Dean Evans & Associates, Inc.

EMS Software, LLC (formerly Dean Evans & Associates), the maker of EMS software, is a Colorado-based company that develops software for a wide variety of tasks, including meeting and Event scheduling, Resource management, academic scheduling, shared workspace management (i.e. office hoteling), web-based calendaring, online registration and survey creation. Dean Evans, a business consultant and software engineer, founded the company in 1986.

DEA currently has more than 2.5 million users, works with 4,000-plus facilities and manages millions of meetings and events around the globe each year.[1] The company serves a wide variety of industries, providing software specifically designed for higher education, school districts, law firms, governmental entities, cultural centers, churches, health care establishments, corporations and non profits.[2]

In 2008, Software Magazine included DEA in its “Software 500” list of the world’s largest software and technology service providers.[3] The same year, Deliotte ranked DEA as the No. 24 company in its Technology Fast 50 Program for Colorado.[4] INC. 5000 named the company in its list of the 5,000 fastest-growing, private companies in the country in 2008, 2009 and 2010.[5][6] In 2011, The Denver Business Journal named DEA among the top five Denver-area software developers.[7]

Software giant Oracle Corporation made DEA a Gold Level Partner in 2010, with the shared goal of integrating EMS with Oracle’s popular PeopleSoft software.[8]

In 2012, Dean Evans & Associates, Inc. was named Customer Service Department of the Year in the Computer Software category by the American Business Stevie Awards.[9] The company was also named to the Inc. (magazine) 500|5000[10] and the Software Magazine software 500 list.

In April, 2014, Dean Evans & Associates announced that it received a strategic growth investment from JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software and technology-enabled services companies.[11] In July, 2015, Dean Evans & Associates acquired EmergingSoft for its technology integration with Microsoft® Outlook.[12] On January 4, 2016, Dean Evans & Associates formally changed the company name to EMS Software, LLC.

References

  1. ↑ "EMS Software - About Us". www.emssoftware.com. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  2. ↑ http://www.dea.com
  3. ↑ "Reservation Times - October 2009". www.dea.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  4. ↑ http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-24-2008/0004910888&EDATE=
  5. ↑ http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2009/company-profile.html?id=200923320
  6. ↑ http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/dean-evans-associates
  7. ↑ "Top of the List: Software developers - Denver Business Journal". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  8. ↑ http://www.iwmsnews.com/2010/06/dean-evans-associates-inc-becomes-oracle-partnernetwork-gold-level-partner/
  9. ↑ "Customer Service Awards Stevie Winners | Stevie Awards". www.stevieawards.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  10. ↑ http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/dean-evans-associates
  11. ↑ "Dean Evans & Associates Receives Strategic Growth Investment From JMI Equity – JMI Equity". 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  12. ↑ "Why DEA Acquired EmergingSoft". 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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