it wasn't "new" when I was hired on. It had been in existence for about a year. The manager of software development left shortly after I arrived, and then I was promoted to that position.

The VP of the division reported to the VP of the association. I didn't have any budget authority and was never privy to meetings outside the IT division. We did have a slightly different name, The word "enterprise(s)" was added to the association's name.

This was my first job staight out of the Active Army, so I wasn't too aware of organizational politics. That lack ended up costing me my job 30 months later.

The association is a trade association. The division was called the "for profit" side of the association. As a trade association, it was structured as "Not for profit". I don't know how the accounting was handled. I do know that there was only one group of accountants/bookkeepers. We had our own customer support team.

The association hosted trade shows. We/I went and demonstated our software. Association members received a healthy discount if they purchase our software. Non association members paid full price. Also, member owners had the option of joining the software review team. I remember demonstating our software to our competitors, yet when I tried to watch their demo, it was stopped until I left. :)

We had our own marketing staff.

The Executive Vice President of the association reported to the Board of Directors. My VP reported to the Ex VP. I was mgr of "Large Systems Development" (Network [Arcnet anyone?]) and there was a mgr of "Small Systems Development" (stand-alone)

If I've missed anything ask again.