| ATLANTA, GA, March 10, 2008 � The Rainmaker
Group, the world leader in automated revenue
management software and services to the multi-family housing and casino
hotel industries for total
property profitability, announced the addition of Rod Collier
and John W. Wallace to its expanding group of revenue optimization professionals
at the company�s Georgia headquarters.
John W. Wallace joins as The Rainmaker Group�s new vice president of business consulting and Rod Collier is the company�s incoming vice president of professional services. Mr. Wallace replaces previous Rainmaker Vice President Tom Walker who was tapped by Rainmaker client, Omni Hotels, as its new vice president of revenue management. �John and Rod bring an extraordinary wealth of revenue management experience that will drive added profitability for our current and future clients,� said Tammy Farley, principal of The Rainmaker Group. �We are extremely pleased to have John and Rod on the Rainmaker team.� Mr. Wallace served in upper level executive positions at Aeronomics, Inc., Talus Solutions, Inc. and Manugistics and most recently worked with Axicom Digital/Kefta. He is a graduate of the University of the Pacific. Rod Collier comes to Rainmaker from JDA Software where he served as a practice director and director of revenue management. Collier also has experience with Talus Solutions and was a senior consultant for Aeronomics, Inc. He is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University. New Clients Drive Expansion Responding to increased demand for its revenue optimization services, The Rainmaker Group recently acquired a second office building adjoining its corporate headquarters in the North Atlanta technology corridor. Rainmaker purchased the building after increasing staff to support its growing list of clients. �Our expanding client base is at the heart of Rainmaker�s growth,� Tammy Farley. �Our revolution LROSM and revolution SM revenue optimization solutions for the multi-family housing and gaming hotel industries continue to be widely implemented by leading companies.� Rainmaker clients include:
�The Rainmaker Group is deploying the latest generation of profit optimization solutions that are extremely effective at boosting revenue for its clients,� noted Wallace. �This is an exceptional opportunity to help deepen Rainmaker�s resources and support its continued success.� �Rainmaker�s revolution LRO and revolution revenue optimization solutions for the multifamily housing and gaming hotel industries, respectively, continue to be widely implemented by leading companies,� said Mr. Collier. �Joining the team provides an excellent opportunity to expand Rainmaker�s work with companies in North America and the growing Asia Pacific region.� Commenting on Mr. Walker�s departure, Ms. Farley said, �Tom is pursuing an opportunity he couldn�t pass up with Omni Hotels. The entire Rainmaker team wishes him the best as he helps further the company�s performance in the luxury marketplace.�
The Rainmaker Group is a software and services company that provides revenue management for more than one-half million units in the gaming hospitality, multifamily housing and other industries. Rainmaker implements and supports the revolution product suite, which maximizes total property profitability for operators of casino hotels and other hospitality enterprises. The company enables clients to identify and maintain availability for their most profitable revenue sources through revenue management implementations. The Rainmaker Group helps casino hotels increase profitability through the accurate, instantaneous ability to determine the minimum acceptable value of each guest. This increases client profitability by securing the most profitable customers and developing more effective business processes. Hospitality clients include Boyd Gaming, Harrah�s Entertainment, Omni Hotels, MGM MIRAGE, Trump Entertainment Resorts and other leading hotel companies. The Rainmaker Group also provides the revolution LRO profit optimization solution that enables multifamily housing operators to maximize revenue from apartment leases. revolution LRO lease rate improvement results have been reviewed and validated by independent accounting firms. For more than five years revolution LRO has delivered optimized leasing rates to the largest operators in the industry including Archstone-Smith, Equity Residential, Post Properties, Simpson Housing, Mid-America Apartment Communities and a number of other leading multifamily housing companies. |
