headquarters raleigh north carolina usa key people jim wrenn president and ceo products college administrator department manager department accountant effort administrator website http www.itworks inc.com information technology works inc. abbreviated it works was founded in 1987 by jim wrenn as a united states based privately owned niche software development company that specializes in automating the administration of universities hospitals and scientific research programs . the company offers software that manages the financial personnel and grant money management software for college university research and healthcare administrators . their products include college administrator department manager department accountant and effort administrator . 1 located in raleigh north carolina near research triangle park 2 it works has installed over 225 financial and grant management solutions in 85 major universities and research hospitals in the u.s. and canada over the past 22 years . 3 contents 1 products 2 leadership 3 research institution success stories product development 4 references 5 external links products edit the research budget for the federal government of the united states was 147 billion for the fiscal year 2011 . 4 according to the oecd government research grants represent about ten percent of the entire research sector . 5 in the united states alone research grants from public and private sources total more than 1 trillion per year . it works publishes effort administrator a web application that automates the tracking of research effort performance measurement for the purpose of justifying and administering research grants . 6 leadership edit jim wrenn the company s original founder presently serves as the ceo . wrenn holds a ph.d. in biomedical technology from the university of north carolina chapel hill and has spent his career managing the creation of facility and human resources management software for public institutions such as universities and hospitals . 7 research institution success stories product development edit the nation s leading research institutions research universities and other research centers have achieved a more accurate streamlined process with grant management financial and database software applications . 8 it works participates in several trade shows each year to receive feedback from people who have ideas on grant management financial and database software applications . 9 the company develops new products based upon client feedback . references edit http www.gather.com viewarticle.action articleid 281474979308210 http problogz.com post728301 raleigh based it works among leaders in grant management software.htm zachary clark thompson it works continues to be a leader in grant management software american chronicle 2011 http www.americanchronicle.com articles view 233981 https fas.org sgp crs misc r41098.pdf http www.oecd.org dataoecd 52 43 43143328 . pdf http www.cplash.com post raleigh nc software company among industry leaders847.html http www.srainternational.org sra03 uploadedfiles jimwrenn.pdf http www.itworks inc.com customer stories http www.crdnet.org pubs 2007partnersinphilanthropy . cfm external links edit company website 1 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title it works & oldid 710619895 categories software companies based in north carolinacompanies based in raleigh north carolinaresearch triangle north carolinasoftware companies established in 1987 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 march 2016 at 01 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view