Appian Appoints New Vice President of Sales to Manage Company's Continued Growth.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999-- Appian Graphics Since its inception in 1994, Appian Graphics was one of the leading suppliers of multi-monitor graphics accelerators. The company was famous for its Jeronimo and Gemini product lines, and for the HydraVision display management software. (R) Corporation, the leader in multiple monitor solutions, today announced the appointment of Jim Greenup as the new vice president of sales. Greenup has more than 20 years of high-tech management experience in high-profile, fast-growth technology companies. Greenup's leadership in sales and marketing resulted in a successful start-up to an IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. company growing revenues from zero to over $300 million. Greenup was most recently the vice president of sales and marketing at Spectra Logic Corporation in Boulder, Colorado The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. Boulder is the 11th most populous city in the State of Colorado, as well as the most populous city and the county , where he spearheaded worldwide sales and marketing. A recent report by Jon Peddie and Associates stated that the multi-monitor market has grown by 28 percent this year and will grow much more rapidly next year. To meet this growing demand for quality multi-monitor solutions, Appian is splitting its current sales and marketing roles. As vice president of sales, Greenup will be responsible for Appian's worldwide sales, including managing North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. , international and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales channels. Appian currently has a network of resellers in the United States, over 30 international distributors, and additional offices in 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 , London and Copenhagen and has OEM and sales relationships with such companies as Dell(R), 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) (R) and Hewlett-Packard(R). Over the last four years, Scott Lathe lathe (lāth), machine tool for holding and turning metal, wood, plastic, or other material against a cutting tool to form a cylindrical product or part. It also drills, bores, polishes, grinds, makes threads, and performs other operations. , former vice president of sales and marketing, has contributed significantly to Appian's growth in sales to well over $40 million. He will now focus exclusively on marketing in his new role as vice president of marketing and continue to keep Appian as the leader in the growing multiple monitor market. "Appian has the ingredients for continued phenomenal success in the next few years: excellent technology, leading market position, strong ownership and a talented team," said Greenup. "Appian Graphics has great products and a proven track record and I am excited to be part of its management team." "Jim's high-tech expertise and experience with both international channel and OEM sales is a perfect fit for Appian," said Richard Clark, Appian's president. "His past experience with growing companies' sales to over $300 million is extremely applicable as Appian continues our market leadership in the exploding multiple monitor market." "With the addition of Jim, we have now completed filling out our executive team," explained Clark, "We recruited Lee Andrews last month to head up our finance department. With the combination of the new executives and Gary Hibma, our vice president of operations and Scott Lathe, our vice president of marketing, we have the right talent focused on the right tasks so that Appian can continue our rapid revenue growth." About Appian Market leader Appian Graphics Corporation designs, manufactures and markets award-winning, high-performance multiple monitor display cards for information intensive markets such as finance, computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD), process control and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . Dominating the multiple monitor industry with nearly half the market share, as reported by Dr. Jon Peddie in his April 1999 multi-monitor study, Appian's solutions have been recognized by world-renowned technology leaders such as Hewlett-Packard(R), IBM(R), Dell(R) and Microsoft(R). Additional information about the Redmond, Wash., based company can be found on the World Wide Web at www.appian.com. Appian Graphics is a registered trademark of Appian Graphics Corp. Appian Gemini, AppianXtras, AppianDX, AppianRotate, AppianSync, AppianColor, AppianMode, and HydraVision are trademarks of Appian Graphics Corp. Appian software programs and Appian hardware devices are covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 5,835,090; 5,848,294; 5,949,437. Additional patents are pending. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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