BridgeSpan Names Robert G. Rockwell Senior Vice President for Corporate Sales.Business Editors & Real Estate/Mortgage Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2002 BridgeSpan Inc., a company helping to transform the real estate settlement and mortgage loan closing process, today announced that Robert G. (Bob) Rockwell has joined the company as senior vice president, corporate sales. Rockwell is known as a strong business leader who possesses an effective blend of interpersonal, sales and leadership skills. Throughout his 23-year career, Rockwell has built a reputation as a skilled negotiator adept at rejuvenating companies and helping them increase their market share. Before joining BridgeSpan, he worked for EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. , the $19 billion global information services See Information Systems. company based in Plano, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. . As one of EDS' most prominent leadership consultants, Rockwell was responsible for improving skills and performance of sales leaders and sales executives throughout the world. Rockwell was one of just 16 EDS leaders company-wide chosen to re-skill 14,000 EDS leaders following the appointment of a new 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. . He trained more than 700 executives at all leadership levels, bringing his global leadership experiences and insights to the trainees. "Robert Rockwell Robert Rockwell (October 151920—January 252003) was an American actor best known for playing the handsome, but awkward biology teacher Philip Boynton in the radio and television situation comedy Our Miss Brooks. is an enormously talented and respected corporate leader, and I could not be more pleased to welcome him aboard," said BridgeSpan President and CEO Larry Walker From 1979 to 1995, Rockwell held a series of high-level positions with The Foxboro Co. (now called Invensys), a world leader in industrial automation products and systems. Among his accomplishments for the company, Rockwell relocated to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , in 1990 to reestablish a solid company presence and increase Foxboro's business in the Middle East. As Foxboro's vice president of sales and marketing for Canada, Rockwell helped lead that company to increased sales and a 60 percent increase in net profits over two years. About BridgeSpan BridgeSpan is a leading provider of real estate settlement and mortgage closing solutions for lenders. These solutions improve the mortgage closing process, reduce transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). and improve consumers' closing experience. BridgeSpan's services, supported by technology, benefit lenders with more control of the closing process, increased quality control, reduced risk and improved customer service. For more information, visit www.bridgespan.com. |
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