- Pearson Trueman & Associates makes BRW's 2010 Fast Starters list—April 2010
- Artist for Kids Culture thank you—October 2009
- SmartCompany Smart50 awards—September 2009
- Victorian Government eServices Panel—August 2009
- ISO 9001:2008 QMS—July 2009
- Helping bushfire victims
- Artists for Kids Culture fundraising auction, South Yarra
- Article in 'The Age'—July 2007
- Pearson Trueman & Associates launches new website
Pearson Trueman & Associates makes BRW's 2010 Fast Starters list—April 2010
Suzanne Pearson and Shannon Trueman of information consulting firm Pearson Trueman and Associates were together the second highest ranked businesswomen in the BRW's 2010 Fast Starters list.
Read the full article in The Age here.
Artist for Kids Culture thank you—October 2009
Pearson Trueman and Associates was delighted to sponsor the 2009 Artists for Kids Culture Annual Art Exhibition and Action event.
This year the auction raised just under $100, 000 – a great result. The proceeds will benefit a large number of kid’s projects and sponsor individual children in the coming year.
Stephanie Brady, Director of Artist for Kids Culture, sent her thanks with this letter.
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SmartCompany Smart50 awards—September 2009
We are proud to inform you that Pearson Trueman & Associates has been named in the top ten in this year’s SmartCompany Smart50 awards.
The Smart50 awards sponsored by Westpac, recognises Australia’s fastest-growing small and medium enterprises which are changing the business landscape.
In a highly competitive national field of over 250 entrants, Pearson Trueman & Associates was awarded eighth place and was the only female run firm in the top ten.
SmartCompany noted that, ‘in a year in which the economy was rocked by numerous corporate collapses and many sectors battled falling sales, the companies on the Smart50 produced average growth of 91% (as measured by average annual growth over the past three years).’
This recognition of our success is due in no small part to you, our clients.
We want to thank you for using our services. Your recognition of our capability to help your business has enabled us to become an acknowledged leader in our field.
Victorian Government eServices Panel—August 2009
Pearson Trueman & Associates has been successful in gaining accreditation and appointment to the Whole of Victorian Government eServices panel. Following a two-stage Refresh 2.0 tender process, the appointment commenced on I July 2009.
Pearson Trueman & Associates Pty Ltd joins a select list of organisations chosen by Victorian Government to provide services in the ICT arena. There were six specialist services the organisation focussed on, based on their previous experience with organisations such as KPMG, Australia Post and Port of Melbourne Corporation.
Explains Shannon Trueman, “Our efforts to deliver quality services to organisations can now be expanded to include Victorian Government. We now have an opportunity to consolidate our efforts with Government by providing our services in business and process analysis, project management, policy, procedure, standards, technical writing and change management”.
The six specialist services include:
- Project/program/portfolio management relating to risk management
- Strategy development relating to security
- Business analysis relating to security
- Enterprise architecture relating to general IT
- Testing relating to security
- Maintenance and support relating to disaster recovery.
The appointment to the eServices panel supports the organisational strategy defined by the directors, Shannon Trueman and Suzanne Pearson. Says Shannon Trueman, “We’re excited about the direction in which our company is heading and we’re eager to realise the growth potential this appointment offers us”.
ISO 9001:2008 QMS—July 2009
When Pearson Trueman & Associates made the commitment to seek ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems accreditation they didn’t realise the full extent of the effort required. Says Shannon Trueman, “It wasn’t just a matter of having policies and procedures in place which we’d developed over time, and then meeting with the auditors to have them just tick their boxes”.
It took six months of solid effort to ensure we were ready. One of our consultants researched the requirements of the Standard thoroughly before looking at how other companies had approached certification. Says Alex Burlow, Pearson Trueman & Associates’ internal quality auditor “It really has been a journey for the organisation to become more sophisticated in the way we manage the quality of our business”.
Pearson Trueman & Associates reviewed accredited organisations and chose SAI Global as their quality auditors, because of their size and expertise. Once they engaged SAI Global it was a matter of doing a pre-audit as a reality check to determine what gaps there were and how to address them. After the pre-audit Alex worked with management to meet Pearson Trueman & Associates’ newly established quality objectives.
Explains Shannon Trueman, “Both Suzanne Pearson and I are dedicated to ensuring our organisation continues to embed the quality management system objectives into our everyday operations. It supports the way we conduct our business at a strategic, tactical and operational level and reinforces consistency in our activities”.
Helping bushfire victims
Our thoughts are with those impacted by the devastating bushfires, which have ravaged many parts of Victoria over the past few days and are still continuing.
Some of our staff, contractors and clients have themselves, or family and friends, been affected or continue to be threatened by the fires.
Pearson Trueman & Associates would like to help the bushfire victims and will be donating $10,000 to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund. The fund is a partnership between the Australian Red Cross, the Australian Government and the Victoria Government.
We call on all our staff, contractors and clients to consider contributing to the bushfire relief efforts by donating money, blood, clothing, food or supporting the cause in other ways.
Donations of money for the relief fund can be made at branches of the ANZ, NAB and Commonwealth bank, Bunnings stores or directly with the Australian Red Cross. Other non-government agencies such as the Salvation Army are also accepting donations.
Staff and contractors can also join our contribution to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund. We can arrange for a donation to be deducted from your pay.
If you want to donate money through Pearson Trueman & Associates, please email us with your pledge and we will make the arrangements.
We will also be collecting donations of clothes, blankets, towels, toys and non-perishable foods at our office. The collection will be contributed to the local Salvation Army Family Store and the Salvation Army Food Bank.
If you want to donate clothes, blankets, toys and non-perishable foods to our collection, please leave items at our office at level 1, 102 Toorak Road, South Yarra during business hours by 20 February 2009.
If you can donate blood, please call the Australia Red Cross on 131 495.
Donations of clothes, blankets or furniture can also made at charity collection points or by contacting the local Shires affected by the bushfires.
We are sure that beyond this immediate disaster-relief effort, there will be calls for more support for future recovery stages. We will consider further contributions and efforts to assist victims and help communities in need.
We encourage staff, contractors and clients to support this important cause in any way they can. We thank those who make a contribution.
Sincerely,
Suzanne Pearson and Shannon Trueman
Directors
Artists for Kids Culture fundraising auction, South Yarra
This not-for-profit organisation raises money for underprivileged children in inner Melbourne. Leading Australian artists have donated more than 80 pieces for the auction. Children's work will also be exhibited and auctioned at the event. From Tuesday, August 28, to Sunday, September 2, at Nellie Castan Gallery, Level 1, 12 River St, South Yarra. Open Wednesday to Sunday, noon-5pm. Phone: 8614 4459 or 0411 099 308
Article as seen in Stonnington Leader August 14, 2007 on page 27
Pearson Trueman & Associates launches new website
We hope you like our brand new Pearson Trueman & Associates website.
Our new website provides background information about all our services. Take a look around and feel free to let us know what you think!
