Applix appoints James J. Waldron to the new position of president and chief operating officer.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1997--Applix, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :APLX) today appointed James (Jay) Waldron to 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. . In this new position, Jay will be responsible for Sales & Marketing, Product Development and Customer Services. Mr. Waldron will report to Jit Saxena, Applix Chairman and 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. . "Jay's new position will allow more focused execution of our plans going forward. It will also allow me to focus my efforts on the strategic issues facing the company and to maintain and develop key partnerships," said Jit Saxena. Mr. Waldron was appointed Executive Vice President, Product and Market Development in January, 1997 and before that he was Vice President of International Sales since 1995. Prior to joining Applix he was Vice President of New Business Development at MicroTouch Systems, Inc. and before that he served as both Director and Vice President of Engineering and ultimately President and CEO of Visage, Inc (a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. ). He holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in engineering from Brown University and resides with his family in Braintree, MA. About Applix, Inc. Applix, Inc., based in Westboro, MA, provides solutions for the Real Time Enterprise -- those organizations that seek and gain competitive advantage by converting raw data into effective action in the shortest possible time. Applix develops, markets and supports Applixware(tm), Applix Enterprise, Applix Anyware and Applix TM1. Applixware is an open suite of integrated desktop tools that enable individual users with time-critical and historical data needs to access, analyze, display and communicate information from a universal desktop across heterogeneous client/server environments A networking environment that is made up of clients and servers running applications designed for client/server architecture. See client/server. , including the WebApplix Enterprise is an integrated set of customer interaction applications for customer service and help desk environments. Applix Anyware is the first commercial applications solution that leverages Java to develop and deploy interactive business applications to networked desktops. Applix TM1 products provide real-time multidimensional analysis In statistics, econometrics, and related fields, multidimensional analysis is a data analysis process that groups data into two basic categories: data dimensions and measurements. for decision support applications. CONTACT: Applix, Inc. Patrick J. Scannell, Jr. 508-870-0300 x396 pscannell@applix.com |
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