Business@Web appoints senior sales and marketing executives; Senior staff members add client/server and product branding expertise.WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1996--Business@Web, a leading provider of solutions that integrate a range of back-end business applications and extend them to private intranets and the public Internet, today named John Burke For other persons named John Burke, see John Burke (disambiguation). John Burke (February 25 1859–May 14 1937) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota. Burke was born in Keokuk County, Iowa and moved to the Dakota Territory. as vice president of sales and Carolyn Logalbo as vice president of marketing. With the addition of these highly respected senior managers to a team led by chairman 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. Klaus P. Besier, Business@Web has built a management staff that is uniquely positioned for leadership in the rapidly evolving Internet business solutions market. This newly created sales and marketing senior management team will be responsible for creating the company's marketing strategy and product direction. "John is a dynamic sales person with a high-level of expertise in the client/server software applications arena who has led one of the most successful sales forces in the industry," said Besier. "Carolyn has extensive experience in creating well-known product and company brands, and leading a strategic marketing effort based on market demands and customer needs. The combined strengths of these two talents are key in our efforts to expand Business@Web's position as an industry leader in the Internet/intranet business solutions market." Prior to joining Business@Web, Burke served as executive vice president of SAP America, Inc. He was responsible for the Midwest region which generated 1995 revenues of $126 million. Burke managed over 225 employees in five territories and was responsible for the development of SAP's Consumer Goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and Industry Center of Expertise. He also lead SAP America's Compensation and Pricing Committees. Prior to joining SAP America, Burke held several sales and management positions at Dun and Bradstreet Software (formerly Management Science America, Inc.) and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) . Burke holds a bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from Ohio University Ohio University, main campus at Athens; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1804, opened 1809 as the first college in the Old Northwest. There are additional campuses at Chiillicothe, Lancaster, and Zanesville, as well as facilities throughout the state. . Logalbo joins Business@Web from MFS MFS Medicare fee schedule Communications Company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. , where she served as chief marketing officer and was part of the original start-up team that grew the company from zero to $300 million in revenue in less than two years. Prior to MFS, Carolyn spent 13 years in marketing and product management at Kraft General Foods, most recently in the Maxwell House Maxwell House is a brand of coffee manufactured by a like-named division of Kraft Foods. It is named in honor of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. For many years until the late 1980s it was the largest-selling coffee in the U.S. and is currently (ca. Coffee Company, a $1.2 billion business, where she lead the strategic direction and management of that company's brands. A graduate of Northeastern University Northeastern University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1898 as a program within the Boston YMCA, inc. 1916, university status 1922, fully independent of the YMCA 1948. with an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration in marketing, Logalbo earlier received a BA degree in psychology from Marymount College. About Business@Web Business@Web is the technology company that enables business customers to extend and enhance their current computing systems via the Internet. Business@Web's OpenScape line of software products provides a wide range of cost-effective solutions which leverage the Internet for mission-critical internal processes or external transactions. OpenScape is based on reusable software components which integrate multiple computing environments and existing systems, and provide maximum flexibility to organizations adapting to rapidly changing markets. For additional information about Business@Web, call (617) 923-6500, send email to info@busweb.com, or access the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.busweb.com. CONTACT: Peg Culotta or Oliver Churchill Business@Web Phone: 617-923-6500; email: pculotta@busweb.com, oliver@busweb.com or Laurie Kelly or Alison Kantor The Weber Group, Inc. Phone: 617-661-7900; email: ldoylekelly@webergroup.com, akantor@webergroup.com |
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