Richard Owen CEO, Satmetrix

About Richard

  • President and CEO of Satmetrix Systems, Owen is responsible for all aspects of strategy and day-to-day operations. Prior to Satmetrix, Owen was Chairman and CEO of NASDAQ-traded AvantGo, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Mobility Solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. AvantGo was successfully sold to Sybase, Inc. Prior to Avantgo, Owen spent eight years at Dell Computer Corporation in various executive positions, most recently as vice president of Dell Online Worldwide.

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May 27, 2008

No Used Car Sales Reps Need Apply

There used to be a joke that in the computer software industry, the only difference between a software sales rep and a used car sales rep was that the used car sales rep knew that he or she was lying. Doug Mitchell's free download outlines some confessions from the field, or you can read the summary on Zdnet here. So it's fantastic to see a company sincerely committed to getting customer focused - Symantec.

We interviewed John Thompson for the book we are writing on Net Promoter and were more than impressed by his commitment to NPS and the entire NPS culture/discipline. But these guys put it right in front of you... check out their website pages. They could end up setting the pace in their industry. Does your company put it's commitment in plain sight? More importantly, do you act on it?

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