CadenceQuest CEO Selected as SmartCEO Smart100 Award Recipient

Online, March 3, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Arlington, VA - CadenceQuest, a leader in business analytics for retail and government organizations, today announced.that CEO Bob Ghafouri has been named to the Washington SmartCEO magazine 2010 Smart100. The 2010 Smart100 represents an exclusive group of the region's top executives selected by an independent committee. Each CEO was chosen for his or her demonstration of leadership, strategic vision and character.

"No other publication in the Greater Washington area has produced a publication of this magnitude with such high-caliber CEOs. The Smart100 CEOs have incredible business minds and have successfully grown their companies to be the best in Washington," says Washington SmartCEO publisher Jaime Park.

CadenceQuest has been helping organizations access and understand their data assets for over ten years. Its retail product, Customer Insight ™, helps marketers and merchandisers analyze the prolific amounts of information collected from their point-of-sale systems and loyalty programs. These retailers can then segment their customers into groups, understand customer behavior, use this insight to fine-tune their marketing and merchandising strategies, and reward their best customers. CadenceQuest's Government Solutions group provides performance management and business intelligence solutions to Federal agencies.

"On behalf of the CadenceQuest team, I am honored to be recognized in this group of CEOs. The SmartCEO selection is reflective of CadenceQuest's core vision and supporting values of integrity, innovation, unity and customer focus. It is this emphasis on our core values that enable us to achieve amazing results for our customers," said Bob Ghafouri.

Ghafouri and the other Smart100 CEOs will be profiled in the 100-plus-page annual Smart100 Book, which SmartCEO will publish in May.

About CadenceQuest

CadenceQuest is a leading business analytics company that helps retail and government organizations make smarter decisions by more effectively managing, accessing and analyzing their data.
• The CadenceQuest Retail Software business unit enables retailers to increase sales and promotion lift through deep customer analytics.
• The CadenceQuest Government business unit is a provider of business intelligence and data management solutions enabling the public sector to increase program transparency, improve performance and make more informed decisions.