Bazaarvoice Appoints Heather Brunner as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Client Services.Former Trilogy A company founded in 1979 by Gene Amdahl to commercialize wafer scale integration and build supercomputers. It raised a quarter of a billion dollars, the largest startup funding in history, but could not create its 2.5" superchip. Executive Brings 20 Years of Proven Client Services Success to Help Bazaarvoice Clients Achieve Maximum ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). from Social Commerce Initiatives AUSTIN, Texas -- Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, today announced that Heather Brunner has been appointed as senior vice president of worldwide client services. Brunner, who joins Bazaarvoice with nearly 20 years of start-up and Fortune 500 technology experience, oversees Bazaarvoice's industry-leading services organization as it continues to innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. social commerce strategies and best practices to help companies gain higher ROI from social commerce initiatives. In her new role, Brunner will work closely with Bazaarvoice's executive team and its world-class clients to set the standard for professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , implementation support, content moderation, and community management for businesses around the world. "Bazaarvoice has built its reputation as a global leader that provides market-changing, innovative solutions and services, all while creating an organizational culture  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . that challenges people to be their best and to have fun while doing so," said Brunner. "Great things happen when you mix world-class clients with smart, talented, and engaged people, and I'm thrilled to be part of an exceptional team who takes every opportunity to exceed client expectations and value." A seasoned leader with nearly 20 years of experience in operations and client services, Brunner has built a career delivering technology to create exceptional business value for privately funded new ventures and Fortune 500 companies alike. With deep expertise and proven results in operations, P&L management, client services, and inspirational leadership, Brunner has built teams responsible for delivering hundreds of millions in business value. Before joining Bazaarvoice, Brunner 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 Nuvo, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Trilogy and provider of managed network services. Prior to her appointment at Nuvo, Brunner was chief operations officer (COO) for B-Side, a privately funded entertainment technology company, where she led day-to-day business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , technology delivery, finance, and G&A. She has held various other executive management roles at leading technology companies, including Coremetrics, where she led worldwide client services, and Trilogy, where she served as vice president of client delivery and operations. In addition, she served as regional vice president at Concero, where she had a $45 million P&L responsibility and led a team of 130 business and consulting professionals. Prior to Concero, she was a practice director at Oracle, where she led the grounds-up development of the Central Texas enterprise sales and consulting practice, building an $18 million book of business in less than 18 months. "Heather Brunner has a long history of building and running first-rate client services organizations for companies like Accenture, Oracle, and Trilogy," said Brett Hurt, founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice. "It is an honor to add someone of Heather's caliber to the Bazaarvoice executive team, and I'm very excited to work alongside her as we deliver social commerce solutions to the world's largest companies and ensure that we support their businesses and brands as effectively as possible." Brunner started her career at Accenture, where she became senior manager in less than five years. She holds a bachelor's degree in international economics from Trinity University Trinity University may refer to:
About Bazaarvoice Bazaarvoice offers outsourced technology, services, analytics, and expertise to help companies enhance the online shopping experience with social commerce applications that drive sales. Bazaarvoice Ratings & Reviews[TM], Ask & Answer[TM], and Stories[TM] deliver immediate success by minimizing implementation risk and maximizing the strategic impact of user-generated review content through complete customization, deep integration, community management, advanced analytics, search engine optimization Designing a Web site so that search engines easily find the pages and index them. The goal is to have your page be in the top 10 results of a search. Optimization includes the choice of words used in the text paragraphs and the placement of those words on the page, both visible and hidden , and syndication across the Web and to offline channels. Bazaarvoice was named to the 2007 Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Global 100 and 2006 Red Herring Top 100 lists and received the 2006 ClickZ Marketing Innovation of the Year award. Bazaarvoice currently serves over 225 eCommerce leaders including Borders, Dell, Macy's, Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, , Inc., Overstock.com, PETCO, P&G, QVC QVC Quality Value Convenience QVC Question Valid Command , Sears, and ZipRealty. The company has headquarters in Austin, TX, and offices in London, Paris, and Singapore. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.bazaarvoice.com, read the blog at www.bazaarblog.com, or email info@bazaarvoice.com. |
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