Rolling Meadows, IL. (April 19, 2006) -- Valtera, a leading human resources selection and assessment provider, announced today its expansion into the Asia Pacific market with the creation of Valtera Asia Pacific, and the opening of an office in Seoul, South Korea.
The new venture will tailor and distribute Valtera´s science-based instruments, organizational research solutions and consulting services for Asia-based companies and divisions. Valtera Asia Pacific will also provide customized employee surveys that reflect cultural sensitivities and are localized to address company and industry-specific strategic imperatives.
Valtera Asia Pacific will provide Asia-based, culturally-relevant solutions with a team led by Dr. Myungjoon (Marco) Kim, who will serve as regional director of Valtera Asia Pacific. Dr. Kim will concentrate on serving clients in the Korean and Chinese markets.
"Rather than send a team of Americans into the market, Valtera Asia Pacific has developed a locally-based team who understand the HR needs of the Asian market and can develop culturally-accurate products and services to meet their needs," explained Dr. Daniel G. Barney, Valtera´s Chief Strategy Officer. "While some companies have expanded into the Asia Pacific market, they primarily rely on translation of products developed for other cultures. In contrast, Valtera´s international strategy is to offer products and services developed to address the unique human capital needs of each region into which we expand."
Headquarters for Valtera Asia Pacific are located at: 1001, Sambo Hojung Building, 14-24, Yoido-dong, Yeungdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-871, Korea. Telephone is: 011-82-2-784-9004.
For more information on Valtera Asia Pacific, visit www.valteraasiapacific.com or email marcokim[at]valteraasiapacific.com.
For more information on Valtera Corporation, visit www.valtera.com.
About Valtera
Based in Chicago, IL (Rolling Meadows), Valtera (www.valtera.com) is a professional services firm that provides science-based solutions that align people with strategy to organizations worldwide. Valtera solution areas include Assessment and Selection (including Litigation Support), Organizational Surveys and Diagnostics, Performance Management, and Service Quality.
SelectionSageTM is a secure web-based test administration platform used to test job candidates, assess employees for promotion, and certify employee skills. SelectionSage is the newest addition to Valtera´s Sage Technology Suite. The suite´s flagship software product, SurveySage ®, is an end-to-end solution that offers online survey authoring, deployment, reporting, and has out-of-the-box language capabilities to support major world languages. Valtera´s technology suite also includes 3SixtySageTM for online multi-rater feedback surveys. Valtera offers portals, custom software development, and hosting services. The company was founded in 1977.
Media Contacts:
Michael Butler
847-640-8820
mbutler[at]valtera.com
Justine Shin
Asia Pacific Channel Manager
847-640-8820
jshin[at]valtera.com