AvantGo Appoints Software Engineering Executive as VP Products.Business Editors HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2002 AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced that Richard Treadway has joined AvantGo as vice president of products. In his new position, Treadway will determine product direction and strategy, as well as oversee engineering and product management. "Richard has spent his career building and bringing enterprise products to market. His experience in software engineering, coupled with his product management expertise, is a winning combination for AvantGo, as we drive our mobile solutions further into the enterprise," said AvantGo 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. Richard Owen. "We welcome Richard's strong track record for delivering high-quality products ahead of the competition." "AvantGo is the leader in the mobile enterprise software space and I look forward to working with an innovative team of creative thinkers focused on bringing value to customers with powerful mobile solutions," said Treadway. Treadway comes to AvantGo with over 25 years of experience in software product development and management. Most recently, Treadway served as vice president of engineering and product management for BEA Systems. Prior to that, he held management positions at Rainmaker Rainmaker An employee of a brokerage firm who brings a large amount of wealthy individuals or corporations to the brokerage firm's client base. Notes: Rainmakers are usually compensated very well for their efforts (or connections). Systems and SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. . Before that, he spent nearly 20 successful years at Digital Equipment Corporation and was instrumental in the creation of the X Window and Motif standards. Treadway holds an MS degree in Computer Science from the University of Vermont and a BA in Sociology from Alfred University. About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo solutions automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications, proven customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), supply chain management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), field force automation (FFA FFA free fatty acids. ) and personal information management (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) mobile business applications, and professional services to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. AvantGo's customers, which include 28 of the Fortune 100 and over 2500 companies in 50 countries, include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Scottish Power, The US Senate, Tyco, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , American Express, The World Economic Forum, BG Group, plc., Genencor and Alcatel. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the extent to which AvantGo will further drive mobile solutions into enterprises. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise, AvantGo M-Business Server, AvantGo Mobile Sales, AvantGo Mobile Delivery, AvantGo Mobile Pharma, AvantGo Mobile Inspection, Dynamic Mobility Model and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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