Open Source Tarantino Moved to Bitbucket

Tarantino, the ultimate developer toolkit and Headspring sponsored open source project, has been moved to the code DVCS hosting site Bitbucket.

The Tarantino project contains many useful tools to help teams perform valuable tasks such as Database Change Management and Application Deployment Management. Headspring consultant and open source contributor Pedro Reys notes “open source projects are important and often utilized when developing custom and innovative applications thanks to its flexibility and transparency”. Read the rest of this entry »

Lead411 recognizes the fastest growing technology companies in Austin

In order to recognize the hottest technology companies in Austin, Lead411 (http://www.lead411.com) is proud to announce the release of the “Hottest Companies in Austin” awards for 2011.

Background
On a daily basis, the Lead411 research team scours through at least 600 press releases and business articles including venture capital financings, company launches, office openings, new customer press releases, etc. This information has given insight to which are the fastest growing technology companies in U.S. Their “Hot List” awards have been created to recognize these fast growing companies. This particular list originally started with over 500 companies and it has been narrowed down to the top 43. Read the rest of this entry »

Former Principal Consultant to Direct Growth of Developers and Manage Software Development

Austin, Texas – February 17, 2011 – Headspring is proud to announce that Glenn Burnside, formerly a Principal Consultant, has become Headspring’s Director of Software Development. Mr. Burnside will be responsible for ensuring the effectiveness and growth of Headspring’s technical staff.

“One cannot grow as a developer without critique and feedback,” Mr. Burnside offers in illuminating his auditing and coaching-based role. “Glenn has established himself as a leader and is already mentoring our software developers. He’s a natural!,” explains Jeffrey Palermo, Headspring’s COO.

Glenn Burnside, an engineering graduate of Texas A&M University has a deep track record of solving business problems using custom software. Having served in the engineering departments at National Instruments and Dell, Inc, Mr. Burnside brings broad skill and experience to the table.

Headspring promotes CIO

Austin, Texas – February 16, 2011 – Headspring announces a promotion for Jeffrey Palermo from Chief Information Officer (CIO) to Chief Operating Officer (COO). Jeffrey has progressively transitioned in position to oversee all post-sales operations company-wide for Headspring and his change in designation reflects his growth.

A CIO is typically responsible for tackling new challenges and strategic initiatives and for setting the vision for an organization’s technical direction. A COO, in contrast, is typically responsible for the health of an organization’s overall production ensuring that day-to-day operations are smooth.

“Jeffrey continues to impress by taking on more and more responsibility and more ownership of mission-critical functions,” said Dustin Wells, CEO of Headspring.

Weekly sessions will provide ongoing training for Austin-area developers.

Austin, Texas – December 14, 2010 - As part of an ongoing commitment to support the Austin-area developer community, Headspring is proud to announce the beginning of the Software Craftsman Series. These sessions will be held weekly from 8:30 to 10:00 AM on Tuesday mornings beginning January 4th. Teaching the classes will be Microsoft MVP and Headspring CIO Jeffrey Palermo. The topics will progress weekly, covering advanced development and testing techniques, database change management, agile methodologies, and more.

Mr. Palermo is a nationally regarded expert in software management and developer coaching. He is also the lead author of ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action. “Large software labs have the benefit of moving programmers around and spreading knowledge,” Palermo commented. “This program brings some of the same benefits to members of smaller teams. The topics are relevant and always fresh.”

Seats are available on a subscription basis, enabling software managers to send appropriate team members based on each week’s topic. The classes will be held at Headspring’s offices located at 4807 Spicewood Springs Road, Building 4, Suite 201 Austin, TX 78759. To register, contact Headspring at (512) 459-2260 or visit www.headspring.com.

Headspring continues to garner recognition for its impressive growth rate

Austin, Texas – December 2, 2010 - Lead411 has released its 2010 list of the 500 fastest growing technology companies as measured by percentage of growth over two years time and Headspring, LP has earned the 107th place on the list with 263% growth. The honor follows earning 5th place on Austin Business Journal’s 11th annual list of the 50 fastest growing Austin-based private companies less than two months prior, ranking 3rd on the Austin Business Journal’s 10th annual list a year before, and ranking 127th on the 2009 Inc. 500 list of Inc. Magazine which ranked growth of all privately-held American companies between the 2005 and 2008.

“Headspring is grateful for the continued acknowledgement from the business community,” commented founder and CEO, Dustin Wells. “We thank Lead411 for the nod.”

