Women's Exchange



	Members \| Profiles Kate Gray (left) Executive Director AITA Alabama Information Technology Association PO Box 1512 Madison, AL 35758 Phone: 205-694-3060 E-mail: kate@alabama-infotech.org Website: www.alabama-infotech.org Tanveer Patel (right) President Circle Source #100, 12th Street North Birmingham, AL 35203 Phone: 205-314-3413 E-mail: tanveerpatel@circlesource.net Website: www.circlesource.net CircleSource software services and AITA advocacy together lead Alabama ’s high tech growth and entrepreneurship. Profile Name: Kate Gray Title: Executive Director Company/Organization: Alabama Information Technology Association (AITA) Address: PO Box 1512 Madison AL 35758 Website: www.alabama-infotech.org Favorite Quote: The especial genius of women, I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency. -- Margaret Fuller Company Brief Mission : AITA is a non-profit trade association that advocates, educates, and promotes high tech business throughout the state of Alabama. Job description: Drive the association to greater awareness statewide, thus enabling AITA to provide broader services and support to Alabama 's technology business corridor. Accreditations: ACAE member Education: BA/ English & Communications, MA English Personal Business Philosophy: Be impeccable in your word and deed. Advice to women in business: The only barriers to success are our own willingness to achieve. Best advice ever received: Know your strengths and weaknesses, and surround yourself with those who can mentor and fill in the gaps. Secret to surviving in business: Communicate, stay educated. Your strongest inspiration: Other women. What being in business has taught you: Regardless of background or education, what is important is the ability to examine the programs of life against larger questions, purposes, paradigms. Without this, our minds are narrowed and closed so the assumptions underlying our training are never examined. Secret to dealing with employees: Learn to actively listen. Provide clear and concise goals and the necessary tools to accomplish them, then stand back. by empowering, we nurture and allow people to achieve their own. Profile Name: Tanveer Patel, President Company: Circle Source 12th Street North , #100 Birmingham , Alabama 35203 Phone: 205-314-3413 E-mail: tanveerpatel@circlesource.net Website: www.circlesource.net Profile name: Tanveer Patel Title: President Company/Organization: CircleSource Inc Address: 110 12th street North Birmingham AL 35203 Phone: (205)821-5583 Fax: (205)250-8013 E-mail: Tanveer.patel@circlesource.com Website: www.circlesource.com Custom software development Favorite Quote: Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles. Company Brief Mission : CircleSource meets business challenges through innovative technology solutions. An empowered and results-oriented environment guarantees trusted-advisor relationships between our employees and clients. Job description: Length of service: 5yrs Accreditations: ISO certified, SBA 8(a) certified WBEN Certified Favorite Awards & Honors: Finalist of Entrepreneur of the year by AITA Education: BS and MS Computer Science Family: 2 children and husband Personal Business Philosophy: A personal commitment to a strong work ethic and achieving results; Commitment to exceeding customer expectation, respect for culture, contribute to the community. Advice to women in business: nothing in impossible if you set your mind to do it. Best advice ever received: Actions speak louder than words. Secret to surviving in business: Persistence, never stop learning, team work Your strongest inspiration: My Father What being in business has taught you: Team work Secret to dealing with employees: Treat them like family.