DockMaster Software, the premier Marine Management Systems software developer, teams with Jim Bronstien’s Marine Business Advisors to add Business Management consulting to its service offerings. 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – March 11, 2008 – Exuma Technologies, Inc., makers of DockMaster Software is pleased to be partnering with Jim Bronstien and Marine Business Advisors. Jim is representing DockMaster and Marine Business Advisors (MBA) at the 2008 Dubai International Boat Show.  DockMaster and MBA are sharing a booth at the Enterprise Florida Pavilion from March 11-15 at the show.  The booth number is E2-23. 

We are very excited about what Jim’s expertise could bring our marina and boatyard customers in the way of marine service business management experience”, said Cam Collins, CEO of DockMaster Software.  “We have provided business systems knowledge and consulting since 1984, but with MBA we can now offer methodologies that have proven successful in the various marine businesses that Jim has been a part of”. 

The companies are at the 2008 Dubai International Boat Show seeking strategic partners to help bring their products and services to the burgeoning Middle Eastern market.  The Dubai International Boat Show is the largest, most important and most established event of its kind in the region and as one of the fastest growing leisure marine industry exhibitions in the world, the 16th edition of the event is a great backdrop for announcing the collaborative efforts between DockMaster and MBA. 

 “Our organization provides expertise in boatyard management business practices,” said Jim Bronstien, CEO of Marine Business Advisors. “With DockMaster’s many years of developing and delivering business systems, the combined expertise of our organizations should prove to be very beneficial to marina operators and boatyard managers facing challenging economic times ahead”.  MBA plans to develop and deliver marine business management courses.  Jim will also be a keynote speaker at the 21st Annual DockMaster User Conference.  DockMaster will make Jim’s consulting services and course materials available to its marina and boatyard customers.  

For more information or for inquiries about partnership opportunities, please send an e-mail to sales@dockmaster.com or jimb@marineba.com. For more information on the 2008 Dubai International Boat Show visit: http://www.boatshowdubai.com/.  

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About DockMaster Software

DockMaster Software is a leading provider of software solutions to the marine industry. The company is dedicated to delivering products and services that help its customers’ maximize operational efficiencies through the use of automated systems. DockMaster Software is headquartered in North Palm Beach, Florida with additional offices in Appleton, Wisconsin. For more information, please visit www.dockmaster.com.

DockMaster is a complete management information solution for marinas, boatyards, boat dealers, boat builders and marine retailers/distributors. The product consists of a series of integrated software modules that address specific functions within a marine-related business. 

DockMaster modules include: VisualMarina™, LeadMaster™ (CRM), Work Order Processing Scheduling and Time Clock Management (Service), Point-of-Sale, Order Entry, Storage & Billing, Inventory Control, Boat Sales and F&I, Transient Reservations, Special Orders, LaunchMaster™, and Accounting (A/R, A/P, G/L). Integrations include: Microsoft® Office, Microsoft® Project, MICROS POS, RMS Fuel Management, Channel Blade and Paychex.

About Marine Business Advisors

Marine Business Advisors is a consulting firm specializing in boatyard, yacht and marine service businesses. Led by Jim Bronstien, a long-time marine industry veteran, who is most widely known as the former Owner and President of Rybovich (formerly Rybovich Spencer) located in West Palm Beach, Florida where he resided for over 23 years before selling the company in 2004.  

Following one year on assignment as acting COO for Broward Marine, Jim has spent the past three years assisting numerous other marine service and boatyard businesses in operational, marketing, and organizational improvements. Clients include Marina Pez Vela in Costa Rica, Bellport Marine Group, BoatClubsAmerica, Saunders Yacht Works, and Yacht Path International among others.   

Under Jim’s long-term leadership at Rybovich, the company and its reputation grew substantially to become one of the most prominent, prestigious and well-recognized yacht service company in the United States. During his years he built up a vast international client base as well as numerous alliances with various yacht builders around the world. His consulting work under Marine Business Advisors has also proven to be an enormous benefit for each company he has become involved with.  

With degrees in both finance and marketing, Jim has a vast amount of knowledge and experience in all facets of marine related businesses including operations, sales, marketing, customer service, project management, financial and human resource issues to name few.  

Jim is seasoned in public speaking and communications and is a frequent speaker in industry and community functions. He is the primary instructor for the Marine Service Management program offered both in the U.S. and now in Australia. 

Jim has been very active in the marine industry over the years and still serves on a number of boards including ABBRA where he is a past President, Marine Industry Association of Palm Beach County where he is also a past-President, and Marine Industry Association of South Florida. Jim was the 2005 recipient of the ABBRA Dennis Snow President’s Award. 

Marine Business Advisors is based in North Palm Beach, Florida. www.marineba.com