Atlanta Software Company Wins the Prestigious Nebraska Walter Scott Award for Rural Outsourcing

KEARNEY, Neb., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Xpanxion Chairman and CEO Paul Eurek recently accepted the prestigious Walter Scott award at a ceremony held at The Scott Conference Center in Omaha.

The Walter Scott Award is given annually to a company doing business in Nebraska that best demonstrates innovation in developing programs to partner with the University of Nebraska in the creation of career opportunities and skills development for its students across the state.

Mr. Scott, the Chairman and founder of Level 3 Communications is credited with having the vision and the understanding of how linking private sector entrepreneurs with University professors and students will better prepare Nebraska's future industry and public leaders for life in the real world.  Mr. Scott was at the ceremony to personally present the award to Mr. Eurek.

Xpanxion is an Atlanta based software engineering company that helps other U.S. companies build software applications that help them compete more effectively in the global economy.  Xpanxion clients range from multi-national Fortune 500 companies to new technology start-ups.  

"Xpanxion's work in Nebraska is a great example of a public-private collaboration that benefits the University, the company and the community," said University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken. "By offering internships and jobs to our students, collaborating with our faculty to develop new courses and bringing technology experts to Nebraska, Xpanxion has shown how public-private partnerships can move the state forward."

In 2006, Kearney, Nebraska was chosen as Xpanxion's rural outsourcing hub specifically because of its state University campus, and the desire to develop long-lasted partnership programs with the University.  These programs include formal internships, classroom teaching, career fairs, entrepreneur education, and most recently the co-development of an MIS department class conducted at Xpanxion's offices. This class is one of the first of its kind in the country, and introduces students to a career in software Quality Assurance and software Test Engineering.  

"We are extremely proud to have won this award," concluded Eurek.  "We share the honor with the University, the communities of Kearney and Loup City, and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, who have all embraced the vision of how working together to create technology careers can lead to keeping our college graduates right here in Nebraska to serve and grow the state's economy."

SOURCE Xpanxion