Beyond.com Appoints Co-Founder to Board; John Pettitt Returns to Beyond.com to Advise in E-Commerce Services Focus.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 E-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. services provider Beyond.com(TM) (Nasdaq:BYND) today announced the appointment of John Pettitt to its board of directors. Pettitt co-founded Beyond.com in 1994 and has more than 20 years of experience in the computer, communications and e-commerce services industries. Pettitt served as executive vice president and chief technology officer of Beyond.com from the company's inception in November 1994 until July 1999, when he retired to pursue philanthropic phil·an·throp·ic also phil·an·throp·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian. 2. Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance: interests. In his new role as a board member, he will serve as technical strategic adviser to the company. "John is one of the original pioneers in e-commerce, and we look forward to leveraging his technical expertise as we continue building robust, scalable and reliable online stores," said Ron Smith Ron Smith may refer to:
"I am pleased to join Beyond.com's board of directors at a very exciting time for the company," said Pettitt. "As technical strategic adviser, I will work hard to ensure that Beyond.com is well positioned to offer businesses the services and infrastructure they need to rapidly engage in successful e-commerce." Before founding Beyond.com, Pettitt consulted on a number of Internet and Intranet projects including a national medical imaging network. Prior to that, he served as group vice president and technical director of Specialix PLC, a leading supplier of communications controllers A peripheral control unit that connects several communications lines to a computer and performs the actual transmitting and receiving as well as various message coding and decoding activities. for UNIX systems Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services . Pettitt also co-founded the United Kingdom Internet Consortium. Pettitt and his wife, Linda Morgan Linda Morgan (born 1942 in Mexico City, Mexico), now known as Linda Hardberger, became known as the "miracle girl" following the collision of two large passenger ships in the North Atlantic Ocean on the foggy night of July 25,1956. Pettitt, created CloudView Foundation, which makes grants in a number of Bay Area sectors including: short term emergency funds for charities, community police relations, and mentoring programs for the homeless and others re-entering society. Pettitt's appointment makes him the fifth member of the Beyond.com board of directors. Other members include Chairman Bill McKiernan, co-founder of Beyond.com and president and CEO of CyberSource Corporation; Director Ron Smith, president and CEO of Beyond.com; Director Mark W. Bailey, CEO of WebPartner; and, Director Richard Scudellari, partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . About Beyond.com Beyond.com is an e-commerce services provider that builds, manages and markets online stores for businesses. The company also sells software and computer-related products to consumers and U.S. Government agencies. The company's BuyDirect Group provides eStores by Beyond.com, a suite of services that enables software developers, systems OEMs and hardware manufacturers to market and sell over the Internet. Beyond.com's Government Systems Group provides digital distribution of software and related services to a growing list of U.S. Government agencies. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). |
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