Woody Hume Joins The Support Group, Inc., Office to Open in Washington, DC

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June 21, 2004 – NATICK, MA, The Support Group, Inc., one of the world’s largest FileMaker development and training companies with offices in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, New York and Boston, today announced that Woody Hume has joined the company as Managing Director for the Mid-Atlantic region and will open a new office and training center in the Washington, DC area.

“Adding Woody to our senior management team is a real coup.” stated Rich Coulombre, President of The Support Group. “He brings a wealth of experience and personal contacts that will help us better service our government, education and commercial accounts in the Mid-Atlantic States.”

“In March of this year, FileMaker introduced FileMaker Pro 7.” Coulombre continued “And that has been a major catalyst for us. We’ve had record sales for each of the past 3 months as FileMaker users have come to us for training plus advice and guidance on migrating to FileMaker Pro 7. Additionally we’re building custom database applications that take advantage of the increased capabilities delivered by this new release. We opened an office in San Mateo earlier this year and are overwhelmed by the response we’ve had there. Expanding into Washington, DC has always been a part of our plan for growth and getting Woody to head up the initiative is a really big win for us.”

“The Support Group has been a great success over the years,” said Woody Hume “and I’m honored that they asked me to be a part of it. There’s an enormous base of FileMaker users in the DC area and a real need for the kind of high-caliber training and custom database development services that The Support Group is known for. My background as a senior-level sales manager and business development executive is a perfect match for expanding The Support Group’s efforts in the region.”

Before joining The Support Group, Woody Hume worked for worked for Autodesk, Inc. as a Senior Government Sales Manager selling architectural, mechanical and GIS solutions. At Autodesk, he developed strategic sales and marketing plans to penetrate U.S. Government Agencies with Homeland Security solutions and he delivered the first GIS Homeland Security solutions to the U.S. Coast Guard. Prior to that, he worked at Adobe Systems Inc. as Director of their Government Systems Group, responsible for managing sales and marketing focused on the U.S. Federal, and State & Local government markets. At Adobe, Woody was instrumental in fashioning Adobe’s strategy to support key government initiatives such as the Government Paperwork Elimination Act and the Digital Signature Millennium Act. Woody’s experience also includes working for Claris Corporation, the forerunner of FileMaker, Inc.

The Support Group plans to have its Washington DC facility open and fully operational on November 1, 2004 with introductory, intermediate and advanced FileMaker Pro 7 classes beginning on November 9th.

About The Support Group, Inc.
Founded in 1985 by noted FileMaker expert Rich Coulombre, The Support Group, Inc. specializes in FileMaker Pro design, development and training for both Windows and Macintosh environments. Based in Boston with offices in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and most recently Washington, DC, The Support Group provides its services throughout the U.S. and Canada to clients in business/industry, education and government. Within FileMaker, Inc.'s FileMaker Solutions Alliance program of over 1,500 developers, we are one of only about 25 companies qualified for their Partner-level membership and we among a handful of companies worldwide recognized by FileMaker as an Authorized Trainer. The Support Group’s customers include Harvard, University of California, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the EPA, the U.S. Information Agency, Colombia Pictures, Sony Music, Motorola and The New York Times.

For more information, visit our website: www.supportgroup.com