Abaco Names Larry Siegel as Senior Vice President of Professional Services.Business Editors & Technology Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 Former BellSouth.net CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Joins Abaco Team to Lead Worldwide Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Abaco (www.abacoinc.com), the leading provider of mobile business solutions for the real world, today announced that it has named Larry Siegel Larry Siegel is a comedy writer who was one of the "Usual Gang of Idiots" at MAD Magazine from 1958 to 1990. At MAD, Siegel had an aggressive writing style that did not shy away from being occasionally provocative or inflammatory to make a point. as senior vice president of Professional Services. He will be responsible for managing Abaco's customer training, support and project implementations worldwide. Siegel's mission will be to maintain Abaco's reputation for unparalleled customer service while extending the company's knowledge base and skills set to support its new products under development. He will draw from his vast experience in IT and customer service management to provide leadership for project deployments as the company moves beyond its traditional markets and targets a greater scope of enterprise segments. "Larry has the perfect combination of e-business and enterprise vision, integration experience and customer service knowledge to lead Abaco's professional services division into the future," said Oliver Cooper, Abaco president and 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. . "He also brings a unique perspective to solving strategic customer challenges, having led major enterprise infrastructure development and implementation projects on both the corporate and vendor sides." Siegel has more than seven years of IT experience at the executive level with both private and public companies. He was instrumental in leading the web-enablement of BellSouth (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ), serving as founder and original architect of BellSouth Online, the company's award winning web development unit. Siegel also served as the first CIO of BellSouth.net during its tenure as the fastest growing Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in the nation. "As the Internet continues to proliferate pro·lif·er·ate v. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. throughout enterprise infrastructures, its expansion into the mobile environment provides an incredible value proposition for today's businesses Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. ," said Siegel. "Possessing exceptional vision and a proven track record for delivering high-value mobile business solutions to blue chip companies on a worldwide basis, Abaco is uniquely positioned for success in the new economy. I look forward to contributing to its success." Siegel comes to Abaco from US Interactive, an Internet professional services company specializing in Internet-centric customer management solutions for new-world communications companies, where he served as vice president and general manager. Prior to that, he was vice president of Professional Services at SoftPlus, vice president of IT and Customer Care at Interliant and was an original founding executive at Sage Networks. The Orion Group conducted the national search on Abaco's behalf. About Abaco Drawing on more than ten years experience and 200 installations in Global 2000 companies, Abaco provides leading mobile business solutions for the real world. Abaco solutions leverage companies' existing enterprise infrastructure to empower their mobile workforces with mission critical information at the point of activity. Abaco addresses today's connectivity challenges for the mobile enterprise with solutions for disconnected, occasionally connected and connected environments. By creating open standards-based architectures, Abaco protects companies' initial investments in application development and deployment without comprising future technology advancement opportunities. Abaco is headquartered in Atlanta, with offices across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Europe. Leading technology companies such as Microsoft and SAP recognize Abaco as a key partner in their mobile strategies. In 2000, Abaco was awarded a Total Solution Provider Award from AIM and Business Solutions magazine and a Moby Award from Mobile Insights. Abaco investors include Benchmark Capital Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm responsible for the early stage funding of some very successful startups, including eBay. In 1995, the firm invested $6.7 million in eBay, which became worth more than $5 billion by the spring of 1999 and resulted in one of Silicon and Noro-Moseley Partners. For more information, log onto www.abacoinc.com. Other product and service names referenced herein are presumed to be trademarks of their respective owners. |
|
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion