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.
Paul is available to talk about: NFPs and technology, association
management, Australia's I.T industry and more via media advisors
Hootville Communications. Contact Brett de Hoedt 03 9510 0848 /
hootville@hootville.com |
