I’m looking forward to some changes in my role at Ventana Systems. From the recent Vensim announcement:
Dear Vensim Community,
We would like to alert you to some exciting changes to the Vensim team.
Bob Eberlein, who has been head of development since almost the beginning of Vensim, has decided to embark on a new chapter of his life, starting in January. While we are sad to see him go, we greatly appreciate all of his efforts and accomplishments over the past 22 years, and wish him the very best in his new adventures.
Vensim is extremely important to our efforts here at Ventana Systems and we know that it is also important to many of you in the System Dynamics community. We are fully committed to maintaining Vensim as the leading System Dynamics software platform and to extending its features and capabilities. We have increased our investment in Vensim with the following team:
• Tom Fiddaman has taken on an additional role as Vensim Product Manager. He will make sure that new releases of Vensim address market requirements and opportunities. He will facilitate information flow between the community, our user base, and the Vensim design team.
• Tony Kennedy from Ventana Systems UK will lead the Customer Services functions, including order fulfillment, bug resolution, and the master training schedule. He will also support the Distributor network. Tony has been working with UK Vensim customers for over 10 years.
• Larry Yeager has recently joined Ventana Systems to head the future development of Vensim. Larry has led the development of many software products and applications, including the Jitia System Dynamics software for PA Consulting.
• We have formed a steering team that will provide guidance and expertise to our future product development. This team includes Alan Graham, Tony Kennedy, Tom Fiddaman, Marios Kagarlis, and David Peterson.
We are very excited about the future and look forward to continuing our great relationships with you, our clients and friends.
Most sincerely,
Laura Peterson
President & CEO
Ventana Systems, Inc.
Congratulations Tom! I’m looking forward to what the changes bring as well. As a long time Vensim user and former student I have the utmost respect for Bob and all the he has done, yet I’ve also felt that some different perspective on the software has been long overdue. I imagine more details will emerge on how your interactions with the user community is to be facilitated, but do keep me posted.
-Bruce
I could tell you now, but then I’d have to kill you.
Actually we don’t have the road map for the future in hand yet, but we’re getting there, and we’re definitely interested in hearing from users.