Banter Announces New Vice President, Research & Development; Industry Veteran Joins Banter's R & D Division in Israel.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Banter, a provider of online customer care applications and intelligent communication technologies, today announced that Yossi Barak has joined the management team as Vice President, Research and Development. Yossi comes to Banter after more than sixteen years of technology experience in software development and management. Most recently, he was the Managing Director/General Manager of Ubique Ltd., a Lotus company that develops the leading real-time collaboration product. Previously, he was the Managing Director of Octel Communications Israel, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies. There, Yossi was responsible for Object Oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. development of Internet messaging products. "I have known Yossi for several years and his terrific technical and managerial expertise makes him a great asset to the Banter team," said Yoram Nelken, founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Banter. "Yossi will oversee Banter's worldwide research and development operations, and allow us to scale our R & D organization into the next phase of growth." "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead this world-class team at Banter," said Yossi Barak. "They have created an unmatched set of technologies, and I am looking forward to engaging with them to maintain and extend Banter's product advantages." "Continuing to advance our unique capabilities for managing unstructured information is critical to meeting our customers' needs in high-end online customer care and other general classification applications," said Tom Aden, 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 Banter. "Yossi will play a key role in ensuring the success of our solutions and the smart engine at their core." About Banter Banter Inc. provides next-generation communication solutions for e-communication, content classification and business process automation. Powered by a unique, real-time adaptive knowledge base and workflow engine Workflow engine is a software application meant to manage and execute modeled business processes. It is a key component in workflow technology. It will typically make use of a database server. , Banter's solutions address critical needs in managing information flows and customer relationships. The company's leading applications include email/web form response, on-line self-help, chat and content management. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Banter also has offices in Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. and Israel. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is backed by Mayfield Fund Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, home to many of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. , Lucent Venture Partners Inc., and others. Banter's customers include Babylon.com, Verisign, Wells Fargo Bank and Zone Labs. For more information about how Banter can help your business, please visit the company website at http://www.banter.com or call toll free 1-877-992-2683. |
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