team Forte is also a way for us to contribute locally,” said Srini Kalluri, Founder, President, CEO and Chief Customer Experience Officer at Forte Research Systems. Read More…

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Forte Research Systems is Proud to Announce Recent Promotions

May 25th, 2011 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

Kung Chao was promoted to Senior Database Engineer. Kung joined Forte Research Systems in May 2008 as an SQL Programmer and has demonstrated outstanding performance in data migration projects for new customers, and customer support.

Laura Craig was promoted to Office Manager. Laura exemplifies the Forte Research  approach by pursuing excellence, collaborating, fulfilling commitments and celebrating success. Going forward, Laura will continue to be responsible for the executive administration tasks related to the executive team and the remaining 50 percent of her time will be spent on accounting and HR duties.

Justin Hughey was promoted to Senior Software Engineer. Justin joined Forte Research in May 2010 as a software engineer and has been working on Allegro product line since then. He quickly mastered the new Force.com platform and related technologies in very short order and made significant contributions for Allegro CTMS@Site(tm) product development. Read More…

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Changes & Additions to the PercipEnz Team

April 15th, 2010 by Forte Research Customer Experience Services

It has been a very exciting time here at PercipEnz Technologies. And, much of that comes from our team. We’re pleased to announce the following promotions, changes, and additions which have occurred here over the past several months.

Jason Adams was promoted to Director of Product & Infrastructure Services in July 2009.

Ryan Trier made a move to the Product Support & Training Specialist team as a Product and Training Specialist in November 2009.

Mark TenHoor was promoted to Systems Administrator in November 2009.

Laura Youngquist joined PercipEnz as a Project Manager in February 2010.

Colleen Krattiger was promoted to Director, Project Management Office in February 2010.

Brad Canard joined the engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer in February 2010.

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