WorldAPP
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software Software as a service |
| Founded | 2001 as Survey Software Services, Inc. |
| Headquarters | Braintree, Massachusetts |
| Key people | Cal Brown, CEO & Co-founder Stan Liachev, CTO & Co-founder |
| Products | Key Survey, Extreme Form, WorldAPP360 |
Founded in 2002, WorldAPP is a global on-demand web-application company that provides integrated data engineering applications. The company is headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts with offices in Dallas, Kiev and London. Products are delivered under a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. WorldAPP is ranked in the top 100 software companies by Inc. 5000.[1]
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[edit] History
WorldAPP was founded in 2002 by Cal Brown, Stan Liachev and Cheryl Feeney. Prior to launching WorldAPP, CEO Cal Brown founded a number of software publishing and Internet companies, including Salary.com, a source for compensation data. Stan Liachev Ph.D. has two decades of experience designing and developing client-server and web environment applications. As CTO, he runs the company's development group. Cheryl Feeney brings more than two decades of experience in financial management.
The company has been ranked in the top 100 software companies by Inc. 5000 for three consecutive years including 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2009, WorldAPP reached 1,642 overall, 101 among Software companies and 54 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH.1
In April 2009, Tim Macer, an independent software reviewer, authored an article on the company’s flagship software solution, Key Survey, which automates survey creation, deployment, analysis and reporting. As published in Issue 515 of Research Magazine, the premier market research news magazine in the UK, Mr. Macer praised Key Survey for its relatively low fixed cost, lack of restrictions on the number of interviews annually, convenient browser-based design, simple Graphic User Interface, robust scripting language and built-in error checking capabilities. Tim Macer Finds Key Survey Flexible, Sophisticated and Competitively Priced.[2]
[edit] Product Divisions
Key Survey
A division of WorldAPP, Key Survey is a data collection and survey utility that enables web-based multi-channel, multi-language survey creation and distribution. Features include customized deployment, detailed analysis, application integration and data security.
Extreme Form
A division of WorldAPP, Extreme Form is a form development and data collection utility that enables the creation, management, manipulation and deployment of forms for data collection and analysis.
WorldAPP360
A division of WorldAPP, WorldAPP360 is an online survey solution that automates 360 Degree Feedback processing for Human Resource departments and managers. WorldAPP360 helps users gather input on individuals from all angles including supervisors, co-workers and subordinates as well as, in some cases, vendors and customers.
[edit] External links
- WorldAPP - Official website
- Key Survey - Official website
- Extreme Form - Official website
- WorldAPP360 - Official website
[edit] References
- ^ WorldAPP Gains Inc. 5000 Recognition for Third Consecutive Year, WorldAPP press release 26 August 2009.
- ^ Tim Macer Finds Key Survey Flexible, Sophisticated and Competitively Priced, WorldAPP press release 26 August 2009.
