We have selected the following longtime customers to be the first inductees into the Remark Customer Hall of Fame:
- Tom Hays - Data Coordinator for Title I
- Frank LoPresti - Senior Faculty Technology Specialist
- Richard Oliver Mayer - President, Organization & Human Development
- Dr. Srikanta Rao - Professor of Psychology/Director
- Ronna Rowlette, PhD - Director of Research, Evaluation, and Information Technology
- Ed Silverman - Director of Institutional Research
Tom Hays
- Data Coordinator for Title I
- Harford County Public Schools
- Bel Air, MD
- Customer Since: 1998
Tom Hays immediately saw the potential of our products when visiting our booth at the ASCD Conference in 1998. Tom was able to see and convey to members of our staff some great ideas for use of our Remark Office OMR product in the K-12 market. His knowledge and willingness to share his experience have been instrumental in shaping the product over the years. Thank you Tom for your wise counsel over the years!
"My role is that of collecting and analyzing student test data for Title I and intervention schools, for about 3000 grade 1 through grade 5 students and district wide pre and post assessment data for 3000 district wide kindergarten students. I also collect and analyze data for several early childhood intervention programs for about 1600 students. Prior to using Remark, individual data collection and analysis could not be done with any consistency. Some teachers would manually analyze student data of some assessments but this would be "hit and miss" across the system. Remark is a remarkable product that makes my job easier and more efficient."
Tom Hays shares some of his experiences using Remark software over at Tom Hays' Corner.
Frank LoPresti
- Senior Faculty Technology Specialist
- New York University – ITS
- New York, NY
- Customer Since: 1997
Frank LoPresti has been using Remark Office OMR since the mid 1990s in his role as a technology specialist at New York University. Through the years, Frank has taught many NYU staff and graduate students the virtues of the Remark product line while helping them solve their data entry problems. Thanks Frank!
Frank and other NYU employees use Remark Office OMR to compile survey data, such as course evaluations. They also have used Remark Web Survey for various tasks throughout the university. Frank states “Remark Office OMR (Optical Mark Recognition), works extremely well and is a fairly economical option. The software has been used at NYU for almost a decade. It has always proved to be robust and accurate.”
Richard Oliver Mayer
- President, Organization & Human Development
- Palm Harbor, FL
- Customer Since: 1993
Dick Mayer started with Remark Office OMR version 1.1 back in 1993. Dick has been a long time beta tester and contributor to the products and has answered countless questions about the products for other customers throughout the years. Thank you Dick!
Organization & Human Development’s focus is on quality and process improvement and development of people in business, government, healthcare and non-profit agencies both domestic and international. It specializes in using survey feedback to accomplish its objectives. Dick says "When I am asked how OHD provides such high quality consulting work at a modest cost, Remark Products is always part of my reply. To achieve these results, OHD needs software that works reliably every time, is intuitive and easy to learn, and is cost effective. Remark OMR and Remark Web Survey are a vital part of the tool set I use everyday. Every associate I have recommended their software to has later confirmed that my advice was appreciated.“
Dr. Srikanta Rao
- Professor of Psychology/Director
- Tuskegee University
- Office of Institutional Analysis, Assessment & Evaluation
- Tuskegee, AL
- Customer Since: 1998
Dr. Srikanta Rao first began using Remark Office OMR back in 1998 after visiting us at an AIR Conference. Over the years he has also used Remark Classic OMR and Remark Web Survey in his role at the Institutional Analysis, Assessment & Evaluation department at Tuskegee University. One of the nicest people on earth, Dr. Rao has always been happy to discuss his use of Remark with colleagues and has shared numerous ideas with the Remark team. Thank you Dr. Rao!
"We Collect, analyze, organize and report institutional data on students, faculty, staff, administration, and other university-related characteristics such as enrollment, graduation, attrition of students. I stopped looking for other solution after I started using Remark products. Other departments also utilize our scanning services for their survey projects and grading exams. There is a tremendous saving of cost and time."
Ronna Rowlette, PhD
- Director of Research, Evaluation, and Information Technology
- The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County
- Tampa, FL
- Customer Since: 1997
Dr. Ronna Rowlette has been a Remark customer since 1997. Ronna works with non-profit agencies and has been very willing to share her knowledge and thoughts on how our products can better serve the needs of her clientele. In addition to helping shape our products, she has always been very willing to assist agencies who have questions about collecting their data. Thank you Ronna!
The Children’s Board was established by a county referendum in 1988 to improve social services for children and families through the creation of a special taxing district with an annual budget of over $40 million to fund social services. Dr. Rowlette says “Both as a private consultant and in my current position as Director of Research, Evaluation, and Information Technology, I have relied on Remark OMR and Web Professional Survey programs for the past decade… Over the years I’ve experienced the same excellent customer service with Remark and quick response to any questions without fail. Besides producing excellent software programs, customer service is one of the strongest distinctions for Principia in my opinion.”
Ed Silverman
- Director of Institutional Research
- CUNY: City College of New York
- New York, NY
- Customer Since: 1993
Ed Silverman has been a champion of the Remark products since his first purchase of version 1.1 in 1993. Over the years he has helped guide our product development through his great suggestions and by sharing his knowledge of the needs of institutional research departments. Additionally, Ed has always been happy to help colleagues who needed advice on our scanning or web-based products. Thanks Ed for your great contributions to our products!
Ed has used Remark OMR & Web versions for over a dozen years, but the Web more so. He uses Remark products for course & teacher, new freshmen, graduate, undergraduate, transfer students, academic research, departmental, assessment, accreditation, health, and "quick" general surveys. “As a one-person Institutional Research Office responsible for my college's course & teacher surveys as well as almost all other surveys faculty/staff here want/need done, it would be impossible to do survey work without Remark OMR & Web survey software. In fact, it would severely limit what other work I could do if I didn't have Remark.”
