BrassRing Inc. Names Deb Besemer CEO.Business Editors 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)--Sept. 12, 2000 BrassRing Inc., a leading provider of integrated online and off-line recruiting and hiring management solutions, announced today that it has appointed Deborah Besemer as president and chief executive officer. Ms. Besemer was formerly president and chief executive officer of BrassRing Systems, a division of BrassRing Inc. that provides companies with customized web-based hiring management solutions and services designed to accelerate the hiring process. Under Besemer's leadership, BrassRing Systems' revenues have grown 400% this year over last year, making BrassRing Systems a leader in the hiring management Application Service Provider (ASP) category. Ms. Besemer brings to BrassRing Inc. more than 20 years of experience in building and growing software companies. Prior to joining BrassRing Systems, Ms. Besemer spent more than a decade at Lotus, where she managed a business unit with revenues in excess of $1.3 billion, and more than 4,000 employees in 46 countries. While at Lotus, she was credited with helping to grow Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. to its leadership position in the groupware market, and was a key leader in the successful merger with 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) . Ms. Besemer replaces Joan Sills, who became 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. as part of BrassRing's January acquisition of Westech Career Expo, a leading sponsor of technology-focused career fairs. Ms. Sills, who had served as president and CEO of Westech, oversaw the complex integration of the Westech career event and online businesses into BrassRing, which became the largest provider of technology career fairs in 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. and Europe. "Joan is a talented executive, and her expertise during this challenging transition was extremely valuable," said Jonathan Grayer Jonathan Grayer is the Chairman and CEO of Kaplan, Inc., a global education company that began as a test prep provider in 1938 and was purchased by The Washington Post Company in 1984. , Chairman of BrassRing Inc. "With the transition now substantially complete, we are ready to take BrassRing to the next level. Deb's expertise and skills will enable us to continue the company's impressive growth and solidify its position as a leading provider of online and off-line recruiting and hiring management solutions." BrassRing Inc. is a leading provider of integrated recruiting and hiring management solutions designed to help companies hire better people faster. Created in September 1999 through the combination of several leading recruiting and hiring management firms, BrassRing Inc. consists of BrassRing Systems, a leading provider of web-based hiring management solutions; BrassRing.com, a leading technology information and career portal; BrassRing Career Events, a leading sponsor of technology career fairs in North America and Europe; and BrassRing Campus, a leading provider of software and services that manage entry-level recruiting from university and MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration programs. BrassRing Inc. is owned by The Washington Post Company, Tribune Company The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, responsible for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Hartford Courant , Central Newspapers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Gannett Co., Inc., and Accel Partners. |
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