Avistar Systems appoints Chris Grejtak VP of sales; former Network General, Metaphor executive to lead aggressive effort for enterprise collaboration vendor.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 1995--Avistar Systems(TM) today announced the appointment of Chris M. Grejtak to vice president of sales. Grejtak, 46, joins Avistar from network management software supplier Network General, where he served as vice president of marketing. He will oversee U.S. sales, service and support efforts for the enterprise collaboration vendor, reporting directly to Avistar President Bruce S. Mitchell. Grejtak brings more than 20 years' experience in computer technology sales, marketing and account services to his new position. Prior to joining Network General in 1994, he served as president 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. of Metaphor, Inc., a wholly owned and independently managed subsidiary of 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) . Previously, Grejtak held a variety of sales, marketing and management positions with Cooperative Solutions, Index Technology, Dun & Bradstreet Computing Services, and Control Data Corporation. He attended Middlebury College Middlebury College, at Middlebury, Vt.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1800. It is a small liberal arts college noted for its summer language schools, which pioneered in the development of specialized language study. in Vermont, with additional studies at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , American University, and Georgetown University. Grejtak also served as an operations officer in the U.S. Navy. "The collaborative computing marketplace offers exciting opportunities for companies with clear direction and experienced leadership," said Mitchell. "With Chris' extensive background managing both established companies and early-stage start-ups, we're confident he can help us maintain an aggressive and focused sales effort directly to key vertical industries, including manufacturing, health care, professional services, and financial services. With Chris' help, Avistar can be assured of meeting the collaborative computing needs of business professionals worldwide." About Avistar Founded in 1993, Avistar Systems is dedicated to providing high-quality, client/server, cross-platform collaboration systems to business professionals who demand effective communications tools. The Avistar Enterprise Collaboration Architecture provides high-quality enterprise-wide video and document conferencing for easy and efficient collaboration throughout the organization. Avistar has operations in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. and Incline Village, Nevada, and sales offices in Chicago, 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 , Los Angeles, Dallas and London. About Visionary Corporate Technologies Avistar Systems, L.P., is a member of Visionary Corporate Technologies, Inc., a family of information systems companies dedicated to delivering competitive advantage to businesses around the globe. Other Visionary companies include Vicor, Inc., a systems engineering company that delivers advanced information technologies for large corporate clients; Siren Software, developer of cross-platform, Internet-compliant electronic mail, network fax, and X.500 directory products; and Western Data Systems, Inc., the leading supplier of advanced software products and services for the make-to-order manufacturing industry. -0- Note to Editors: Avistar, the Avistar logos, Shareboard, Avistar Directory, Avistar Conference and Avistar Video LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. are trademarks of Avistar Systems, L.P. Patents pending. All other products or company names mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Avistar Systems Stuart Read, 415/462-5858 Email: sread@avistar.com or Calyx calyx (kā`lĭks): see sepal. Communications Kate Quackenbush, 510/653-5878 Email: kquacken@netcom.com |
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