AboveTrade Appoints PaineWebber Executive to Board of Directors.Business Editors SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Brian M. Barefoot Brings Wall Street Experience to Silicon Valley Investment Advice Technology Firm AboveTrade, a leading provider of online investment advice technology, announced today the appointment of Brian M. Barefoot to its Board of Directors. Barefoot, currently Executive Vice President and Director of Investment Banking at PaineWebber, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PWJ PWJ Peace Winds Japan (humanitarian aid organization) ), and a member of the PaineWebber, Inc., Board of Directors, brings extensive experience in investment banking and financial services. "Brian is a highly respected leader in the financial services field, and his valuable direction will strengthen our pioneering efforts in the dynamic e-finance market," said John Tucker, AboveTrade's 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. . "We are delighted to have someone of Brian's experience and stature on the AboveTrade team." "AboveTrade's innovative investment advice technology provides a unique resource to the growing number of online investors and the organizations that serve them," said Barefoot. "I look forward to helping the company build upon its current product offerings and extend its leadership position in online financial information services." Barefoot joined PaineWebber in 1994 as President and CEO of PaineWebber International. Previously, he spent 25 years with Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE:MER mer Among the Cheremi and Udmurt peoples of Russia, a sacred grove where people of several villages gathered periodically to hold religious festivals and sacrifice animals to nature gods. ) in various senior management positions, including Senior Managing Director, Merchant Banking Group, and Director, Global Broker Dealer Division. He graduated from Babson College and received his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Pace University Lubin School of Management. He has served on the Babson College governing boards and is presently Chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. . About AboveTrade AboveTrade is the leading provider of online investment advice technology, which it licenses to financial institutions, investment websites, information aggregators, and content resellers. AboveTrade's tools and services were developed to help self-directed investors make more informed trading decisions and help financial intermediaries better serve their retail clients. The foundation of AboveTrade's platform is its proprietary CrossAnalytics(TM) technology, which analyzes a broad range of market, industry, and stock information, along with user preferences, to offer automated, objective, and personalized trading recommendations. Stock-specific investment strategies and advice are available on over 9,500 NYSE, AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange , and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on stocks. For more information, please visit http://www.abovetrade.com. |
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