Tomoye Appoints KM Industry Pioneer as Strategic Advisor
June 29, 2006
Kent A. Greenes brings over 20 years experience to leading Community of Practice Company
Tomoye, the Community of Practice Company (CoP) today announced that it has appointed KM (knowledge management) pioneer Kent A. Greenes as a strategic advisor. In this role Kent, will provide high level insight and guidance on Tomoye's product vision and go-to market strategy.
Mr. Greenes is recognized globally as a pioneer in the field of KM. Currently, he is an independent consultant and serves as Executive in Residence at George Washington University where he is initiating a program to research the enterprise of the future. In 1999, Mr. Greenes joined SAIC as their CKO and established a KM consulting practice that became highly respected in the public and private sectors, and won the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award in 2005. Prior to this he worked at BP for 17 years where he began and directed BP's acclaimed KM and global Virtual Teamwork (VT) Programs. Based on his work with BP, Greenes was named Fortune Magazine's World's Leading Money Maker in KM in 1999, and one of Telos' Most Admired Knowledge Leaders in 2000.
"We are pleased to welcome a strategic advisor with such in-depth knowledge of the industry," said Eric Sauve, Tomoye's CEO and Co-Founder. "Kent's experience transforming large businesses through proven KM practices will enable us to broaden our understanding of our growing customer roster so that we can best complement existing KM practices with our CoP solutions."
Tomoye Community of Practice solutions are used by hundreds of thousands of people in large corporations and government agencies throughout the world. Industry analyst firm Gartner has highlighted Communities of Practice as one of five best practices for increasing organizational agility. Recently, two of Tomoye's customers - the U.S. Army HQDA G4 and the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center - won 2006 Knowledge Management (KM) Awards based on their implementation of Tomoye's CoP technology.