Brown Hands Off Lead Responsibilities At MadeToOrder.com.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2002 As he promised he would when he took the job, Rod Brown Lelton Gerard Brown, more commonly known as Rod Brown, is an American professional basketball player that currently plays for AEL Larissa in Greece. Rod was born on September 9, 1978 in Dallas, Texas, United States and having graduated from Western Michigan University has completed his assignment, arranged for his replacement and stepped down as president and chief executive officer of MadeToOrder.com, the technology leader for business-to-business procurement of logo merchandise. With the help of the Board of Directors, Brown said, MadeToOrder during the last six months was able to significantly reduce its costs with a focus on growing revenues while trimming overhead and better targeting its investment spending. After investigating a number of options, MadeToOrder is now finalizing the asset purchase of iPrint.com and Wood Associates. Upon successful closure of the deal, Monte Wood, president of iPrint and Wood Associates, is to be appointed president of MadeToOrder. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , MadetoOrder Chairman Brett Walter will take on those additional duties. Brown was appointed to lead MadeToOrder in April, with the goal of finding a new opportunity for the company to leverage its position in the promotional products industry. He had founded the Harwood Company, a leading national advertising specialty distributor, which he sold to MadeToOrder in January 2000. Brown had been on a six-month leave of absence from his position as Sr. Vice President of MadeToOrder when the board of directors asked him to take on the responsibilities as President and 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. . Now having completed the task he was hired for, Brown said he is excited by the opportunity the asset purchase creates for MadeToOrder investors, employees and clients. Brown said he is also looking forward to spending time "Spending Time" is the first single released by Christian artist Stellar Kart. The lyrics describe the band members desire to spend "more time with God". "Sometimes it’s a real struggle to spend time with God. catching up on his personal investments, as well as developing his consulting career. Brown said MadeToOrder.com is continuing its drive to become the premier provider of logo merchandise to Fortune 1000 companies, both online and off. "We want to accelerate our version the high-touch, high-tech service that our clients have come to expect," he said. MadeToOrder.com has received more than $50 million in venture capital financing To start an own company or to bring a new product to the market, the venture may need to attract financial funding. There are several categories of financing possibilities. If it is a small venture, then perhaps the venture can rely on family funding, loans from friends , led by Alloy Ventures. Other investors include Nexus Group, Charter Venture Capital, Alpine Technology Ventures, Crescent Venture Investors, Band of Angels LP, and Sara Lee
Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE: SLE) is a global consumer-goods company based in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. Corporation. The company began business 1992 as Austin James, Inc., based in 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. In addition to Harwood, MadeToOrder.com in 2000 also acquired Shea Hammond, a creative promotional marketing group based in Palo Alto. About MadeToOrder.com, Inc. MadeToOrder.com, founded in 1999, is the technology leader in business-to-business e-procurement for Fortune 1000 companies' logo merchandise needs. It offers customers an end-to-end Web-based solution for all logo-branded products. MadeToOrder.com uses quality merchandise such as: Sara Lee's Hanes, Champion and OuterBanks brands, Swiss Army, Leeds, Cutter and Buck, and A.T. Cross. The company has a diverse list of corporate clients, including MCI-WorldCom, Cisco, The GAP, Playstation, and E-Trade. MadeToOrder.com is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. The merged company iPrint and Wood Associates brings, in addition, a client list that includes Oracle, Motorola, PeopleSoft, Nike, PeoplePC, Warner Brothers Warner Brothers (b. Eichelbaums) movie executives; Harry (Morris) (1881–1958), born in Krasnashiltz, Poland; Albert (1884–1967), born in Baltimore, Md.; Samuel (1887–1927), born in Baltimore, Md. Home Video, BP, 3M, Compaq, Microsoft, Intel, Charles Schwab Charles Schwab can refer to:
More information about MadeToOrder.com and its services can be found at: www.madetoorder.com. A photo of Rod Brown, scanned specifically for print publication, can easily be downloaded from www.givememore.com/made_to_order/made_to_order.html |
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