BLUE BELL, PA — PDS®, a provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions, has announced the appointment of Rick Austin as its new Vice President of Engineering. Austin, a software and systems engineering veteran with over three decades of leadership experience, is set to bring a wealth of industry knowledge from diverse sectors, including startups, global enterprise, defense, telecommunications, finance, and healthcare.
Austin’s expertise extends beyond traditional software design and architecture. He has successfully built and led high-performing teams in operating high-scale cloud platforms in Amazon Web Services (AWS), a critical skill set in the current technology-driven business landscape. Moreover, Austin brings substantial experience in modernizing legacy products into global, multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, an asset that will undoubtedly benefit PDS® as it seeks to evolve its product offerings.
“We are pleased to have Rick join the PDS Team and I’m confident that together we will work towards achieving new benchmarks of success,” stated Steve Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President at PDS®. This move signals PDS®’s commitment to technological innovation and advancement within the HCM solutions sector.
PDS® is a premier provider of HCM systems, offering a comprehensive suite of recruiting, onboarding, human resource, benefits, payroll, and time and attendance software across the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. The company’s flagship offering, the Vista suite, helps organizations streamline and automate administrative HCM and payroll activities, thereby enabling strategic decision-making capabilities.
The company’s strength lies in its team of full-time support and implementation professionals who possess deep product knowledge and extensive experience implementing customers in various businesses.
Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, PDS® continues to innovate in the HCM solutions space, constantly seeking ways to optimize human resource management processes. The addition of Austin to the team signals PDS®’s commitment to maintaining its place at the forefront of the industry.
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