Business Wire Promotes Laura Sturaitis to Vice President.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2002 In recognition of the key role she has played in Business Wire's dramatic sales growth and new product development, veteran staffer Laura Sturaitis of Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. has been promoted to vice president of New Media Development at the company recently concluded national sales meeting, Cathy Baron Tamraz, 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. , announced Thursday. Sturaitis also has been named to Business Wire's advisory board, a key hands-on advisory body in terms of strategic planning, technological innovation, and sales. "Laura has made major contributions to Business Wire's growth in recent years," noted Tamraz. "She is part of a core team of veteran staffers that has made Business Wire the U.S. market leader in the commercial news industry and are spearheading our international expansion." Sturaitis has played a major role in the creation and development of Newstream.com, a joint venture of Business Wire and Medialink Worldwide Incorporated, for the distribution of Business Wire's Smart News Release to more than 6,000 dot.com newsroom around the world. She also manages Business Wire's ExpertSource product and plays a critical role in the development, marketing and management of myriad Internet-based products and services. She was previously Business Wire's Florida regional manager for eight years. Prior to joining Business Wire in 1992, Laura was general manager for International Business Chronicle, a biweekly newspaper covering international trade issues in the Southeastern United States, The Caribbean and Latin America. She began her career at the Miami Herald and later joined The South Florida Business Journal as circulation and marketing director. Laura has served on the Board of NIRI NIRI National Investor Relations Institute NIRI Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Mississippi) NIRI Near Infrared Imager NIRI National Institute on Recreation Inclusion NIRI New Ideas Research Institute , The National Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Institute's South Florida Chapter and was past president of the American Marketing Association's Miami Chapter. She holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University “FAU” redirects here. For other uses, see FAU (disambiguation). Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. and is a magnum cum laude graduate of St. Thomas University Schools with the name St. Thomas University:
ABOUT BUSINESS WIRE: Founded in 1961 by its president, Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most executive, Business Wire has network access to more than 60 international and national newswires, financial information providers, and web-based news services throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. The company electronically disseminates full-text news releases simultaneously to the news media, the Internet, online services and databases, and the global investment community. Business Wire has 26 U.S. offices, Frankfurt, London and Brussels offices, and reciprocal offices worldwide. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012402/bb7 |
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