Newforma Presents Insights on Email Management at ACEC's 2007 National Conference on the Built Environment

MANCHESTER, N.H., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Newforma, a software company addressing the project information management needs of the design and building industry, announced today that Chief Data Architect Jim Forester, P.E., presented "Thinking outside the inbox: deploying an email management process enterprise-wide" to more than 100 senior executives at the 2007 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Conference on the Built Environment, September 26-29, 2007, at the Grand Wailea Resort & Spa in Maui, Hawaii.

During the session, Forester discussed the effect enterprise-wide email management practices have on making engineering firms more productive, more profitable and less exposed to the legal problems that may result from an inability to find information. With real customer examples, he demonstrated how engineering firms are implementing a consistent email management process enterprise-wide. The audience responded positively to Forester's open acknowledgement of email as a major industry issue. C-level executives, IT managers, legal counsel and project managers walked away with tips, strategies and technologies to help them empty their inboxes, comply with record-keeping regulations, save time on the job and streamline the larger project management process.

Forester's presentation is available at http://www.newforma.com/inbox .

About Jim Forester

As chief data architect for Newforma, Forester is responsible for helping to develop products to improve the productivity of project teams. Prior positions include founder and president of Marinsoft, Inc.; manager of building engineering products at Softdesk, Inc.; and project engineer for Syska & Hennessy. Forester has contributed object-data-modeling and engineering expertise to the International Alliance for Interoperability and its Industry Foundation Classes. He is a member of the America Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UCLA.

About Newforma

Newforma is a software company serving architecture, engineering, construction and owner/operator (AECO) organizations worldwide. Its mission is to develop and market software solutions which significantly improve the productivity of the building project team by streamlining work processes, reducing exposure from errors and omissions, improving coordination and communication, and enabling greater repeatability of project success. Newforma(R) Project Center, Newforma's flagship product, creates a more productive environment for project managers and the project team by organizing project information, facilitating information sharing, and enabling more effective project process. Newforma Project Center is currently implemented on thousands of projects in industry-leading AECO firms. For more information about Newforma, visit http://www.newforma.com or phone +1 (603) 625-6212.

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