AIGS
OUR CORE EMPHASIS
IS ON PARTNERSHIP
At AIGS, our core emphasis is on partnership – working closely with our partners and customers, committed to ‘making things happen’.
With a strong focus on delivering value, and with our customers and partners at the heart of all we do, we help companies create success through delivering real VALUE. We do this by delivering solutions that enable and support our partners to deliver maximum value across their customer base.
This, in combination with any required services, is all geared to enable and support our partners as we work collaboratively with them to, in turn, support their customers.
From technical support, and problem-solving to assistance with project management, if required, we are committed to helping our partners unlock maximum value for their customers.
An organisation’s ability to compete is directly linked to its ability to make the right decisions quickly!
Data – and the ability to both harness and leverage its true inherent value is key!
“Our strategic partnerships with like-minded and value driven solution partners enables us to continuously expand our offering in alignment with our goal of customising each solution to specific and detailed requirements.” – Rick Parry, Chairman & CEO, AIGS
About
THE AIGS WAY
DELIVERING VALUE
Now more than ever, technology vendors must focus on delivering value. To do so, we simply cannot continue to push product features or even customer benefits – instead, we need to clearly communicate the value that our solutions deliver to our customers, our customers’ customers, and even further down the value chain. In other words, know your product’s ultimate value to end-users.
- Delivering value all the way down the “customer value chain”
- Strong focus on providing personalised service
- Help companies create real success
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Why Choose Us
THE REASON WE ARE IN BUSINESS IS
TO 'MAKE A DIFFERENCE'
Founded in mid-2010 AIGS – with a core focus on its partner and customer base, has as its purpose to deliver real value.
AIGS has grown steadily since it’s inception in 2010 and maintains a strong focus on:
providing personalised service
ensuring all our customers interests are at heart and
creating and achieving real success for ourselves and our customers.
Now more than ever, vendors must focus on delivering value.
“To do so, we simply cannot continue to push product features of even customer benefits. Instead, we need to clearly communicate the value that our solutions deliver to our customers, our customers’ customers, and even further down the value chain. In other words, know your product’s ultimate value to end-users,” Rick Parry, Chairman & CEO, AIGS
Whatever we do is important, as for us it is how we stay in business. However, of increasing importance is the way in which we go about our business – particularly in the world of technology!
Our Team
LET'S INTRODUCE OURSELVES
Rick Parry
Chairman & CEO
A true veteran of the IT industry (as far back as 1977), Rick is by no means a conventional ‘techie’. Although possessing a deep understanding of technology (enabling him to visualise exactly how business is able to benefit from its value) Rick is, at heart, a people’s person with a deep passion for anything people-related and an eternal optimist who regards everything as an opportunity.
After 10 years as the Managing Director of the South African Progress Subsidiary, Rick founded AIGS in 2010 becoming the Progress Distributor for Sub Saharan Africa. Three years later, AIGS secured the distributorship for Yellowfin that ultimately split from the original AIGS to form AIGS Insights in 2019.
As CEO of both companies, the majority of Rick’s time is spent mentoring all members of both teams, working closely with them as they continuously explore new ways to constantly go the extra mile, thereby living the company’s core ethos of ‘Making A Difference’.
Affectionately known as the ‘wise old boss’, Rick leadership style is as strict and demanding as it is fair and compassionate, with a huge emphasis placed on individual and team wellbeing.
Within the AIGS and AIGS Insights business, Rick is committed to his role of living the company ethos, encapsulated by ‘Delight at Work’ and ‘Making a Difference’. Across all interactions, both internal and external, he attempts to ‘make a difference’ in everything he does.
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
Gustav Piater
Sales & Marketing Director
As Sales & Marketing Director for AIGS Insights, Gustav’s primary responsibility lies in building the business and promoting the growing product range (Yellowfin Business Intelligence, Exasol, CMSPDF).
Since establishing AIGS Insights a few years ago, now operating as a totally independent business from the initial AIGS stable, his primary responsibility and focus is to grow the Yellowfin brand locally, explore BIG Data and high-speed analytics with Exasol and introduce pixel perfect PDF reporting with CMSPDF.
Passionate about all things IT, data and people, Gustav channels these passions into personal drivers and motivation as he focuses on building the business and working with our partners in becoming proficient and successful.
Affectionately called ‘THOR’ by his team members, Gustav’s hope is that this is a reflection of his leadership and ability to continue pushing through.
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
Stephen van Rooyen
Chief Technology Officer
Having started with AIGS in 2013, Stephen initially split his time between the Progress and Yellowfin product range. From support analyst to solutions consultant, pre-sales consultation to research, product testing and innovation, there is literally no area Stephen has not added value to.
With a strong background in software development, coupled with his deep product knowledge and understanding, Stephen is an integral part of everyday operations. But underneath it all, Stephen simply describes himself as a problem solver … in search of his next challenge!
Promoted to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and part of the AIGS executive in April 2020, Stephen’s current role sees him involved in pre-sales and product support, proof of concept, report development, professional services and even instructor-led training.
Known as the ‘resident silent giant’, mostly to be found working quietly behind his desk, Stephen is an absolute rock, delivering enormous value to both our team and partner and customer base.
- Phone:+27 012 003 6670
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