BroadVision Announces New Head of EMEA Sales and Operations; Arthur Vonchek Appointed to Lead EMEA Expansion.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2002 BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN BVSN Broadvision, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of enterprise business portal applications, today announced the appointment of Arthur Vonchek to its executive management team as senior vice president and general manager of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. .) In his new role, Vonchek will be responsible for heading the company's EMEA sales and operations, reporting to Andrew Nash, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . The addition of Vonchek will advance BroadVision's current leadership position in EMEA, and will allow the company to build on its strong foundation in key vertical markets including: telecommunications, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and travel, where it already serves 300 leading companies including Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde , British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , France Telecom, Lloyds TSB Lloyds TSB Group plc (LSE: LLOY) is a banking and insurance group in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1995 by the merger of Lloyds Bank and the Trustee Savings Bank (TSB). The Group's head office is at 25 Gresham Street, London. , Opodo, Prudential, Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia, is the largest oil corporation in the world and the world's largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production. , and Telecom Italia. "I am pleased to have Arthur as part of our management team. His extensive experience in Europe, and comprehensive knowledge of the enterprise application market, will be tremendous assets as we expand our presence in the European market," said Nash, chief operating officer for BroadVision. "As we continue to build our European team under Arthur's leadership, we are well-positioned to capitalize on improvements in the European economic climate." "I am extremely excited to be joining BroadVision at this time when the company has a significant opportunity to expand its customer base in EMEA," said Vonchek, senior vice president and general manager of EMEA. "With a customer list that includes top brands, and the industry's leading enterprise business portal applications, BroadVision has a unique opportunity to leverage its installed base to drive new business and dominate the portal space in its target markets." Arthur Vonchek Arthur Vonchek, named senior vice president and general manager of EMEA, has gained extensive leadership experience in enterprise applications companies across Europe. Most recently Vonchek served as vice president and general manager, Europe, for SeeCommerce and prior to that, vice president and general manager, Europe, for Spaceworks. From 1989 through 2000 Vonchek held the position of senior vice president, EMEA for Manugistics, managing over 250 staff with offices in the UK, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. Prior to Manugistics, Vonchek held the position of general manager, Manufacturing Systems Division, for Cincom. About BroadVision BroadVision's (Nasdaq:BVSN) enterprise business portal applications create immediate bottom line value by transforming the way organizations do business -- moving relationships with employees, partners and customers to a personalized, self-service model that increases revenues, reduces costs and improves productivity. Broadvision is the leading provider of portal software to Fortune 500 companies that use BroadVision to power their enterprise business portal initiatives -- leveraging the web and wireless devices to unify and extend their enterprise applications, information and business processes, to collaborate with over 50 million users. For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650/542-5100, email info@broadvision.com or visit www.broadvision.com. |
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