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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:01:33 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>About</title><subtitle>About</subtitle><id>http://www.pricingwire.com/about/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.pricingwire.com/about/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.pricingwire.com/about/atom.xml"/><updated>2011-09-15T02:30:53Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>About Us</title><id>http://www.pricingwire.com/about/2008/9/25/about-us.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.pricingwire.com/about/2008/9/25/about-us.html"/><author><name>Chris Hopf</name></author><published>2008-09-25T21:26:23Z</published><updated>2008-09-25T21:26:23Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="font-size: 120%;">Our Expertise Comes From Our Experience</span><br /><br /><br />Thank you for visiting PricingWire.</strong>&nbsp; My name is Chris Hopf and after leading&nbsp;significant and lasting improvements in areas such as sales, operations, pricing, project management,&nbsp;marketing, finance and training, I began <a href="http://pricingwire.com">PricingWire</a> to do what&nbsp;I do best, help companies of all sizes create, recognize and capitalize on opportunities to achieve their full potential - everyday - every transaction.<br /><br /><strong>For&nbsp;more than twenty&nbsp;years,</strong>&nbsp;I have&nbsp;worked as an owner, employee and as a consultant with small startups,&nbsp;mid-sized mergers&nbsp;and Fortune 50 Corporations such as Microsoft and United Technologies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br /><strong>My experience spans a number of&nbsp;industries </strong>including software, high technology, digital media, retail, publishing, general and specialty contractors, industrial suppliers and wholesale distribution.&nbsp; <br />I am a <a href="http://pricingsociety.com/Page4807.aspx" target="_blank">Certified Pricing Professional</a>&nbsp;(CPP) and longtime member of the <a href="http://pricingsociety.com" target="_blank">Professional Pricing Society</a>.</p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><img style="width: 595px;" src="http://www.pricingwire.com/storage/Chris%20n%20Grace%20-%20Mt%20Si.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1241160169364" alt="" /><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 595px;">Near top of Mount Si with my youngest daughter Grace</span></span></p>
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