Bev Parker Becomes Senior Vice President of NEXIS.Business Editors DAYTON Dayton, city (1990 pop. 182,044), seat of Montgomery co., SW Ohio, on the Great Miami River where it is joined by the Stillwater River; inc. 1805. It is the trade center for a fertile farm area, but is best known for its involvement with industry, invention, and , Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 NEXIS NEXIS Nuclear Electric Xenon Ion System , the leading provider of on-line decision-support information to business, government, and academic professionals, announced the promotion of Beverly Parker to Senior Vice President for Sales. Ms. Parker has been with NEXIS and its predecessor units for twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. . Bill Pardue, NEXIS President and Chief Executive Officer said, "Bev Parker brings so much to the company, including an inspired leadership, a commitment to development and growth, a tremendous understanding of our markets and challenges, and fantastic management skills." He added, "Our talented sales force, and the entire NEXIS organization, deserves nothing less than Bev Parker as the Senior Vice President for NEXIS Sales." After graduating from the University of Evansville, Ms. Parker began her career as a schoolteacher. Her experience includes teaching at Brown Junior High School in Washington. She began working for Mead mead (mēd), wine made of fermented honey and water, sometimes flavored with spices. It is highly intoxicating. Mead was known in classical Greece and Rome and was the favorite drink of the tribes of N and W Europe. Data Central, the former parent company of NEXIS, in 1980 as a trainer. As the business grew, Bev worked in every market, including the company's first major partnership (with the Patent and Trademark Office), its first enterprise-wide deal (with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Senate), as well as the beginnings of subscription pricing. Before becoming Vice President for Sales, she was promoted to lead one of the first NEXIS sales regions, working out of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Under her leadership, the NEXIS sales force has demonstrated remarkable success. In the first four months of this year, for instance, NEXIS revenues are up, for the first time in two years. Also on the increase is the number of new NEXIS customers. Ms. Parker says she is committed to building on these impressive figures, as well as furthering the professional development opportunities for what she calls the "greatest sales force in the world." Parker's promotion was announced along with the promotions of Margaret Early as LEXIS-NEXIS' Senior Vice President for 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. , Chris Jones as the Senior Vice President for On-Line Publishing (for both LEXIS Publishing and NEXIS), and Daisy Veerasingham as the Managing Director of LEXIS-NEXIS Europe. NEXIS is the leading provider of on-line and other information to the business, academic, and government markets. NEXIS provides its customers with searchable access to over 2.6 billion documents from hundreds of thousands of sources. NEXIS is an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of the global publisher and information provider, Reed Elsevier, plc. For more information about LEXIS-NEXIS, please visit: www.lexis-nexis.com. (Digital photo available) |
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