MARCH 24, 2009                                                                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Amy Chiligiris
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Hagerman & Company Celebrates 25 Years as Autodesk Value-added Reseller
Success Built on Industry Insight and Autodesk Technology Innovation

MT ZION, IL - Hagerman & Company, Inc., one of America’s largest value-added resellers of Autodesk software, was recently recognized by Autodesk at One Team Conference, the company’s annual global partner event in Las Vegas. Autodesk’s Platinum Club awards recognized outstanding partners for fiscal year 2009.

Hagerman & Company was a winner several times over for Platinum Club 2009, garnering the following honors:

• 25 Year Reseller Award– an acknowledgement of 25 years of representing Autodesk, Inc.

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• MSD Territory Award – Hagerman was the #1 Manufacturing Reseller by Territory in the USA for the year ended January 31, 2009. This award recognizes the largest growth per authorized location of all manufacturing resellers for the entire year.

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• Marketing Excellence Award – recognizes Elaine Perry, Hagerman’s Director of Marketing, as the most outstanding marketing executive of all Autodesk resellers in the Americas for the year ended January 31, 2009.

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“The Platinum Club inductees have performed at a consistently high level, in spite of the economic challenges,” said Steve Blum, Autodesk senior vice president of Americas sales. “They continue to deliver world-class service and technical expertise to help customers fully experience their ideas virtually through Autodesk solutions.”

“We’re happy to be honored by Autodesk for our outstanding performance,” said Dennis Hagerman, Hagerman & Company CEO. “The awards show both our longevity in a volatile industry that has experienced great turnover among resellers generally, and our strength of focus – keeping our eye on the ball with great sales and marketing performance. This has been achieved by keeping customers first in our list of priorities.”


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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