Rick Seeger

"Most service companies still use a paper-based time sheet system, or at best an Excel spreadsheet," says Rick Seeger, president and chief technical officer of Net Theory.

Net Theory says that Work Theory makes service businesses more productive in three areas:

Managers can delegate - and then monitor - projects and tasks.Progress reports and scope changes are logged in a bulletin board style for each task.Relevant parties are automatically notified.

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Seeger told ASPnews that Net Theory is also considering integration with Web-based accounting services such as Oracle Small Business Suite.

Similar to a company intranet, related documents can be uploaded to a specific project or task, and are accessible from a common location.

Seeger told ASPnews that a service firm could set up and use Work Theory in about 30 minutes.The ASP architecture allows users to access the browser-based application from any Internet connection.Seeger said the company ensures security by using the SSL (secure socket layer) protocol.The program's security options allow managers to grant consultants restricted access to a project set and clients can make work requests directly through Work Theory.

Pricing is a flat $20 per user, monthly fee.The software will be sold directly, primarily through telephone-based sales, Seeger said.However, he said the company may consider developing a channel strategy in the future.

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Rick Seeger, Technical Adviser/Co-founder

Rick Seeger, CTO Net Theory, Inc.

On August 16, Rick Seeger, an alumnus of GSA from the Class of 1988, spoke about his recent work in evolutionary robotics in a talk entitled "Evolutionary Robotics: The New Look of Artificial Intelligence."Seeger has spent the past year pursuing his masters in Evolutionary Robotics from the University of Sussex, England.Prior to that, he co-founded Net Theory, a company based in New York specializing in software design and development, strategic planning, consulting and project management.Seeger holds Bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

"Many of our clients don't have IT resources, they're paper shuffling to reconcile their timesheets," says Rick Seeger, president and CTO of Net Theory."Traditional client-server solutions have upfront costs and license fees, require upgrades and IT resources to maintain."

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Seeger says while timesheet management is the core of the solution, Work Theory also features project management, document sharing, and human resource management with alert and search capabilities.Customer support includes free generic report generation.Work Theory also imports and exports to Quickbooks, the staple of small-business accounting.

Net Theory also announced a couple of beta customers in M5 Networks, a seller of ethernet-based telephone technology, and Healthcare Dialogue, a marketing firm that does business with Novartis.Net Theory sees itself competing with the likes of SMB vendors Elite.com, which targets the law market and packaged software vendor Timeslips.

"We are excited about this relationship with Pali's Equity Research Division," said Rick Seeger, President of Net Theory.

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Bio: Rick Seeger
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Rick Seeger, Technical Adviser/Co-founder
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Rick has over twelve years of professional and technical experience, ranging from software design and development to strategic planning, consulting and project management.He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science and spent several years as a C/C++ application programmer in the finance industry.Prior to co-founding Net Theory, Rick was a senior software developer for Interport Communications, then the largest Internet service provider in New York.Most recently, Rick received a master's degree in Evolutionary Robotics from the University of Sussex in England.

Rick Seeger, CTONet Theory, Inc.

On August 16, Rick Seeger, an alumnus of GSA from the Class of 1988, spoke about his recent work in evolutionary robotics in a talk entitled "Evolutionary Robotics: The New Look of Artificial Intelligence., Seeger has spent the past year pursuing his masters in Evolutionary Robotics from the University of Sussex, England.Prior to that, he co-founded Net Theory, a company based in New York specializing in software design and development, strategic planning, consulting and project management.Seeger holds Bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon University.On August 23, Arnold Berleant, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Long Island University, shared his recent scholarship in a talk entitled "What Titles Don't Tell: Music's Environmental Meaning., Berleant has authored six books,three of which deal with environmental aesthetics.He is also active as a composer and performer and an international lecturer in Finland, Chile, UK, Brazil and China.

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