Bob Ginn Joins ASM Research
as Vice President of Educational Services
and General Manager of Century Consultants, Ltd.
Lakewood, NJ – March 2, 2009
– ASM Research is pleased to announce the appointment
of Bob Ginn as Vice President of Educational Services
for ASM Research and General Manager of Century Consultants,
Ltd. 
Building on his experience in marketing and sales as
well as complex solution development and delivery as a
senior executive and business consultant to school districts
around the world, Mr. Ginn will be responsible for achieving
the profitable growth of Century Consultants as well as
the strategic positioning of ASM Research in the education
space.
“Bob brings over 30 years of experience to our company,”
says John Fraser, Group Vice President, ASM Research.
“As a recognized quality partner in the consulting industry,
Bob has the market know-how and industry expertise to
help us maintain our consistent sales growth and move
Century Consultants to the next level.”
Mr. Ginn commented, “I am very excited to be joining
ASM Research and Century Consultants. I intend to continue
our commitment to providing the best Student Information
Systems available to K-12 districts and state departments
of education in the United States. In addition, I expect
to increase our market penetration though both acquisitions
of complementary product lines and the establishment of
strategic partnerships with other market leaders in our
industry.”
Prior to joining ASM Research, Bob held the position
of Executive Vice President at CORE Education and Consulting
Solutions, Inc. where he was responsible for product development
and delivery of CORE’s education solutions. Prior to joining
CORE, Bob worked with KC Management Group as Vice President
of Sales and with IBM® for 27 years where he worked in
the K-12 education space for 14 years as a Principal in
IBM's Business Consulting Services (BCS) Strategy and
Change Practice. He was also responsible for creating
and overseeing IBM's K-12 Internet consulting and services
strategy and was recognized by IBM as an Executive Consultant
for the Education Industry. Bob has also managed sales
and technical service personnel in the support of small
and mid-size companies in distribution, manufacturing,
retail sales, medical care and banking. Bob holds a BS
from The United States Military Academy, West Point and
Management Certificate in Business Management from Tulane
University.
About ASM Research
ASM Research, Inc. is an employee-owned company with a
30-plus year history providing IT systems integration,
program management, information security and assurance,
healthcare / medical management, and educational / training
solutions to Federal Government and public institution
clients.
About Century Consultants
Century Consultants is a 30-year company headquartered
in Lakewood, New Jersey. Century’s Star_Base School Suite®
SIS is Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) 2.0 compliant
and is presently used by 215 school districts throughout
Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Georgia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts covering over 2000 individual schools
and approximately 1.1 million students.
ASM is extremely excited about the opportunity that this
acquisition of Century Consultants represents to sustain
first-class support of Century’s current customer base
and extend provision of industry leading information solutions
to new customers in the state and local government arenas.