Norfolk, VA (May 14, 2012) – Yellow Dog Software (www.yellowdogsoftware.com), a leading provider of inventory management solutions for the resort, hotel, and club industry, today announced a new leadership appointment designed to drive the company's ambitious growth initiatives in the United States and abroad. 

Jay Livingood has been named as the company's President charged with leading the inventory software company through its next phase of market expansion. 
 
"I am pleased to be leading the company at this time of rapid growth and I look forward to strengthening the company's market position as a leader in inventory systems for hospitality," said Livingood. "It’s clear that the market is demanding a robust inventory management system that can meet the business needs and budgetary desires of the independent and small chain hospitality operation."
 
Livingood brings more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality software industry. Before joining Yellow Dog Software, he was a Strategic Account Executive in the resorts division of The Active Network, where he sold sophisticated activity systems to leading resorts and luxury hotel companies.  He was the founder and President of Ally Systems, Inc., who provided retail and F&B point of sale systems to clients throughout the state of Virginia. He was also the Director of National Accounts at Integrated Business Systems, a club software provider based in Richmond, Virginia. Mr. Livingood holds a degree in Business Management from James Madison University. 
 
About Yellow Dog Software
Yellow Dog Software offers a full featured back office inventory system to handle the merchandise, wine, and F&B needs of resorts, hotels, clubs and other hospitality operations.  The flagship product – Yellow Dog Inventory - integrates seamlessly to leading point of sale and accounting systems and can manage single/multiple stores and properties.  The product’s ease of use coupled with dynamic, analytical reporting has made Yellow Dog Software a great choice for leading hospitality operations in the United States and abroad.