AvantGo Names Former Sabre Executive Stan Ratcliffe General Manager of AvantGo Enterprise; New Management Team Member to Drive AvantGo Enterprise Sales and Marketing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000 AvantGo, Inc., a mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. company, today announced that former Sabre executive Stan Ratcliffe has been appointed to the new position of general manager of AvantGo Enterprise, effective immediately. He has more than 25 years of general management, sales and marketing, business development and operational management experience from global companies, such as Sabre, Andersen Consulting See Accenture. and Electronic Data Systems (EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. ). In his new position, Mr. Ratcliffe will spearhead the AvantGo Enterprise business unit, focusing on sales and marketing. Mr. Ratcliffe most recently served as general manager and senior vice president of product marketing at Sabre Inc., where he was responsible for all of the product investment and marketing strategies associated with Sabre's airline, airport and infrastructure products and services worldwide. He also oversaw Sabre's business-to-business development activities and strategic alliances in the e-commerce sector. "The majority of my career has been spent working with large enterprise customers to define and deliver solutions that meet their business needs," said Mr. Ratcliffe. "I am pleased to be joining AvantGo because it offers enterprise customers solutions that bridge the gap between the Internet, wireless and mobile technologies." Prior to joining Sabre, Mr. Ratcliffe was an associate partner at Andersen Consulting, where he was responsible for e-commerce, knowledge management and solution development, driving market and engagement development within the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Mr. Ratcliffe's experience also includes positions as senior vice president and general manager for Perot Systems Perot Systems Corporation NYSE: PER is an information technology services provider based in Plano, Texas. Peter Altabef has served as president, chairman, and chief executive officer since 2004. , where he was responsible for worldwide infrastructure operations. He also served as vice president marketing for the client server group at EDS and as EDS' vice president, division general manager, enterprise network services, where he developed complex telecommunications and network-based solutions worldwide. Mr. Ratcliffe graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1872 as an agricultural and mechanical college. with a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is an academic discipline concerned with making systems more efficient. Often this goal is achieved through the use of modeling and other computational methods. , with additional concentrations in Math and Computer Science. About AvantGo AvantGo provides mobile infrastructure software and services that extend the Internet and corporate applications beyond the desktop to handheld devices and Internet-enabled phones. AvantGo's software and services bridge the gap between the Internet, wireless and mobile technologies. AvantGo Enterprise software products enable access to critical information and applications from mobile devices to accelerate information flow between companies and their mobile employees, customers, suppliers and business partners. The AvantGo Mobile Internet service enables content providers and e-businesses to extend their user reach, foster repeat use and increase consumer loyalty. The AMI service provides consumers with interactive and personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. Internet content and Web-based applications on mobile devices from over 400 content sources. For more information, please visit the company's web site at avantgo.com or call 650/638-3399. AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise and the AvantGo logo are trademarks of AvantGo, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion