Northstar Technologies Names Prasad Suryadevara Chief Executive Officer

Wednesday June 23, 11:00 am ET, Alpharetta, Georgia, June. 17 - Northstar Technologies, the world's leading provider of Club Management Software for private clubs, today announces that Prasad Suryadevara has been named Chief Executive Officer.

An 18-year veteran of Fortune 500 Technology Companies, Prasad will utilize that experience to bring innovative technology solutions and top notch support for membership-based clubs.

"Northstar remains strongly focused on innovation, technology, and customer service.  Prasad's expertise will boost our position as the leader in the club market," says Imran Balkhi, Chief Technology Officer of Northstar. "He brings outstanding management and leadership skills to this vital position and will push our product initiatives to even higher levels”.

Prasad after finishing his Masters in Computer Science at Florida Tech, started his professional career at AT&T Universal Card Services in 1990, where he served as the Architect and Technical Lead for AT&T’s Universal Windows (UWIN) project for Customer Service that won the world’s most prestigious Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award. After his stint with AT&T, Prasad played a key role in Motorola’s joint venture with Imonics to develop a Document Management and Workflow Automation product.  In 1997, Prasad founded Spectrum Technologies, a systems integration company and successfully expanded operations to 12 countries to serve several multinational companies. Under Prasad’s leadership, Spectrum pioneered in building large-scale mission-critical business and operation support systems for Telecom companies like Vodaphone, British Telecom, and Verizon.

In 2002, Prasad founded Northstar to bring state of the art technology to the club industry. As a founder, Prasad has been involved in Northstar from the very beginning, focusing on the product roadmap, sales and marketing. After the initial launch and implementation of the software, Prasad limited his role to an advisory level after the hiring of key executive personnel.  Prasad will be replacing Martin Izzi, who is moving on to pursue other career opportunities.

"I am excited to take on this role in Northstar which is reputed as a company that brings visionary and futuristic solutions”, says Prasad. My goal is to lead Northstar into becoming the best technology partner for clubs. With our large team of highly educated technical staff, the industry’s best 24X7 support staff,  dedicated professional training staff , customer service oriented sales staff , and our passion for innovation, I am confident that we can reach our objective to be the best partner for clubs.

Northstar is gearing up with its next-generation member-oriented application with modules like the Member Portal, Campaign Management, Activities Management, Tee Times, Stream Alerts, and Smart Phone Applications that will change the landscape of Technology for clubs.

 
About Northstar Technologies is the leading provider of on-premise Club Management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for private clubs and resorts. Based in Atlanta, GA, Northstar delivers totally integrated software applications enabling customers to get 360-degree views of their business operation in real-time. Northstar offers complete management solutions for club accounting and membership, food and beverage, inventory and retail, banquet and catering, member activity and property management. Northstar also offers the most advanced data communication engine enabling staff collaboration, integrated emailing, Business Intelligence alerts, marketing and campaign management, online web reservation and e-commerce services to better serve club members.