AVIO Consulting Announces Dan Atwood Honored as Oracle ACE. Industry veteran to educate Oracle community and share best practices to extend the value of Oracle BPM.

Dallas, Texas November 29, 2010 –  AVIO Consulting, a leading BPM consulting firm, today announced that Oracle has awarded Dan Atwood, senior BPM architect at AVIO Consulting, with the elite honor of Oracle ACE.

According to Oracle, ACEs are known for their strong credentials as Oracle community enthusiasts and advocates. All candidates have been nominated by Oracle Technology and Application communities.

With more than twenty-five years of IT experience and eleven years of BPM experience, Dan Atwood brings leadership and development skills in all phases of the Oracle BPM development lifecycle.

Dan Atwood demonstrates his abilities through a proven track record of technical excellence in working with diverse Oracle clients. Having headed BPM training and courseware development at both Fuego and BEA Systems, Dan has trained and mentored over 2,000 customers in all facets of BPM. He developed and now teaches classes for developers, business analysts and decision makers using the latest version of Oracle BPM.

“I am extremely excited to be recognized among a very select group of Oracle ACE award recipients that will continue to be tracked by Oracle and its BPM customer community,” said Dan Atwood, senior BPM architect, Avio Consulting.

“This is a testament to AVIO Consulting’s focus on Oracle BPM best practices and customer successes and Oracle’s growing market momentum as a leading BPM solution.”

“Dan Atwood’s knowledge of BPM is well respected throughout the industry and he is often asked to assist companies with their BPM strategies. He is also one of AVIO’s leading BPM consultants focused on delivering record results for many of Oracle’s leading BPM customers, ” said AVIO Consulting president and CEO, Monnie Soto. “

Dan’s ACE appointment reinforces our commitment to have the most talented Oracle BPM team. Our number one goal is to provide resources that help make it easier for organizations to use and implement Oracle BPM. Dan is playing an important role by adding value and best practice perspectives to the Oracle community.”

Dan Atwood is by far the most active participant on the Oracle Technical Network’s BPM forum and is the only person having reached “Guru” status.

About AVIO Consulting

AVIO Consulting is an innovative technology professional services firm focused on enabling enterprise agility and business process transformation through the adoption of emerging technologies such as Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). AVIO Consulting bridges the gap between business and IT by using proven methodologies combined with industry expertise and best practices to solve complex business processes.

AVIO Consulting helps companies evaluate and select BPM and SOA software, manage the implementation of the software, and facilitate all related organizational changes to assure that each of its clients realize the full business benefits of their implementation.  AVIO Customers include: Best Buy, Citigroup, Intercall, New York University, Procter and Gamble, United Healthcare, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Intercall.  AVIO Consulting is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

For more information please visit www.avioconsulting.com.