BroadVision Announces the Appointment of Karl Klarmann to Lead Its Central and Eastern Europe Operations; BroadVision Continues Building Team for European Expansion.Business Editors 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. 17, 2002 BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN BVSN Broadvision, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of enterprise business portal applications, today announced the appointment of Karl Klarmann as vice president of Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. . Klarmann joins Arthur Vonchek, senior vice president and general manager of 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. , as part of an expanded executive team. In his new role, Klarmann will be responsible for directing BroadVision's sales efforts, and growing BroadVision's customer base, in Central and Eastern Europe. "Karl's vast experience, management ability, and proven performance make him an excellent addition to our team as we look to further leverage our extensive footprint in Central and Eastern Europe," said 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. for BroadVision. "We remain committed to Europe as a growth driver for our business and I am confident in Karl's ability to excel in this important role. As BroadVision continues to extend its penetration into key verticals, Karl's wealth of domain expertise in our target markets will serve as a key component to our continued success in Europe." Karl Klarmann brings to the company more than 20 years of management experience in the enterprise applications market. Based in Munich, Klarmann will lead BroadVision's operation efforts in Central and Eastern Europe. Klarmann comes to BroadVision after serving most recently as a senior advisor In some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor. to top venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] in Germany, as well as global senior vice president of sales and services for a portfolio company offering 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 , B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. and B2E portal applications. Previously, Klarmann held key positions with high-visibility software companies including managing director, Europe, for Bowstreet; managing director sales, Europe, for Critical Path; managing director, Central Europe, for Netscape Communications; and director sales, Central Europe, for Next Computer. "BroadVision has outstanding products, loyal customers and a strong presence in Europe, where more than 300 of the leading global companies, such as France Telecom, Siemens, Renault and Credit Suisse, use BroadVision as the basis for their enterprise business portal initiatives," said Karl Klarmann, BroadVision's newly appointed vice president of Central and Eastern Europe for BroadVision. "I'm very excited to join the company and I look forward to being an integral part of BroadVision's continued growth and success." 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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