SHOWROOM TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES
THE APPOINTMENT OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT VICE PRESIDENT
Veteran Christopher Larkin joins big ticket retail solution provider to advance promotional kiosk capabilities and value proposition.
Reston, Virginia – September
9, 2004 – Showroom
Technology, Inc., first to market with a promotional
kiosk for big ticket retail, has hired industry veteran
Christopher Larkin to be its Vice President of Product
Development. Mr. Larkin will be responsible for the
design, development, and maintenance of the portfolio
of Showroom Technology’s products, known as the
360° RetailTM solution, featuring the Showroom
Promotional Kiosk.
Mr. Larkin brings extensive software
development expertise to Showroom Technology having
over twenty years of technology industry experience.
He spent several years at Oracle Corporation leading
the design and development of large-scale Oracle software
projects. Subsequently, Mr. Larkin ran a small software
development company contracting to build complex Oracle
and web applications for large customers. He has a
thorough understanding of Carnegie Mellon’s Capability
Maturity Model (CMM) for software development, having
built a commercially available and deployed CMM tool
known as Pinnacle for managing large software development
projects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Duke
University and a Master’s degree from George
Washington University.
“Chris has the expertise,
discipline, and vast experience required to build first
class software. He will be a great asset to Showroom
Technology and its customers”, said David Weyher,
chief executive of Showroom Technology, Inc. Mr. Larkin’s
addition to Showroom Technology is timely with several
key product initiatives and updates underway.
About
Showroom Technology, Inc.
Launched in 2002 to
specifically address the needs of big ticket retailers,
Showroom
Technology is first-to-market with innovative technology
to help big ticket retailers improve sales performance
at the showroom level. Its innovative 360° Retail
solution, featuring the Showroom Promotional Kiosk,
enables a retailer to leverage its promotional credit
program with targeted advertising and product promotions,
virtual showroom, and automated coupon dispensing to
increase the average ticket and improve its sales close
ratio.
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