Accoona Corp. Names Chairman and President.JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Accoona Corp. announced today it has named Valentine J. Zammit as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Accoona Corp. also announced the appointment of Ron K. Glover as Chairman of the Board of Directors. "I am delighted to join Accoona Corp. and very excited with the broad and innovative array of products the company has to offer. I look forward to working with Accoona's talented executives to bring the company to a new level," commented Zammit. Mr. Glover added, "The combined strength's of Accoona Corp.'s management and unique products and services have created a very exciting company. I am pleased to play a role in its progress." Mr. Zammit currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for 24/7 Real Media and as Chairman of its Audit Committee. Mr. Zammit has been a management consultant to a number of companies since 2001, and served as Chief Financial Officer and then as President and Chief Executive Officer of True North Diversified Companies from 1998 to 2001. From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Zammit was Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, Inc. He also previously held positions at Young & Rubicam and Price Waterhouse. Mr. Glover has led companies in the consumer financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. 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Mr. Glover was with Travel Related Services of American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Company, he served as the senior international regional executive, while living in Mexico, Sydney, Singapore, London and Tokyo. Positions he held in the US included President and Chief Executive Officer of the Travelers Cheque Group and Executive Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . Mr. Glover served for four years as the President of Dun & Bradstreet Information Services See Information Systems. , and two years as President and 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 American Banknote Company. Mr. Glover is presently Managing Director of Information Investors Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a management consulting company which he co-founded in 1997. About Accoona Founded in February 2004, Accoona Corp.'s mission is to become a leading player in online lead generation, eCommerce and the Chinese internet industry and further establish its search engine as a source of highly relevant search results. We aim to streamline the online experience and maximize the Internet's potential as both a source of information and a global marketplace. We developed and operate Exchange Place (http://www.exchangeplace.com), the first online marketplace where advertisers can bid for leads across a range of products and services. In 2006, the combined revenues of our eCommerce businesses made us one of the top 10 consumer direct consumer electronics retailers and one of the top 60 consumer electronics retailers overall [Source: TWICE Top 100 CE Retailers, May 21, 2007]. We also have developed and operate artificial intelligence driven search engines in the US (http://www.accoona.com), China (http://www.accoona.cn), and Europe (http://www.accoona.eu). Accoona's Search Engine was selected among the 50 Coolest Websites of the year 2006 by Time Magazine [Source: TIME Magazine, August 3, 2006]. Accoona has offices in Jersey City and South Plainfield, New Jersey South Plainfield is a Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 21,810. South Plainfield was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 10, 1926, from portions of Piscataway , and Shanghai, China. |
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