Seven Simple Machines, a privately held Seattle professional services company offering business strategy, operational efficiencies and application development to its enterprise clients, today announced that serial high tech entrepreneur Steven Anderson has joined its executive team as Chief Executive Officer.

In addition to leading daily operations, Anderson will play a key role in driving the growth of Seven Simple Machines’ core business offerings – 7SM Insight, 7SM Create, 7SM Build and 7SM People. 7SM Insight develops paths to meet business goals, adding value and efficiency in the process. 7SM Create works with customers to develop and deliver web design and build services. 7SM Build provides custom, web-based applications for a myriad of enterprise needs with an emphasis on user-driven, easy-to-adopt application interfaces which span a gamut of IT operating systems. 7SM People works with customers to fill staffing needs within their organizations.

“Steven’s expertise in founding and growing successful high tech companies, and his focus on organizational excellence and efficiency, are assets our clients will find constructive and effective,” said Monnix Jelinek, Seven Simple Machines founder and Chief Technology Officer. “With a challenging economy, companies are looking for trusted advisors to help adjust their business plans and to grow their ventures. They will find Steven to be an excellent partner in those efforts.”

Prior to joining Seven Simple Machines, Anderson spent 6 years at Seattle-based eProject (now Daptiv) in multiple roles including acting CEO, COO, and VP of Corporate Development. Prior to that, Anderson was CEO/founder of Viathan, the industry’s first “storage virtualization company, which was successfully acquired by EMC.

“I’m pleased to be joining the Seven Simple Machines team,” said Anderson. “I appreciate the company’s commitment to partnership versus salesmanship. I look forward to introducing more enterprises to the dedication of the Seven Simple Machines’ team in providing quality, straightforward business solutions and software applications to its clients.”

About Seven Simple Machines

Seven Simple Machines is a Seattle-based consulting company that offers insight on advancing enterprise clients’ businesses and creates web-based solutions to address clients’ needs. Seven Simple Machines provides services to enterprise and government clients throughout North America.

To learn more about Seven Simple Machines, visit http://www.sevensimplemachines.com.