AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 19, 2012 – Headspring, a custom software provider, today announced it has hired two new Senior Consultants, Deran Schilling and Nolan Egly, and one new Principal Consultant, Alonso Robles to the growing team. In their new roles, Schilling and Elgy will be responsible for providing technical leadership on client projects and best-of-breed, creative solutions to client’s needs, while Robles will lead multiple client projects to delivery with Headspring’s “no surprises” approach to software.

Schilling is a highly skilled programmer with more than 11 years of experience in outfitting vital software for educational institutions. As a lead software engineer for Houston Independent School District, he developed an application for the human resources department, saving the district $1.1 million. Schilling will bring his talent for developing reliable software to serve human needs to Headspring.

“Our three new team members represent the continued rapid growth we are experiencing at Headspring,” said Jeffrey Palermo, president of Headspring. “These highly skilled and incredibly talented new hires will be a nice compliment to our award-winning team.” Read the rest of this entry »

Headspring Begins Phase Six of the Custom Software Project for EPA Systems

AUSTIN, TX – Dec. 10, 2011, Headspring, a custom software provider, today announced the beginning of phase six of their extensive project with EPA Systems, LLC, an environmental consulting company specializing in all facets of air quality measurements.

Headspring is working with EPA Systems and its client, one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, to help the company conform to new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) regulations. Headspring is developing important software to help EPA Systems and its clients meet the U.S. EPA requirements. The law requires oil and gas companies to monitor and report on more than 17 different operations that emit greenhouse gasses. Headspring was given the challenge of creating an innovative and effective data analysis software program to give the company the ability to gather and report the information with ease. The complexity of the project stems from the lack of standardization of reporting processes within the natural gas industry, along with the continuously changing law. Read the rest of this entry »

Headspring Honored with “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™” Award by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR) for Its Positive Impact on the Community and Its Employees

AUSTIN, TX – Dec. 15, 2011, Headspring, a custom software provider, is proud to announce the company has won the National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™ Award.

Headspring was chosen as a winner of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™ program’s annual competition after a rigorous two-part survey process to gather detailed information from employers and employees about the company. The program aims to award companies for their value and the meaningful impact they have on their employees and community. Out of 1,000 nominations and 383 potential companies who finished the entire application process, Headspring was one of only 87 companies to win the award.

“Nationally recognized award recipients keep innovative human resource initiatives at the forefront of their company culture and make it a priority to consider their workforce as an essential aspect in their company success. Our Association is proud to recognize and honor these winning companies for this fine achievement,” said Jennifer Kluge, NABR president. Read the rest of this entry »

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov.1, 2011 – Headspring, a custom software provider, today announced it has named Ryan Andrus Vice as its newest Principal Consultant. In his role, he will be responsible for smart client software development and guidance, including WPF and Workflow Foundation.

Vice is an extremely diverse enterprise programmer with more than 12 years of experience. He joins Headspring from Sogeti, where he worked as Manager Architect and gained experience managing and training teams varying from six to 20 programmers to develop processes. Vice has extensive knowledge in a wide range of technologies and implementing Microsoft Enterprise. Read the rest of this entry »

Open Source Tarantino Moved to Bitbucket

Tarantino, the ultimate developer toolkit and Headspring sponsored open source project, has been moved to the code DVCS hosting site Bitbucket.

The Tarantino project contains many useful tools to help teams perform valuable tasks such as Database Change Management and Application Deployment Management. Headspring consultant and open source contributor Pedro Reys notes “open source projects are important and often utilized when developing custom and innovative applications thanks to its flexibility and transparency”. Read the rest of this entry »

Lead411 recognizes the fastest growing technology companies in Austin

In order to recognize the hottest technology companies in Austin, Lead411 (http://www.lead411.com) is proud to announce the release of the “Hottest Companies in Austin” awards for 2011.

