BuyMedia.com Announces New Executive Appointments.Business Editors/Internet Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 Business Development Strategist strat·e·gist n. One who is skilled in strategy. Noun 1. strategist - an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) strategian market strategist - someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns , e-Commerce Engineering A person responsible for developing and maintaining e-commerce applications for a company's public Web site. Experience in database and Web server components (servlets, CORBA, EJB, etc.) is often required. See Internet engineer. Expert & Seasoned Operations Officer to Support Exponential Growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear. of Media Buying e-Marketplace BuyMedia.com (www.buymedia.com), the only service that lets media buyers purchase premium advertising from any radio and TV station in the country, today announced that it has appointed Don Hansen Donald Ray Hansen, (born August 20, 1944, in Millersburg, Indiana) is a former professional American football linebacker in the NFL from 1966 to 1977. He was known as an extremely hard hitter and an underrated as well as overachieving linebacker. to vice president of corporate development, Subhash Tandon to chief technology officer and Keith Winter to 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. . Advertisers are rapidly adopting BuyMedia.com's Web-based media buying service because it makes the purchase of advertising more efficient and cost-effective without eliminating the traditional offline negotiation process. Stations, in turn, recognize BuyMedia.com as a valued third sales channel. Hansen will forge forge Open furnace for heating metal ore and metal for working and forming, or a workshop containing forge hearths and related equipment. From earliest times, smiths (see smithing) heated iron in forges and formed it by hammering on an anvil. key partnerships that will enable BuyMedia.com to deliver expanded benefits to media buyers and sellers. Tandon and Winter will provide key technology and operational support for the company's dramatic growth. "One of our top priorities has always been to find dynamic, passionate people who can contribute their industry expertise to the BuyMedia.com vision," said Mike Jackson For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see . For other people named Mike Jackson, see . General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. , 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. of BuyMedia.com. "Demand for BuyMedia.com's service is growing exponentially ex·po·nen·tial adj. 1. Of or relating to an exponent. 2. Mathematics a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent. b. . Don's strategic development efforts, Subhash's technologic expertise and Keith's operational know-how will be key to BuyMedia.com's continued growth and success." Currently, U.S. advertisers spend more than $60 billion annually on radio and television advertising. Before BuyMedia.com, purchasing premium advertising on America's more than 8,000 stations was a complex, expensive and time-intensive process. BuyMedia.com is the only company to leverage the Internet's ease of use, wide reach and round-the-clock availability to enable media buyers to purchase advertising on any TV or radio station nationwide. More than 2,200 media buyers representing upwards of $10 billion in annual broadcast advertising are already benefiting from BuyMedia.com's television and radio buying services; the site is currently processing more than $2 million per day in broadcast orders. About Don Hansen As vice president of corporate development, Hansen is charged with managing BuyMedia.com's growth via partnerships, mergers and acquisitions as well as financing opportunities. Hansen's proven ability to build strong relationships with the financial community as well as companies with complementary technology will allow BuyMedia.com to add value to its offerings on a continual basis. Prior to joining BuyMedia.com, Hansen spent ten years at Hambrecht & Quist working on placement of debt and equity securities and mergers and acquisitions. During his time at H&Q, Hansen worked with the company's private lending group, the private equity group and the merchant banking group. Prior to H&Q, Hansen worked at Sutro & Co., principally in mergers and acquisitions. About Subhash Tandon As chief technology officer, Tandon oversees the continued technological development and improvement of BuyMedia.com's Internet-based services. He will grow and lead the engineering team to expand the current solution in response to the demands of media buyers and sellers. Tandon comes to BuyMedia.com with over 20 years of software industry experience in both large corporations and small Silicon Valley software startups. Prior to joining BuyMedia.com, Tandon led the architecture, design and development of a patentable business-to-business e-commerce engine for American Reprographic Corporation, a nationwide supplier of printing and reprographic services. In addition, Tandon served for 12 years as a systems and applications software designer at Hewlett Packard Co., where he led a number of teams to deliver numerous innovative software products in his rise from an engineer to a senior engineering manager. About Keith Winter As chief operating officer, Winter utilizes his extensive operations experience to streamline BuyMedia.com's internal operations and unify 1. (database, product) Unify - A relational database produced by Unify Corporation. 2. (algorithm) unify - To perform unification. the company's strategic direction. Winter brings more than 15 years of business experience in operations, information technology, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , business development, finance and consulting to BuyMedia.com. Most recently, Winter was chief operating officer at the Seattle-based operation of Electronic Arts, managing personnel in programming, art, quality assurance, information technology, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , finance and administration. During his tenure at Electronic Arts, the company delivered numerous top-selling software titles, including several Sony PlayStation Sony Playstation - Playstation versions of FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Soccer -- the number one selling sports franchise in the world -- and several personal computer versions of the top-selling Need for Speed franchise. Prior to Electronic Arts, Winter worked as director of planning and development at Disney Interactive. About BuyMedia.com BuyMedia.com (www.buymedia.com) provides TV and radio stations with an efficient and cost-effective third sales channel. With BuyMedia.com, stations are contacted by media buyers in more than 900 cities across the U.S. via the Internet. More than 2,200 media buyers use BuyMedia.com to transmit station orders, avail requests and traffic instructions to any station in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Using BuyMedia.com, radio and TV stations can dramatically increase both their exposure and ad revenues. Now able to accomplish in minutes what used to take hours, media buyers across the country are quickly adopting BuyMedia.com as a better way to buy broadcast advertising. Note to Editors: Product and company names may be registered trademarks, servicemarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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