2.0
May 17, 2011
Anonymous employee
Former employee
Chicago, IL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Excellent, competitive, & profitable product niches. Worldwide manufacturing base. Cautious, incremental investment strategy, risking under-investment and missed opportunities, but enabling many tests while retaining capital for a rainy day. Mixed M&A success, lessons learned. Two cores: product engineering and VAR channel sales. Smart hard-working engineering and product management team. Channel well established.
Cons
Mom & Pop IT systems and processes. Comfort zone decision-making, limited stretching. Consultants relied upon to provide insight on product and market opportunities.