Bazaarvoice Expands Executive Team to Support Rapid Growth; Word of Mouth Marketing Innovator Adds Top Talent In Business Development, Client Services, and Finance.LA JOLLA La Jolla (lə hoi`yə), on the Pacific Ocean, S Calif., an uninc. district within the confines of San Diego; founded 1869. The beautiful ocean beaches, in particular La Jolla shores and Black's Beach, and sea-washed caves attract visitors and , Calif. -- Bazaarvoice, an innovator in helping brands use online word of mouth to build their businesses, today announced that it has filled out its executive team to accommodate the strong growth and demand for the company's word of mouth marketing solution. "Word of mouth has become the top marketing priority for B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. businesses," said Bazaarvoice 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. Brett Hurt. "We've aggressively recruited top talent to our executive team in order to meet the surging demand for Bazaarvoice's solution. Every one of our new executives understands that our company's success depends on our clients' success -- and each of them brings the leadership, communication, management, and technical abilities necessary to provide outstanding value to the world's largest multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple businesses." Bazaarvoice has recently appointed executives in business development, client services, and finance, including: Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. Barton, Vice President of Business Development In his new role as vice president of business development, Bazaarvoice founder Brant Barton will assume primary responsibility for developing partner relationships that extend and deepen the impact of word of mouth on a client's business. Barton, who previously served as Bazaarvoice's vice president of client services, brings a deep knowledge of online retailing and nearly a decade's experience in product & service development to his new position at Bazaarvoice. Barton formerly served as director of account services at Coremetrics. Wayne Stribling, Vice President of Client Services Wayne Stribling brings more than 16 years of experience in professional consulting, support, and training services to his new position as vice president of client services. Stribling most recently served as the managing director for the technical services organization of Callidus Software Inc., a publicly traded enterprise software company that serves many Fortune 500 customers including Allstate, GE, HP, Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , and Sprint. Stribling also held executive management positions at InfoGlide Software and PACE Consulting. Stribling complements his start-up expertise with "Big 4" management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects experience with Accenture and PriceWaterhouse. Bryan Denney, Director of Finance As Bazaarvoice's new director of finance, Bryan Denney will oversee core financial functions including accounting, payroll, operations, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , facilities, and contracts. Denney previously served as director of finance and controller for approximately 5 years at HyPerformix, a software company that enables companies to predict and prevent application performance and capacity problems before they impact the business. Prior to HyPerformix, Denney held an accounting and financial management position at Momentum Software and worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young, primarily serving technology companies in Austin. Denney is a CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. licensed in the state of Texas. "Bazaarvoice has built a team with a proven track record of delivering results at Trilogy, Coremetrics, Dell, and Callidus," Hurt continued. "We're proud that Bazaarvoice has been able to attract the stand-outs of the Austin technology community to our mission of delivering strategic word of mouth marketing solutions for our rapidly growing client base of the world's largest businesses." About Bazaarvoice Based in Austin, Texas, Bazaarvoice offers outsourced technology, community management services, analytics, and syndication to encourage and harness word of mouth marketing, and bring it closer to a company's brand and customer experience. The company's flagship hosted and fully managed customer ratings and review service allows businesses to enable, encourage, and analyze customer ratings and reviews on their website. With Bazaarvoice, companies can empower their customers to share honest opinions and influence each other to make more informed and rewarding purchase decisions. Clients like CompUSA, Overstock.com, and PETCO benefit from a credible and reliable customer-to-customer community, without having to delve into complex IT work or the laborious process of community management. Bazaarvoice is a winner of the "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: 100 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. " award by Red Herring magazine. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.bazaarvoice.com or email info@bazaarvoice.com. |
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