360Commerce Appoints Tom Fornoff as Vice President of Business Development.AUSTIN, Texas -- 360Commerce, a leading provider of store and enterprise software for retailers, today announced the appointment of Tom Fornoff as vice president of business development. Fornoff, a seasoned technology executive with a history of success with alliance programs, will lead 360Commerce's initiatives to further accelerate its momentum through acquisitions, channel partnerships and strategic alliances. Fornoff assumed his new role on September 7, 2004 reporting directly to the company's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Charles Boyd. "We're very pleased to have Tom join our executive team," said Boyd. "Tom has a proven track record for growing companies through partnerships, and we're excited to bring his experience to 360Commerce to help continue our strong momentum in the retail software space. Tom's experience in working with some of the world's largest technology companies will be invaluable as 360Commerce maintains our leadership position in the Tier 1 market and further expands into the mid-market and internationally." Fornoff previously served as vice president of alliances at Sapient sa·pi·ent adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi , a global technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , developing the strategy and marketing plans to further company leadership and business development. Fornoff has also served in executive roles at Human Code, Inc., IntelliQuest Information Group, Inc., and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation. Fornoff was most recently at Fornoff Alliance, a channels and business development consulting firm he founded. In this role, Fornoff advised a wide variety of information technology companies and created seminars on the art of creating and managing strategic alliances. About 360Commerce The vendor with the world's largest installed base of Java point-of-sale customers, 360Commerce's industry-leading technology empowers retailers to increase profits through operational excellence and best-in-class customer service. Our proven, flexible store optimization solutions, delivered on a single Java-based platform provide the lowest total cost of ownership through easier customization, upgrades and integration; and the ability to run on more hardware, operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and database choices than any other vendor. Our point-of-service, back office and enterprise applications embody the best-practices functionality of customers such as Apple, Build-A-Bear Workshop Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) is an American retailer that sells customizable teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Build-A-Bear is the largest of the create-your-own animal chains with the other companies in the business consisting of regional and/or locally-owned , Circuit City, The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , Gap Inc., KB Toys K•B Toys (previously known as Kay Bee Toys) is a chain of mall-based retail toy stores in the United States. It was founded in 1922 by the Kaufman brothers. It currently operates 605 stores in 44 U.S. states, Puerto Rico as well as Guam. , Kinko's, and Rite Aid. 360Commerce applications include 360Store Point-of-Sale and Back Office and 360Enterprise Central Office and Workforce Management. On the Net: http://www.360Commerce.com Trademarks: 360Commerce, 360Store and 360Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of 360Commerce Inc. |
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