Hagerman & Company Celebrates 25 Years as Autodesk VAR

MOUNT ZION, IL, March 9, 2009—Hagerman & Company, Inc. today marked its silver anniversary as an Autodesk Value-added Reseller (VAR). Hagerman & Company is a large supplier of manufacturing, architectural, and civil design software, training and consulting services in the CAD/CAM, PDM, and CRM markets. Hagerman markets its products and services primarily to manufacturing firms, the AEC industry, and civil engineering firms. As one of the first resellers to earn Autodesk VAR designation in 1983, Hagerman & Company has maintained a sterling track record of quality customer service and expertise that meets Autodesk’s high standards.

“Autodesk has been our most-valued partner for 25 years,” said Dennis Hagerman, CEO of Hagerman & Company, Inc. “Providing the design industry’s best product set, coupled with a value pricing model has enabled our clients to boost productivity while improving their product development processes.”

Hagerman & Company has helped more than 33,000 customers make the most of their Autodesk software investments over the years. That includes the introduction of forward-thinking approaches such as Digital Prototyping, which allows customers to assess and refine the performance and appearance of designs—and can lead to time and money saved, better quality and breakthrough ideas and innovation and building information modeling (BIM), an integrated workflow built on coordinated, reliable information about a project from design through construction and into operations

“From the outset, Hagerman & Company and Autodesk have shared a vision for technology’s potential impact on the business of design and a commitment to put customers’ needs front and center,” said Steve Blum, senior vice president, Americas sales, Autodesk. “Our shared approach has created a successful, long-term partnership and played an important role in our customers’ successes.”

Hagerman & Company, Inc. is a Value Added Reseller/System Integrator (VAR/SI) and consultant specializing in improving organizational productivity through the implementation of technology. Over the past 25 years it has grown from a small Midwest reseller of manufacturing solutions to a company that provides manufacturing, AEC, and civil solutions to thousands of companies throughout the Midwest, Midsouth, and California. Hagerman & Company is recognized by Autodesk as a Premier Solutions Provider (PSP) - Manufacturing and also as a PSP Subscription Gold Support Provider, the highest level of support recognized by Autodesk. Hagerman was also listed in the Inc 5000 “America’s Leading Growth Companies” and in the CRN “Fast Growth 100” lists for 2008, and was the 2006 Autodesk Channel Partner of the Year.

Autodesk is the world’s leading 2D and 3D design software company for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Autodesk brought sophisticated design capabilities to the PC with AutoCAD software in 1982, and continues to build on that principle of innovation to help customers improve productivity throughout the design, construction, manufacture and management of projects. In addition, its developer partners offer thousands of niche applications that complement Autodesk products. Autodesk designates VARs based in part on their proficiency in promoting, demonstrating, installing and supporting Autodesk products, and provides VARs with business guidance, training, marketing support and incentives to deliver consistently high-quality service for the latest Autodesk applications.

About Hagerman & Company, Inc.

Hagerman & Company’s products and services encompass three broad lines of business: CAD/CAM, Consulting Services and Customer Relationship Management. In addition the company both sells and supports the hardware, operating system, network, and Internet technologies and platforms that underlie these systems. Hagerman & Company, Inc. is headquartered in Mt. Zion, Illinois, and maintains branch offices for sales and support in the following locations: Schaumburg (IL), Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Mishawaka (IN), Evansville (IN), Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Overland Park (KS) and California operations in San Jose, San Ramon, Sacramento, Anaheim, Glendale and San Diego. Hagerman & Company is recognized as an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider – Manufacturing and is also an Autodesk Premier Solutions Provider – Gold Support, the highest level of support recognized by Autodesk. For more information about Hagerman & Company, please visit www.hagerman.com.

Editor’s Note: To hear directly from Hagerman & Company, Inc. CEO Dennis Hagerman and Hagerman & Company, Inc. Vice President Sandy Hagerman, view a broadcast at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JoC5gBdTKc.

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