Biography
Paul Ramsbottom is something of an alchemist. After all, he has
turned an interest in golf into a successful business helping the not
for profit sector manage its members, communications and fundraising
through leading software and training.
Paul was studying engineering in 1988 when he was asked to crunch
some code and build a database for his father's Burleigh Heads golf club
in Queensland that could keep track of membership dues, mailing
addresses and the like. It was DOS-based and hard going but it worked.
Soon; other golf clubs took a punt on Paul's new fangled system.
He didn't know it then but Paul was on a fast track to a career
helping NFPs with software solutions. Golf clubs soon made way for
associations, charities and fundraisers including: CPA Australia, Royal
Australasian College of Surgeons, Australian Institute of Company
Directors, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Australian Medical
Association, Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland, The Cancer Council
Victoria and Australian Bush Heritage Fund.
In 1994, Paul's company, PAR Computers was appointed country
distributor for leading solution iMIS, taking
it throughout Australia and New Zealand and implementing over 200
customer sites matching the product's success in the United States. The
partnership was so successful that ASI acquired Paul's company in 2000,
joining it to the worldwide ASI structure and giving Paul responsibility
for the Asia-Pacific region.
Today Advanced Solutions International (Asia-Pacific) has more than
35 staff and 400 customers utilizing iMIS to
do their vital work more effectively. That degree of market penetration
gives iMIS the leadership position in its field and ASI a unique
understanding of the NFP sector.
"iMIS is so powerful, it becomes integral
to the way our clients operate, communicate and raise funds," says Paul.
"It enables them to spend less time administrating and more time
achieving at less expense. ASI has seen an entire industry evolve from
file cards and Liquid Paper to being on-line 24 / 7. The next 10 years
will see the evolution continue."
The 36-year-old gets great satisfaction from this and has a
commitment to the sector that goes beyond the balance sheet. When not
running ASI he enjoys golf, tennis and flying light planes.
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