Bill Bean Is New Vice President, Business Development at Profile Systems.Business/Technology Editors WEST SPRINGFIELD West Springfield, town (1990 pop. 27,537), Hampden co., SW Mass., on the Connecticut River opposite Springfield; settled 1654, set off from Springfield and inc. 1774. Light manufactures include paper, chemicals, and ignition systems. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2000 Bill Bean has been hired as Vice President, Business Development at West Springfield, Massachusetts-based Profile Systems, Inc. A privately-held software development company, Profile Systems has been providing product synchronization, automatic replenishment and catalog data management solutions to manufacturers and distributors since 1994. Earlier this year, the company received $2 million in venture financing from a regional group of investors led by Berkshires Capital Investors (BCI BCI Bat Conservation International BCI Brain-Computer Interface BCI Business Continuity Institute BCI Business Cycle Indicators BCI Banco de Credito e Inversiones (Chilean bank) BCI Bell Canada International ) of Williamstown, MA, and also announced partnerships with Ariba and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . In his new position, Bean will be responsible for new business development and sales of Profile System's MasterDepot(TM) line of business-to-business ecommerce software solutions. Customers of the diverse "electronic catalog" solution, representing a broad spectrum of industries, include manufacturers, distributors, internet-based marketplaces or exchanges, and industry association-sponsored data warehouses. Bean has over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. of specialty products. A Massachusetts native, he had served in various positions with the International Paper Company and Trus Joist Corporation (a Weyerhauser Company). He most recently served as Trus Joist's Division Manager for the Northeastern 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. and all of Canada where he was responsible for planning, sales and profitability in a division with annual sales in excess of $150 million. He is a 2000 graduate of Harvard University's Executive Education Program on Electronic Distribution and Retailing. A frequent speaker at industry trade shows and meetings, Bean is a U.S. Army veteran. He received Bachelor of Business Administration “BBA” redirects here. For other uses, see BBA (disambiguation). The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business studies. and Master of Science in Wood Technology degrees from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. , Amherst, MA. Bill and his wife Betty are residents of Tyringham, Massachusetts. About Profile Systems, Inc. A privately-held company, Profile Systems has been serving the 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 electronic commerce marketplace since 1994 offering software solutions for product synchronization, automatic replenishment and catalog data management. Recently, the company became a founding member of the Ariba Content Delivery and Discovery Services program and was also selected to help support data requirements for IBM's WebSphere Commerce Suite with their web-based MasterDepot(TM) electronic catalog solution. For more information, contact Profile Systems, Inc., 123 Interstate Drive, West Springfield, MA 01089. Telephone Profile at 413-737-2000 or visit www.profilesys.com or www.masterdepot.com. |
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