Bluetrain.com Captures Top Industry Talent; New Executives Bring Expertise from Technology Leaders including Oracle, IBM, Geoworks and Ricoh.Business Editors WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 Bluetrain.com, a provider of hosted Internet applications for small and midsize companies, today announced three new appointments to its executive management team: William E. "Chip" Hoover III as Vice President of Sales; James Goldberger as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development; and Bruce McMeikan as Managing Director of European Operations. These appointments prepare the company to fully leverage Bluetrain.com's second round of venture capital, expected to close in early May 2000. "This is one of the most knowledgeable executive management teams I have ever had the pleasure of working with," said Jack Weixel, 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. and founder of Bluetrain.com. "The team brings expertise from both large and successful entrepreneurial companies. The result is a powerful combination of valuable experience with industry powerhouses and the agility and forward-thinking creativity of an entrepreneurial endeavor." William E. "Chip" Hoover III, now Bluetrain.com's Vice President of Sales, began his career at 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) , then moved to Ingres Corporation and on to Oracle Corporation, where he initiated Oracle's entrance into the general business market. Most recently, Hoover served as Vice President and Managing Director/Western Operations for SEI Asset Management Group, a technology-based institutional investment services firm. Newly appointed Vice President of Marketing and Business Development James Goldberger joins the company after having served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for Geoworks. During his ten years at Geoworks, Goldberger developed a number of key relationships with wireless operators and device manufacturers. As an early principal in Geoworks, Goldberger was part of the executive team that successfully executed the company's IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. . Goldberger was most recently consulting for a number of Internet companies in the areas of 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. including Salon.Com. To support Bluetrain.com's European expansion, Bruce McMeikan will serve as Managing Director/Europe. McMeikan was a key player in successfully initiating digital facsimile in Europe while with Ricoh, and initiating voice mail in 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. with VMX VMX Virtual Machine eXtensions VMX Vintage Motocross VMX Voice Message Exchange VMX Vme Memory Extension Bus . For the past ten years, he has run his own international consulting business, assisting high tech companies in meeting their expansion goals within the European marketplace. "The caliber of executives choosing Bluetrain.com as their next endeavor is indicative of how powerful the ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). market has become and the potential market opportunities for Bluetrain under the leadership of CEO Jack Weixel and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Phillip Carey," said Laurie McCabe, Vice President and Service Director for Summit Strategies. "Bluetrain has a great combination of traditional management expertise and entrepreneurial spirit to make it in this emerging market." About Bluetrain.com Bluetrain.com provides the only enterprise class communication and collaboration application delivered via the Internet. Located in Walnut Creek, Calif., Bluetrain.com delivers large company power and flexibility on a small company budget. The company hosts groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. for a wide range of customers including restaurants, design agencies, and software companies, Bluetrain.com's innovative products and services have attracted high-profile hardware, database and software partners. Detailed company information may be found at www.bluetrain.com or by calling 877/362-4212. |
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