A long, long time ago (mid-1990s) when ARIS was growing rapidly, our company was a sexy, up-and-coming Seattle story. At that time, a senior business development executive from Oracle approached us about helping ARIS expand to the East Coast. The late Pat McGovern had been raised in the Seattle area and graduated from Seattle Prep. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ARIS’
Leadership is Making People Want to Follow
Posted in business, entrepreneur, executive communication, tagged ARIS, executive, leadership, Pat McGovern on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
8 Lessons from the ARIS Experience
Posted in business, tagged ARIS, life lessons, management on May 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In my last blog post, I reminisced about the ARIS days. Now, maybe I can share some of the lessons learned during those times. It’s about the TEAM: No matter if you are MIT smart like Paul Song, it’s the collective ability of the leadership team, not one individual. You cannot scale without having a [...]
Sharing a Drink, Sharing ARIS Memories
Posted in business, tagged ARIS, Business experience, Kendall Kunz, Paul Song on May 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just the other day, I had drinks with a long time friend, Kendall Kunz, at the Roanoke on Mercer Island. He’s not just another friend, he was part of our executive team that took ARIS public on the NASDAQ in 1997. ARIS was founded by my brother, Paul Song, after which Kendall and I joined [...]
Life is but Series of Experiences
Posted in business, Entrepreneurs, People, tagged Aaron Song, ARIS, Entrepreneurs, Father and Son, Met Vuong, Noetix, overseas business, Paul Song, Vietnam on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Guest Post by Paul Song When John asked me to share one of my business experiences as a guest contributor to his blog a few months ago, I started to think which one would be the most interesting and relevant. Should I talk about starting an IT services company in my 20’s and what it [...]
Professor Leverages Corporate Experience to help Students
Posted in education, entrepreneur, People, tagged ARIS, Jeff Gilles, Seattle University on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Meet Jeff Gilles, a professor and so much more. He is a professor at Seattle University’s Computer Science department. Jeff is a part of the wonderful higher education system in the Seattle area that is producing talented, capable young people for the vibrant local tech sector. There is a reason why so many Silicon Valley [...]
IT Trainer Focuses on Math in Elementary Education
Posted in business, education, People, society, tagged ARIS, education, elementary education, Explorations in Math, mathematics, SQL*Soft, Steve Brugger on April 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MEET MR. EDUCATION, otherwise known as Steve Brugger. For the past 19 years, Steve has been providing IT Professional Training through his company, SQL*Soft. Many technical professionals around the greater Puget Sound area have gotten their IT certifications through SQL*Soft. Steve’s company is one of the largest and longest-standing training providers in the Pacific Northwest. [...]
A Recovering "Deal Junkie" Makes Good as a Business Executive
Posted in business, entrepreneur, People, tagged ARIS, Brad Furber, Byte Crusher, CallVision, Classmates Online, Digimine, Elf Technologies, Jones Soda, Quantcast, Sammsoft, VenCore Solutions, Wiki Talk, Xeriton, Zoombli, Zoombli LiveHelp on March 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
MEET Brad Furber, a recovering “deal junkie”. Those recovering deal junkies can be hard to spot. Brad looks calm, clean cut, not too stressed out. His round wire-frame glasses and deliberate manner of speaking give slight clues of his past career as a corporate and securities attorney. Otherwise, he looks like another internet entrepreneur. Listen [...]
Father, Son Venture into Vietnam
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged Aaron Song, ABAC, APEC, ARIS, business, entrepreneur, Met Vuong, Paul Song, Real Estate, Vietnam on March 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
MEET Paul Song, a father, a world traveler and a visionary entrepreneur. Oh yeah, he’s also my brother. Paul’s been part of the Seattle business community since 1990 when he started ARIS, an IT consulting firm that listed on NASDAQ in 1997. He was 34 years-old then. Today, he’s more fashionable, still in good shape, [...]
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