Alan Flohr Joins Maxspeed as SVP of Sales and Marketing.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2003 Maxspeed Corporation, the thin client customization experts, today announced the appointment of Alan Flohr as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Flohr brings 15 years of experience in high technology Sales, Marketing and Strategic Positioning to Maxspeed. "Alan has strong leadership qualities, broad industry experience and great market vision. He brings a wealth of experience in growing organizations to new levels," said Wei Ching For the Chinese surname Ching 程, see . For the Chinese dynasty, see . The ching (Thai: ฉิ่ง; sometimes romanized as chhing) are small bowl-shaped finger cymbals of thick and heavy bronze, with a broad rim commonly used in Cambodia and , President of Maxspeed. "His combination of marketing acumen and sales management expertise will enable him to drive the company's growth and strategic direction." "Maxspeed is a company poised for explosive growth," says Mr. Flohr. "Their portfolio of industry leading products such as the Maxbook notebook style thin client device, and the gathering market momentum toward thin client/server centric computing, all point toward a significant near term opportunity." Most recently, Flohr served as the COO at Harmonic Communications Corp, a Dentsu and Sequoia Capital backed provider of media optimization technology for Fortune 1000 companies. At Harmonic, Mr. Flohr defined and drove a strategic shift in the company direction, successfully restructuring and repositioning the firm to compete as a provider of marketing analytics technology to Global 2000 customers. Prior to Harmonic, Flohr served as VP, Channel Marketing and Sales, and VP of Sales and Client Services at Digital Impact. In those roles, he was responsible for the development of both direct and channel-based sales of Digital Impact's suite of online direct marketing services. During his tenure, Digital Impact (DIGI DIGI Digital DIGI Digital Input ) grew from $1.3MM to over $40MM in sales, with more than 70% of revenue sourced from Fortune 1000 companies. Flohr also held the position of VP, Interactive Media and Strategic Account Development at Advo Incorporated (AD) where he led a corporate initiative to drive revenue and margin growth in interactive media industries. Mr. Flohr has a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Buffalo, as well as an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. About Maxspeed Maxspeed Corporation, headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, the thin client customization experts, produce hardware and software solutions that replace legacy 'green' screens and mobile and desktop PC's. They offer unparalleled benefits such as durability, low-maintenance, high up-time, data security, enhanced speed, rapid deployment, long service life, centralized management and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ). Maxspeed thin client products are compatible with Windows (MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Citrix (CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), SCO-Unix, and Linux environments. |
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