Albert, Inc. Appoints U.S. Chief Executive Officer; John R. Toedtman to set forth corporate vision and spearhead North American expansion.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2000 Albert, Inc., a pioneer in next generation Information Retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. systems, today announced the appointment of John R. Toedtman as the company's U.S. Chief Executive Officer (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. ). John Toedtman is responsible for driving the company's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. expansion and growth through the development of innovative Internet search tools, strategic alliances, and will oversee all key corporate operations. As the former Director and COO of InSaGe, Inc., a multi-lingual web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. provider, John Toedtman brings twenty-five years of leadership experience to Albert. "Albert, Inc.'s unique search technology will soon prove to be a major force in site specific search and user profiling," said John Toedtman. "Albert's fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. and high relevance features provide immediate ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). benefits to site owners and their customers." "Mr. Toedtman brings invaluable industry experience and leadership to our management team," said Jean-Michel Livowsky, Albert, Inc. President and CEO. "While spearheading company growth in both the technology and financial industries, he has a proven track record of success in reaching and exceeding corporate milestones. We look forward to the insights his global perspective and industry knowledge will provide." Prior to his appointment by Albert, Inc., Toedtman was the Director and COO of InSaGe, Inc. In this role, he initiated and closed key acquisitions and directed the licensing of two automated translation systems, as InSaGe emerged from a manual translation agency, to become a leading multi-lingual web services provider. Toedtman, who holds a BA in Economics from Georgetown University, resides in Basking Ridge, NJ. About Albert Inc. Albert, Inc. markets a user-friendly, Information Retrieval system that simplifies the process of finding data, products and services on the Web. Albert, Inc.'s products are customer care interfaces that provide Web sites and Intranets with innovative features, such as everyday language queries with contextual understanding, user profiles and search personalization. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with offices in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , U.S.A. and Montpellier, France, Albert Inc. was founded in 1999 and is affiliated with TAG Group. Additional information about Albert, Inc. is available at www.albert.com. |
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