Background
On a daily basis, the Lead411 research team scours through at least 600 press releases and business articles including venture capital financings, company launches, office openings, new customer press releases, etc. This information has given insight to which are the fastest growing technology companies in U.S. Their “Hot List” awards have been created to recognize these fast growing companies. This particular list originally started with over 500 companies and it has been narrowed down to the top 43. Read the rest of this entry »

Former Principal Consultant to Direct Growth of Developers and Manage Software Development

Austin, Texas – February 17, 2011 – Headspring is proud to announce that Glenn Burnside, formerly a Principal Consultant, has become Headspring’s Director of Software Development. Mr. Burnside will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness and growth of Headspring’s technical staff.

“One cannot grow as a developer without critique and feedback,” Mr. Burnside offers in illuminating his auditing and coaching-based role. “Glenn has established himself as a leader and is already mentoring our software developers. He’s a natural!,” explains Jeffrey Palermo, Headspring’s COO.

Glenn Burnside, an engineering graduate of Texas A&M University has a deep track record of solving business problems using custom software. Having served in the engineering departments at National Instruments and Dell, Inc, Mr. Burnside brings broad skill and experience to the table.

Headspring promotes CIO

Austin, Texas – February 16, 2011 – Headspring announces a promotion for Jeffrey Palermo from Chief Information Officer (CIO) to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Jeffrey has progressively transitioned in position to oversee all post-sales operations company-wide for Headspring and his change in designation reflects his growth.

A CIO is typically responsible for tackling new challenges and strategic initiatives and for setting the vision for an organization’s technical direction. A COO, in contrast, is typically responsible for the health of an organization’s overall production ensuring that day-to-day operations are smooth.

“Jeffrey continues to impress by taking on more and more responsibility and more ownership of mission-critical functions,” said Dustin Wells, CEO of Headspring.

Weekly sessions will provide ongoing training for Austin-area developers.

Austin, Texas – December 14, 2010 - As part of an ongoing commitment to support the Austin-area developer community, Headspring is proud to announce the beginning of the Software Craftsman Series. These sessions will be held weekly from 8:30 to 10:00 AM on Tuesday mornings beginning January 4th. Teaching the classes will be Microsoft MVP and Headspring CIO Jeffrey Palermo. The topics will progress weekly, covering advanced development and testing techniques, database change management, agile methodologies, and more.

Mr. Palermo is a nationally regarded expert in software management and developer coaching. He is also the lead author of ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action. “Large software labs have the benefit of moving programmers around and spreading knowledge,” Palermo commented. “This program brings some of the same benefits to members of smaller teams. The topics are relevant and always fresh.”

Seats are available on a subscription basis, enabling software managers to send appropriate team members based on each week’s topic. The classes will be held at Headspring’s offices located at 4807 Spicewood Springs Road, Building 4, Suite 201 Austin, TX 78759. To register, contact Headspring at (512) 459-2260 or visit www.headspring.com.

Headspring continues to garner recognition for its impressive growth rate

Austin, Texas – December 2, 2010 - Lead411 has released its 2010 list of the 500 fastest growing technology companies as measured by percentage of growth over two years time and Headspring, LP has earned the 107th place on the list with 263% growth. The honor follows earning 5th place on Austin Business Journal’s 11th annual list of the 50 fastest growing Austin-based private companies less than two months prior, ranking 3rd on the Austin Business Journal’s 10th annual list a year before, and ranking 127th on the 2009 Inc. 500 list of Inc. Magazine which ranked growth of all privately-held American companies between the 2005 and 2008.

“Headspring is grateful for the continued acknowledgement from the business community,” commented founder and CEO, Dustin Wells. “We thank Lead411 for the nod.”

Lead411 provides information on companies and their people as a service. Data is collected from news, sales leads, business addresses, sales intelligence, executive biographies, and business email lists.

About the Technology 500
The mission of the Technology 500 is to recognize and rank the fastest growing technology companies in the United States. Rankings are derived from revenue growth by percent from the year 2007 to the year 2009. All information is self-reported from these private company applicants. To qualify each company must have over $1M in 2009 yearly revenues and be within the technology industry. Although in its first year of existence, the award received over 1,000 applicants.