Ublip/Numerex Merger

A great partnership, like a great marriage, is about value creation. As my wife and I watch our eight year old son Kyle grow up, we mostly are concerned with what values we are helping to create within him. In our community we nurture and promote our shared values. My work has always been towards that same end. Success for me is value creation. That will be my legacy. For a partnership to create value, a common set of core values is necessary, but not sufficient. Creativity is also paramount. Without creating something (or someone) there can be no value. In business we create products and services. To be truly creative you must make combinations. The values of the partners are supplementary and reinforcing. Everything else, i.e. people, processes, products & services, are complimentary. If that were not true, and you believed in yourself you would go "lone wolf" and compete and win. (If you don't play golf, read this explanation of Wolf in Chi Chi Rodriguez's book, "Golf Games You Gotta Play.") In my past, I have successfully gone "lone wolf" and successfully partnered. It is more fun to partner. Especially when you know your long game compliments their short game or vice versa. It's called shared success. A good example of the supplementary and complimentary aspects of a Numerex and Ublip combination are the following: Ublip brings a service-oriented architecture Numerex brings a service-oriented infrastructure Both have a service-oriented culture In the coming months you will see what I mean. Stratton Nicolaides, President & CEO of Numerex and myself realized we have supplementary values, and complimentary people, products, and services. Through this, we will combine, create, and deliver "insanely great" value to the customer. Just watch. Or, better yet, come join in the fun. - Jeff