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IRON Solutions®, www.ironsolutions.com, is the leading source of Equipment Market Intelligence™ for used agricultural, industrial, and outdoor power equipment. IRON Solutions® provides an integrated portfolio of services to manufacturers, dealers, producers and finance companies who want to make business-critical decisions, informed by easily accessible and accurate market information. IRON Solutions® publishes the Official Guides, the trusted source of the gold standard in equipment valuation data, and www.ironsearch.com, the industry's largest used tractor and equipment website.
IRON Solutions, Inc. was borne out of the North American equipment dealers associations and their dealer members who contribute data to the Official Guides which provides unparalleled market intelligence to help equipment dealers manage sales and grow relationships with customers.
CEO
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Darwin Melnyk
Darwin Melnyk has been President and Chief Executive Officer of IRON Solutions, Inc. since June 2006, leading the rapid recapitalization, repositioning and growth of the company. He has 20 years of leadership experience in data and services based companies in the publishing and technology sectors. As an innovator in the delivery of integrated application, transport and data services, in 1996 Darwin founded an application service provider and won key customers including Intel, Ziff Davis Publishing, Kodak and Hewlett Packard. He managed the company to profitability in the first 36 months of operations, grew recurring revenue to $10M in four years and led a liquidity event producing excellent returns for investors. Earlier in his career he developed content management and publishing services for a consortium of academic associations and research universities and co-founded one of the first digital prepress services firms. Darwin grew up on a family farm in Western Canada and has a BA from Friends University and a M.Div. from Emory University.
Details
Sector(s):
Data as a Service, SaaSStatus:
PrivateStarVest Company Since:
June 2008StarVest led the acquisition of IRON Solutions with co-investors Dublin Capital Partners, Spring Mountain Capital and GVIC Communications Corp.
Company Founded:
May 1999Contact Info
Offices
Toll Free Phone: 1.877.266.4766
Fax: 1.866.519.5444
Corporate Headquarters:
230 Franklin Road, Suite 12Q
Franklin, TN 37064
US Office:
1855 Bowles Avenue, Suite 202
Fenton, MO 63026
Canadian Office:
221-116 Research Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 3R3
News
IRON Search and IronPlanet Form Alliance to Offer Buyers and Sellers Increased Selection and Speed
11.22.2011Watch an interview on Farm-Equipment.com with David Greenberg about IRON Search aligning with auction partner, IronPlanet.
Trade Values and Trends: Tracking Tillage Tool Data
10.23.2011While the "bigger is better" trend continues in the farm equipment industry, just what that means for the value of used tillage equipment can be difficult to ascertain. As this equipment gets wider, what effect that trend will have on the market and the value of smaller used tillage tools will become increasingly valuable information. Read more on FarmEquipment.com
IRON Solutions Introduces IRON Builder API
10.10.2011IRON Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of customer and equipment lifecycle management services for the equipment industry, announced today the release of its IRON Builder OPEN Application Programming Interface (API). This is a free service available for equipment manufacturers of any size. Read more on AgriMarketing.com.
IRON Solutions, Inc. Releases Customer Case Study for IRON Builder, The Premiere Equipment Configurator for the Agriculture Industry
09.15.2011IRON Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of customer and equipment lifecycle management services for the equipment industry, announced today the release of a customer case study for their IRON Builder service. Read more on the San Francisco Chronicle.
IRON Search and IronPlanet Form Alliance to Offer Buyers and Sellers Increased Selection and Speed
08.24.2011Equipment dealers can now seamlessly move inventory from the leading online remarketing outlet, IRONSearch.com, to IronPlanet.com for auction as the result of a newly formed alliance between the two industry leaders. Additionally, equipment to be auctioned at IronPlanet® is now searchable on IRONsearch.com, expanding the largest available marketplace for buying and selling equipment online. Read more on yahoo news.