Attivio Launches Attivio University

Academic Expert Rodney Alvarez to Head Program

NEWTON, Mass., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Attivio, Inc. today announced a new
initiative that combines formal internal training and professional development
with a university outreach program that includes intern and co-op acquisition,
promotion and integration of course curriculum on advanced information access
technologies, undergraduate research and targeted scholarships. The company
also announced that it has hired Rodney Alvarez as Director of University
Relations and Training to lead development of the program.
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The goals of Attivio University are to recruit and retain talent and
evangelize the emerging field of unified information access, which includes
enterprise search and operational business intelligence capabilities. The
University will consist of training and curriculum programs that drive key
educational initiatives across multiple functional areas within the company.
Alvarez and his team will develop and manage training curriculum and identify
additional industry training resources and opportunities. Attivio University
will also build and manage relationships with university professors, deans and
other leaders to promote Attivio and the advancement of unified information
access through industry presentations, academic conferences, courses on search
technology and recruiting events.
"Information access is an evolving technology that is taking many
companies by storm. We are launching Attivio University to secure and train
top-level talent within the company and also develop wide-spread awareness and
understanding of the technology in the academic environment," said Ali Riaz,
CEO of Attivio. "We are pleased to add Rodney Alvarez to the Attivio team to
manage these initiatives and to develop robust training and development
programs. It is people like Rodney -- and programs like Attivio University
-- that enable more people to learn the value of information access technology
and ultimately help bring new innovations to the industry."
Formerly University Relations Engineering Lead at British Petroleum and
Director of University Programs at FAST Search & Transfer, Alvarez brings more
than 10 years of industry expertise to Attivio. He has held training and
university relations positions at Camp Dresser McKee (CDM) and served as a
History professor at the University of Central Florida. Alvarez received his
PhD in History from UCLA.
"From my past experience running programs like Attivio University, I have
witnessed first-hand the creativity and insight that come from interactive
training and learning," said Alvarez. "I am excited to join Attivio at a
pivotal time in the company's growth and am particularly intrigued by its
vision for unifying access to structured and unstructured data through a
unique architecture that leapfrogs existing technologies. I am looking forward
to the collaborative innovations we will create within Attivio, as well as the
close and long-term relationships with the academic community that are
required to drive this fundamental shift in information access."
For more information about Attivio University or to learn how to get
involved in the program, please contact university@attivio.com.
About Attivio
Founded by a team of experts in business intelligence, data warehousing
and enterprise search software, Attivio is driving new innovations in the
emerging unified information access market. By integrating structured data and
unstructured content into a single universal repository, Attivio's Active
Intelligence Engine (AIE) automatically updates, manages and enriches business
systems, delivering answers based on all corporate information to the right
person or system at the right time, therefore driving the shift from finding
information to using information to conduct better business. The engine is
easy to install, always downloadable, linearly scalable, and perfect for both
custom solutions and application embedding. Please visit www.attivio.com.
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MaryAnne Sinville, VP, Corporate Marketing of Attivio, +1-857-226-5037,
maryanne@attivio.com; or Lisa Astor or Shannon Costello of PAN Communications
for Attivio, +1-978-474-1900, Attivio@pancomm.com