Deltek, Inc. (www.deltek.com) (NASDAQ: PROJ), the leading provider of enterprise applications software for project-focused organizations, today announced the finalists for the first annual Deltek Project Excellence Awards. These awards will recognize outstanding customer and partner achievements in improving business processes and performance, increasing profitability and winning new business.
The Project Excellence Awards program will recognize unique achievement among Deltek's more than 12,000 customers and partners across the following categories:
- The Award for Business Impact will recognize the customer demonstrating the most significant operational benefits derived from using Deltek solutions. The
finalists for this award are Camber Corporation, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc., and MPRI, an L-3 company.
- The Award for Innovation will recognize the customer demonstrating the use of Deltek solutions in new and innovative ways. The finalists for this award are SSOE,
Inc., MACTEC, Inc., and WB Engineers.
- The Award for Implementation will recognize the customer that demonstrates an exceptional Deltek solution implementation. The finalists for this award are
Lockheed Martin MS2 business, Phacil, and Chadwick, Martin, Bailey.
- The Partner Award will recognize a Deltek partner that has been instrumental in delivering an exceptional Deltek solution implementation for a joint customer. The
finalists for this award are SilverEdge and Jewell & Associates.
Deltek customers and partners submitted nominees on-line and finalists were determined by a panel including senior Deltek executives and a Senior Analyst from Forrester Research, Andy
Salunga. Mr. Salunga is a recognized industry expert on process improvement methodologies, and co-leads Forrester's research on the project-based solutions marketplace.
Winners will be announced at Deltek's upcoming Insight '08 conference, the premier industry event for project-focused professionals. The event will be held in Nashville, TN, May 19-22.
For more information on Insight '08, please visit http://www.deltekinsight.com/.
"We believe customers that have achieved dramatic success with Deltek solutions deserve to be publicly recognized for their efforts," said Kevin Parker, Deltek's Chairman and CEO. "At
Deltek, we view our customers as true strategic partners, and we want to applaud each and every nominee that took part in the Project Excellence Awards program. We look forward to
celebrating the finalists and winners and showcasing their stories in Nashville during Insight '08."
ABOUT DELTEK
Deltek (NASDAQ: PROJ) is the leading provider of enterprise applications software designed specifically for project-focused businesses. For more than two decades, our software
applications have enabled organizations to automate mission-critical business processes around the engagement, execution and delivery of projects. More than 12,000 customers worldwide
rely on Deltek to measure business results, optimize performance, streamline operations and win new business. Visit www.deltek.com.
For further information contact:
Warren Brown, VP of Strategic Communications, Deltek
703.885.9746, warrenbrown @ deltek.com