Alphablox Appoints Mark Rankovic as Vice President, Partner Solutions Group; New VP Position to Strengthen and Expand Partner Relations to Better Serve Customers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 Alphablox(TM) Corporation, a leading provider of business analytic solutions, today announced the appointment of Mark Rankovic to the newly created position of vice president of the Partner Solutions Group. General manager of Alphablox Australasia since inception in 1999, Rankovic will now apply his broad skill-set to building an expanded partner program, supporting Alphablox's strategic focus on delivering more functional analytic solutions for enterprise customers via a partner network. "Mark brings over 17 years of experience in the enterprise analytic software market building and leading divisions and entire businesses, both in the US and internationally, where partnerships are pivotal to the success of any company," said Joe Guglielmi, 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. of Alphablox. "With this background, his last 4 years at Alphablox, and our commitment to increased investment in partners, we are pleased he's agreed to step up to this important position to strengthen relations with our existing partners and extend our partner network to serve customers better." Prior to Alphablox, Rankovic worked in the US for Prism Solutions, Inc., the founding company of data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , in various roles including vice president, worldwide consulting and vice president, Asia Pacific. In the early 1990's, Rankovic founded Object Software Pty Ltd PTY LTD Propriety Limited (company structure in Australia) , which was later acquired by the Australian company Prism. In his 5 years at Prism, Rankovic built a successful distribution partnership program in Asia Pacific. Beginning in the mid 1980's, Rankovic had been similarly involved with Information Builders (Information Builders, Inc., New York, www.informationbuilders.com) A software company founded in 1975 by Gerald Cohen that specializes in enterprise business intelligence and real time Web reporting. , Inc., and its distribution partners. Rankovic holds a B.S. (First Class Honors) in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Adelaide Its main campus is located on the cultural boulevard of North Terrace in the city-centre alongside prominent institutions such as the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia. , Australia. About Alphablox Alphablox Corporation provides flexible, results-focused, business analytic solutions used by Global 2000 corporations to optimize business performance and create competitive advantage. Combining best-in-the-industry professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. with award-winning analytics technology, Alphablox's solutions integrate seamlessly into existing business processes and enterprise infrastructures, providing analytics to front line business people to proactively drive targeted business objectives. Market leaders in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, manufacturing, and retail rely on Alphablox's purposely applied and broadly distributed analytic solutions. Founded in 1996, Alphablox is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , and has offices and affiliates throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and distributors worldwide. For additional information on Alphablox and its solutions call 888/256-9669 or visit the company's Web site at www.alphablox.com. |
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