Culver City, CA – April 4, 2008 – Manufacturers, distributors and solution providers looking to improve how effectively they work with channel partners have turned to the expertise offered by Paul Freeman and Professional Development Partners (PDP) since 2001. The company recently launched new channel development programs following the successful sale and integration of Coast Solutions Group.

Coast Solutions Group (CSG) was a force within the information technology channel-partner industry as a company that evolved from a regional managed network of service partners into a leading national distributor of professional services. CSG helped IT manufacturers, distributors and solution providers work together in delivering technology deployments. While building CSG, Freeman developed a network of over 120 service providers and delivered services for customers such as CDW, Dell, PC Connection, NEC, ASAP, Zones and Ingram Micro.

Coast Solutions Group was acquired in July 2007 by DynTek (DYNK), which incorporated CSG programs into the DynTek TekConnect services division. “CSG started as a regional project of PDP that turned into a full grown business, which we then successfully sold and integrated with DynTek,” Freeman said. “The PDP team is now turning our focus back to creating and managing programs that help businesses in the IT value chain become more successful, profitable and prosperous in working with channel partners, leveraging the leading practices that we have developed or discovered over the past five years.”

Specific programs PDP is launching for manufacturers, distributors and solution providers include five services that assist in creating better and more effective relationships with channel partners:

• ChannelBuilder – for channel program development, partner profiling and recruiting.
• ServiceBuilder – for professional services development and marketing for businesses and their channels.
• Partner101 training – business consulting workshops for channel account managers and system engineers.
• ChannelEssentials Series - communication, sales, marketing, solution development and services workshops for channel teams.
• Asset Development and Technical Writing - to assist in developing leading-practice white papers, field guides, SOW templates and other sales documents.

“Our experienced consultants and trainers are committed to creating programs that have immediate return-on-investment through increased sales, better customer relationships, and more effective partner programs,” Freeman said. “We look forward to working with manufacturers, distributors and solution providers to help them coordinate their efforts in delivering successful end-user solutions.”

About Professional Development Partners

Launched in 2001, Professional Development Partners (PDP) leverages over 13 years of experience working with manufacturers, distributors, VARs and other technology solution providers to design and implement innovative and effective sales, marketing and services strategies for the channel and channel partners. PDP provides oversight and coordination of subject matter experts, technical writers and marketing professionals to assist in the creation and delivery of programs such as training, workshops, business planning and other partner-focused services to assist in the creation of business success and profitability. PDP has provided services to companies such as Cisco Systems, Dell, Ingram Micro, NEC, Microsoft, Sprint, LightPointe, CDW, PC Connection, ASAP Software, Coast Technologies, DynTek and Zones. For more information, visit www.prodevpartners.com.