Ms. Harotian has over twenty years' expertise in business strategy and planning, process assessment and modification, channel and partner strategy, high-technology product marketing, and executive management.

She was employed with META Group from November 2000 to March 2003 as Director of IT Vendor Services, where she was instrumental in developing product launch and corporate positioning strategies for IT software companies, large and small. Ms. Harotian completed research and analysis on wireless, security, business performance and collaborative knowledge management, and server/chip technologies.

Prior to PADS, Ms. Harotian was employed 12 years at Digital Equipment Corporation working in industry, application, channel, product, and corporate marketing.  During this time she launched and marketed a software product, developed sales training and communications vehicles, directed major events to support 3^rd party developers and OEMs, and developed a joint selling methodology used to maximize joint selling revenues.  Ms. Harotian was an internal consultant to Digital’s European subsidiaries for two years.  Additionally she led solution selling efforts across twenty-two industry marketing groups working with group managers, and was appointed as process manager for the marketing and sales reengineering process.  Industry experience includes healthcare, university, electronic design automation, state and local government, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and computers.