Lead411 provides information on companies and their people as a service. Data is collected from news, sales leads, business addresses, sales intelligence, executive biographies, and business email lists.

About the Technology 500
The mission of the Technology 500 is to recognize and rank the fastest growing technology companies in the United States. Rankings are derived from revenue growth by percent from the year 2007 to the year 2009. All information is self-reported from these private company applicants. To qualify each company must have over $1M in 2009 yearly revenues and be within the technology industry. Although in its first year of existence, the award received over 1,000 applicants.

Headspring Continues To Grow

Austin, Texas – November 1, 2010 - Headspring is proud to welcome Glenn Burnside, a seasoned software engineer and manager. A computer engineering graduate of Texas A&M University, Mr. Burnside brings a diverse set of experiences and skills to the table. He has previously served as a software development manager at Teres Solutions as well as a number of other senior technical positions including National Instruments and Dell Inc.

“We are very excited to have him join Headspring. Glenn will be an integral part in our growth and maturity in the coming years.” – Jeffrey Palermo, CIO.

Austin Business Journal unveils 11th Annual List of Austin’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Austin, Texas – October 21, 2010 - Austin Business Journal recognizes fifty Austin-based private companies as the fastest growing of their city annually with releases of its Fast 50 list. Headspring, LP, has ranked number 5 on this year’s list which includes Flooring Solutions, Inc. and Pluckers Wing Bar.

The honor arrives as recognition of Headspring’s blossoming in recent years and is the second of its kind. Last year, Headspring ranked number 3 on the Fast 50 list.

Dustin Wells, Headspring’s CEO comments “We are pleased to have continued recognition from Austin Business Journal. Headspring is proud to be a part of Austin and its avant-garde business culture.”

Austin Business Journal is the Austin, Texas market newspaper within the American City Business Journals newspaper chain which provides to numerous American cities business-related weekly news publications.

Manning Publications and Headspring have updated the definitive guide to web application development using Microsoft’s innovation ASP.NET MVC framework

Austin, Texas – June 18, 2010 - Available today is ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action, written by Headspring’s Jeffrey Palermo (CIO), Jimmy Bogard, Matt Hinze, Eric Hexter, and Ben Scheirman. The text is an update of ASP.NET MVC in Action: with MvcContrib, NHibernate, and more. The authors have used ASP.NET since it was in beta, and Headspring Systems has standardized ASP.NET MVC as the user interface of choice for web applications. Applying their extensive hands-on experience, the authors delve into issues of architecture and maintainability. The book leads you hands-on from initiation through to real-life scenarios, focusing on how to create and maintain web applications.

To get the most value out of ASP.NET MVC, the book demonstrates how to implement in tandem with other technologies such as MvcContrib, a helper framework developed to ease MVC development. “We feel that MvcContrib is essential for its extra features, ” explains Headspring CIO and MvcContrib co-creator Jeffrey Palermo, “It stays out of the way, but it is extremely useful to not have to write common extensions yourself.” The book includes examples of how to approach MVC with Ajax, jQuery, and NHibernate.

ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action can be purchased directly from Manning Publications at www.manning.com/palermo2 or at retail outlets such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Borders. For review copies and bulk purchase terms, contact Candace M. Gillhoolley, cagi@manning.com.

About Manning Publications
Manning Publications Co. produces computer books for professionals-programmers, system administrators, designers, architects, managers and others. An early innovator in electronic publishing and reader interaction, Manning is a small, personal, old-world publisher where an author’s opinion is sought and a reader’s message is answered. For more information, visit http://www.manning.com.

Headspring’s CIO has made the list of Microsoft MVPs for 2010

Austin, Texas – April 2, 2010 - Jeffrey Palermo has been awarded Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for ASP.NET. Microsoft MVPs are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high quality, real world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts that represent the technical community’s best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others. Around 4,000 are recognized as Microsoft MVPs.

“Headspring is excited for Jeffrey in his earning of MVP standing for a fifth consecutive year” said Dustin Wells, CEO of Headspring Systems. Jeffrey first earned MVP standing in 2006.

Jeffrey Palermo is the Chief Information Officer of Headspring. He is instrumental in the Austin software community as a leader of the Austin .Net Users Group. Jeffrey has spoken and facilitated at industry conferences such as VSLive, DevTeach, and Microsoft Tech-Ed. He also speaks to user groups around the country as part of the INETA Speakers’ Bureau. He is the lead author of a book on ASP.NET MVC from Manning Press titled ASP.NET MVC in Action. His blog may be found at http://jeffreypalermo.com/.