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Atlas Programming Management Inc. is all about the business of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. We provide a variety of services and support to business clients and individual Excel users at all skill levels. Our website is also an extensive resource, offering a free library of expert information, tips and tools to individuals and businesses that use Excel.

Consulting

Atlas Programming Management is a full service consultant for business solutions, utilizing Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. We design, develop, program, install, and support customized and fully automated applications that save our clients countless hours of labor, saving them time, money, and errors. Atlas projects range from localized individual projects, such as a monthly financial reporting program for the accounting department in a company’s home office, to large scale developments of income and expense projects for multinational companies that may be used by thousands of their employees worldwide.

For a no obligation estimate, or just our opinion on a project you might be considering, feel free to contact us. Initial and follow-up consultations are always free, no obligation, and help is just an email or phone call away, with links on our Contact page.

Clients

Some of Atlas satisfied clients include:
* National property management corporations that specialize in development, building, management, and ownership of commercial and residential properties.
* Global Fortune 500 corporations in the electronics and technology industries.
* Independent advisors for financial planning and retirement income predictability.
* International provider of sales compensation and sales incentive solutions.
* The United States’ largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market.

Training and Testing

Tom Urtis, founder and CEO of Atlas, is an in-demand, respected Excel trainer. He has led hundreds of Excel training sessions for groups and individuals. His easygoing, witty style combined with his prodigious professional Excel knowledge make him a favorite with both knowledgeable professionals and nervous beginners. Tom’s seminars produce trainees with maximum efficiency and deeper knowledge. These results show measurable improvements in the client’s bottom line.

Atlas also offers an innovative testing tool called the XAT (Excel Aptitude Test). This test has many benefits, including assisting employers to identify those job candidates who truly know Excel, and helping potential employees understand areas of Excel where they can improve. The XAT test scores determine a customized training curriculum that is individually suited to the test taker, maximizing their training time and cost. The XAT will be available in the Fall of 2011. Details about XAT will be available soon on the XAT page on this site.

If you are interested in bringing Tom to your workplace, or have questions about our rates and availability, inquire by email or phone using the links on our contact page.

Tom Urtis

Tom Urtis is a Microsoft Office developer and programmer with 30 years of business management experience. He has earned an outstanding reputation for his skills and customer service in developing customized spreadsheet projects for a diverse international clientele.

A natural entrepreneur, Tom founded Atlas Programming Management in 2000, a silicon valley-based Microsoft Office business solutions company specializing in Excel, VBA, and API. He received the coveted Most Valuable Professional award for Excel from Microsoft in 2008, and has been renewed for the award each year thereafter.

Tom is co-author of “Holy Macro! It’s 2,500 Excel VBA Examples”, and he is a freelance technical editor and consultant for Excel books and training material. Tom is an Excel instructor and frequent contributor to newsgroups in the Excel community. His newest publication is named “Excel VBA 24-Hour Trainer”, a unique book and DVD package that helps even non-programmers extend Excel with VBA. It is published by WROX and will be released in May 2011.

A native of New York state, Tom is a graduate of Michigan State University and has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for 30 years. Tom is an avid sports fan and collector of rare sports memorabilia. He enjoys the outdoor life that California offers and the rich cultural life of the Bay Area. Tom can be reached by email, at tom@atlaspm.com.

Contact

• o: (925) 310 4170
• m: (925) 768-7047
• tom@atlaspm.com