DevelopMentor Acquires Advanced Concepts Center

DevelopMentor announced today that it has acquired, and completed the integration of, Advanced Concepts Center (ACC) of Atlanta, GA, a nationally recognized leader in training and consulting services for the software development lifecycle. Terms are not disclosed and both companies are privately held.

Los Angeles, Calif. (PRWEB) November 16, 2008 -- Founded in 1990 as part of General Electric, then for many years Lockheed Martin, Advanced Concepts Center (http://www.develop.com) has been a pioneer in software best practices with a strong heritage in Object-Oriented Technology, Requirements Planning & Management, Project Management and Process Improvement. They are currently leaders in the practice area of business analysis and serve on the board of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA™).

The acquisition expands DevelopMentor's technical curriculum (http://www.develop.com/schedule) , from purely application programming to all disciplines within the software development lifecycle including business analysis & requirements management, application architecture as well as QA & test procedures. DevelopMentor will also be able to provide new consulting and mentoring services to better support clients beyond the classroom.

"For years our customers have been asking us to provide a deeper level of engagement because they have significant challenges beyond understanding the latest technologies. Now with the Advanced Concepts Center, we have the expertise and experience that we trust to match the reputation we've built in application development." said Mike Abercrombie, CEO of DevelopMentor

The merger enables DevelopMentor (http://www.develop.com) to deliver on its strategy of engaging with clients at the organizational level and collaborating with them on developing solutions that are client and project specific.

"It quickly became clear that we shared a common vision about the challenges our customers face today. Together we simply provide much greater value to both our customers." said David Bieg, Managing Partner of the Advanced Concept Center. Dave is now a principal of DevelopMentor and will lead the client relationships of the combined company.

For more information about the merger and combined services: www.develop.com 800-699-1932

About DevelopMentor

Based in Los Angeles and founded in 1993, DevelopMentor is an internationally recognized leader in software development training with operations in the US and United Kingdom. Over 100,000 developers have been trained around the world through their hands-on courses and hallmark Guerrilla events.

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