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Founded in 1983, Hansen Information Technologies, Inc. has grown from a small software development firm in Alpharetta, Georgia to a large-scale global company. The company has established a reputation internationally for designing, developing and marketing Windows-based ERP solutions for local government and municipalities. By specializing in local and state government clientele, the company has built a niche market featuring products that provide solutions for Asset Management, Building Permit, Property Tax, and Utility Billing. More specifically, the company works directly with clients to identify their needs relating to citizen relationship management, customer service, revenue management, business intelligence, enterprise asset management, and operations management. Their core product line features:

Citizen relationship management solutions to include code enforcement, complaints, dispatching, and services requests. Customer service solutions that provide advanced tools for tracking customer consumption, bill staging, and collection processing. Revenue management solutions such as assessments, fines, grants, property taxes, permits and licenses, special fees, and utility billing. Business intelligence solutions and enterprise asset management solutions for maintenance and materials management for moving and infrastructure assets. Operations management solutions to simplify processes for building permits, transportation, timesheet reporting, treatment plant maintenance, business licensing, condition assessments, operations and maintenance, and parks and recreation.

The company’s success working with local governments worldwide has enabled it to expand its domestic operations with the recent acquisitions of the Los Angeles Metro, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the New York Transit Authority, Caltrans (California Department of Transportation), Spear Technologies, and Golden Gate Capital. With these acquisitions, Hansen Information Technologies now has clients in all major American cities, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco.

Ilana Greene
Ilana Greene has been called “a force of nature” by her mentors for her relentless work ethic and creativity. As a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard, top-ranking magazine and online columnist, former equities trader for Goldman Sachs, and founder of her own clean energy startup company, Greene is undeniably a recognized expert in America's entrepreneurial community.

Ilana is a frequent contributor to the Business Insider, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch, Forbes, Fortune, Reuters, Boston Globe, TheStreet.com, Fast Company, Mass High Tech, and USA Today. Over her writing career, Ilana's articles have received 10,000 views per month, which has earned her critical success in the finance sector.

Prior to her writing career, she founded PowerDown, a start-up organization designed to increase energy efficiency in the residential sector. The goal of PowerDown is for participants to sign up for an energy-saving competition, with the resulting energy bill savings donated to a charity that is handpicked by the participants themselves.

Following the massive media exposure for PowerDown on Fox Business Network and The Boston Globe, among others, Ilana launched her freelance writing career. Since starting her own freelance writing business, Ilana has significantly expanded her exposure and social media outreach to become one of the most highly viewed bloggers on ChicagoNow, a blog of the Chicago Tribune.

In addition to regularly contributing articles to several of the most respected financial publications online, she has just published her first book, Secret of the Year:From Dorm Rooms to Penthouses.

Ilana was born and raised in Chicago, and continues to call it home. She graduated Cum Laude with a Distinction in Research from Cornell University, and has recently completed a Masters degree from Harvard University.