Abuzz Announces Senior Executive Appointments.Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 John Capello Appointed General Manager, Russell Neufeld Named CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Randy Brandenburg Joins as VP of Engineering, Liesel Pollvogt Rejoins as VP of Marketing The New York Times Company announced today four key executive appointments at Abuzz, which is part of New York Times Digital, its Internet division. John A. Capello, vice president of products for Abuzz was promoted to general manager, and Russell A. Neufeld was promoted to CTO from his former position of software architect. In addition, Randy J. Brandenburg joined Abuzz as vice president of engineering, and Liesel Pollvogt rejoined Abuzz as vice president of marketing. Mr. Capello has served as vice president, products at Abuzz since July 1999. He was the second employee at Abuzz and has held various positions there, including director of business development and director of product marketing. In his new role, Mr. Capello will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the organization and for establishing partnerships to expand the New York Times Digital network. He will report to David A. Thurm, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of NYTD NYTD New York Times Digital . Russell Neufeld was promoted from software architect to CTO. For the past two years at Abuzz, Mr. Neufeld served as principal software developer and senior software developer. Earlier, Mr. Neufeld worked as a Java developer for Microsoft, 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) and Natural Intelligence. Mr. Neufeld's new responsibilities will include directing the product vision of Abuzz and working with New York Times Digital to further integrate Abuzz within NYTD properties. Randy Brandenburg comes to Abuzz from Raytheon Systems Company, where he directed more than 70 engineers, logisticians and training specialists in the conceptual design and development of advanced telecommunications, information processing and display systems since August 1993. He also oversaw the company's Advanced Software Technology Center of Excellence, an internally funded program devoted to ensuring engineering excellence. Mr. Brandenburg also served in the U.S. Air Force as a Project Engineer. As vice president of engineering at Abuzz, Mr. Brandenburg's responsibilities will include directing its product engineering and development efforts. Liesel Pollvogt rejoins Abuzz after having served as vice president of marketing communications for YouthStream Media Networks, the publicly traded Internet and media company, since January 1999. Ms. Pollvogt was a core player on the management team that guided the company through the launch of the college-focused Web site, mybytes.com, and the integration of a number of acquired properties including sixdegrees.com. Prior to YouthStream, Ms. Pollvogt worked closely with the founding members of Abuzz as its director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. , overseeing the launch of Beehive Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe. beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Industriousness . From June 1997 to April 1998, Ms. Pollvogt was the public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most manager at Firefly Network Inc., where she focused on Internet privacy issues in conjunction with organizations such as TRUSTe and the W3C's P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences) A protocol for sharing private information over the Internet from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). A Web site's privacy policy is defined by the Webmaster answering a standard set of multiple-choice questions, which result in working group. In her new role at Abuzz, Ms. Pollvogt will provide strategic direction regarding branding, affiliate relationships and business development. In their new positions, Mr. Neufeld, Mr. Brandenburg and Ms. Pollvogt report to Mr. Capello. About Abuzz and New York Times Digital Abuzz is a knowledge network where members use e-mail and the Web to ask questions, give answers, and share their knowledge with other Abuzz members. Unlike online Q&A services or search engines, Abuzz connects people with questions to the most relevant people, content, and discussions on the Web site. Currently, links to Abuzz are featured prominently within content areas of NYTimes.com, Boston.com, and other New York Times Digital Web sites. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Abuzz is part of New York Times Digital, the Internet division of The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ). New York Times Digital provides news, information and interaction through its own Web sites as well as affiliate partners. NYTD's family of sites includes The New York Times on the Web (www.nytimes.com), Boston.com (www.boston.com), NYToday (www.nytoday.com), WineToday.com (www.winetoday.com), GolfDigest.com (www.golfdigest.com) and Abuzz (www.abuzz.com). |
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