Thomas M. Nies is the founder and CEO of Cincom Systems, Inc. Since its founding in 1968, Cincom has matured into one of the largest international, independent software companies in the world.
Cincom’s client base spans communications, financial services, education, government, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and insurance with customers in over 100 countries.
The longest actively serving CEO in the computer industry, Mr. Nies was recognized by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 as “the epitome of the entrepreneurial spirit of American business.”
In 2004, Ernst & Young inducted Mr. Nies into its Entrepreneur of the Year Hall of Fame.
In 2005, along with the CEO of Adobe, Mr. Nies won the International Stevie Award for Best Executive in the International Business Awards, “the business world’s own Oscars,” according to the New York Post.
In 2006, Nies was named as one of the Top Ten IT Visionaries by START-IT magazine and was invited to speak at the United Nations on the topic of maximizing technology investments through innovative simplification.
In 2007-2008, Cincom and Mr. Nies were the focus of a Harvard Business School Case Study.
In 2008, Cincom’s 4oth Anniversary was recognized in the New York Times. Mr. Nies thanked Cincom’s customers and employees for “40 years of impossible dreaming in the software industry” on large screens in Times Square in New York and Las Vegas.
In 2010, Nies launched an entrepreneurial leadership website to provide ideas, inspirations, insights and information to help tomorrow’s entrepreneurial leaders.
In 2011, Nies launched Understanding University or Understanding “U,” a course to teach the art of entrepreneurship and sales in the complex sales process.
To view the complete biography go to the Tom Nies website.
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