SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QAD Inc. (NASDAQ:QADA) (NASDAQ:QADB), a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies, today announced that QAD President and Chairman of the Board Pam Lopker has been announced as one of the 2015 Top Women in Business by the Pacific Coast Business Times. She is a special honoree and will deliver the keynote address at the event honoring women in business.
The Pacific Coast Business Times annually chooses 50 women from the counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo who have exhibited exceptional leadership in the business community.
“I am delighted and proud to receive this honor from the Pacific Coast Business Times,” said Pam Lopker, QAD president and chairman. “We are graced with a multitude of women who are innovative, successful and excellent business leaders. I look forward to meeting with them, sharing lessons learned and celebrating our collective successes.”
“Our community is fortunate to have a business pioneer of Pam Lopker’s stature in our area,” stated Pacific Coast Business Times Publisher Linda le Brock. “Pam founded Enterprise Resource Planning provider QAD 35 years ago and its continued success and steady growth is a testament to her intellect, perseverance and intuition.”
The event will take place on Thursday, April 16 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Decker’s Rotunda, 6601 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara (Goleta).
For additional information about the Top Women in Business award celebration, please visit the Pacific Coast Business Times website or purchase tickets to attend.
About QAD – The Effective Enterprise
QAD Inc. (NASDAQ: QADA) (NASDAQ: QADB) is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements; including financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models as on-premise software, in the cloud with QAD Cloud ERP or in a blended environment. With QAD, customers and partners in the automotive, consumer products, food and beverage, high technology, industrial products and life sciences industries can better align daily operations with their strategic goals to meet their vision of becoming more Effective Enterprises.
For more information about QAD, call +1 805-566-6000, visit www.qad.com.
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