Company News 2010

Kelly Boston joins Alliance from Washington’s DSHS Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, bringing 20 plus years of industry experience.

Lacey, WA (March 25, 2010) – Alliance Enterprises Inc., the leading provider of case management software for vocational rehabilitation agencies, announced the hire of industry veteran Kelly Boston as the company’s VR Product Manager.  In this newly-created position, Ms. Boston will be responsible for articulating customer needs, planning product launches, analyzing potential product enhancements, and updating product plans for the AWARE VR solution.  She will report to Alliance’s Executive Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, Lisa Gifford.

Ms. Boston was most recently the Planning and Program Evaluation Administrator for Washington State’s DSHS Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR).  As a member of the Senior Leadership Team for seven years, she was responsible for administering and directing agency budget, human resources, business and IT operations, and client services.  Additionally, Ms. Boston served as lead policy advisor on federal and state laws pertaining to VR, developed DVR’s State Plan, and administered DVR’s customer relations and due process.

“Kelly brings incredibly rich subject matter expertise and a thorough understanding of the issues facing today’s VR counselor,” explains Gifford.  “In addition to working with Alliance’s product marketing and development teams, Kelly will be our primary point of contact with the 23 state agencies currently using the AWARE VR software.”

Ms. Boston received her Master’s degree in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College.  She has represented Washington DVR on the State Rehabilitation Council and has served as Liaison to the State Developmental Disabilities Council.

Industry thought leader, Peter B.B. Turney, to address vendor performance and jobs creation.

Lacey, WA (December 31, 2009) – Alliance Enterprises announces a new solution for state agencies providing vocational rehabilitation services to analyze the relative performance of their vendors with the intent of maximizing vendor performance.  This solution combines Alliance’s AWARE VR software with the technical expertise of Cost Technology, one of the leading consulting firms in the field of performance management.

Dr. Peter B. B. Turney, CEO of Cost Technology and author of the definitive book on Performance Management, Common Cents, commented, “Through their AWARE VR software and many years experience in vocational rehabilitation, Alliance brings a wealth of VR knowledge to our solution.  Cost Technology has successfully implemented dozens of performance management solutions at a wide range of organizations.  By combining our strengths, the Vendor Performance Management solution will provide significant results with minimal investment by the agencies.”

Alliance Executive Vice President Lisa Gifford added, “Vocational rehabilitation agencies are under increasing pressure to provide more services and serve more tax payers while their funding remains static.  Our Vendor Performance Management solution will help the agencies maximize their efforts in providing employment opportunities to people with disabilities and provide greater return on the tax payers funding.”