Cavalcade of Sports Networks Inc. Expands Management Team to Speed Growth of Thin Express Initiative.Business Editors CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14 2001 Cavalcade cav·al·cade n. 1. A procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages. 2. A ceremonial procession or display. 3. A succession or series: starred in a cavalcade of Broadway hits. of Sports Networks Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :CVLC CVLC Cedar Valley Library Consortium ) expands management team to speed growth of Thin Express initiative. Today Cavalcade announced that the Board of Directors has approved the appointment of a new Chief Technology Officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ) and the creation of a 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. (COO) position to cope with increasing demands on the corporation. Earlier this year, Cavalcade undertook a new strategic initiative to develop and market a real-time decision support solution for the energy sector. Since that time the company has been pursuing this market, operating as Thin Express Corporation (http://www.thinexpress.com). In April, the company confirmed the appointment of a new Board of Directors, as well as the appointment of Shawn Clarke 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. and Bernhard Wieser as CTO. Today, the company announced that Mr. Wieser would immediately assume the newly created position of COO and that Joseph King will assume the role of CTO. "As our business grows and issues continue to mount in preparation for our move forward to become a fully reporting issue, it became clear that we had to immediately expand the management team to continue our growth. I am pleased that Mr. Wieser has accepted the position of COO. He is up to speed on all the issues and can take over management of operations immediately," commented Shawn Clarke, Cavalcade's President and CEO. Mr. King has been appointed the company's new CTO. "Having worked with Mr. King for the past ten years on many projects, I am very confident in his abilities to perform in this new role. Under his guidance I am sure the product will evolve quickly and the company as a whole should benefit from his experience, " said Mr. Wieser. Mr. Clarke will be spending more of his time on the development of alliance programs, the signing of new channels partners along with sales and marketing. "Although it is clear that corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. for a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. must be a top priority, it is equally important that we focus on developing our market to increase revenue. This new management structure allows us the flexibility to continue to expand our public presence while aggressively pursuing new business opportunities," stated Mr. Clarke "If you have a look into the background of these two individuals you will quickly see that they are ideally suited to help move us forward. Mr. Wieser has done an outstanding job as CTO and I feel completely confident he will be able to make an immediate impact in his new role as COO. Mr. King has very strong technical skills and has been providing leadership to the company in a technical capacity long before he was officially appointed CTO. I am pleased to have such strong individuals in key management positions. Their presence will greatly benefit the corporation and enhance our ability to quickly achieve market dominance Market dominance is a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, relative to competitive offerings. There is often a geographic element to the competitive landscape. ," said Mr. Clarke Appointed to the role of COO and CTO respectively were: Bernhard Wieser, Chief Operating Officer Bernie Wieser has over 10 years of management experience. During this time, Mr. Wieser has developed and enacted quality assurance and control programs as well as business management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects for business process improvement. Since 1995, Mr. Wieser has operated a software development and consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , whose clients include Hyprotech Ltd., Metso Automation Ltd., and TetraTech Inc. Mr. Wieser has published articles related to engineering and technology in journals such as Chemical Engineering Progress. Joseph King, Chief Technical Officer Joseph King has over eight years of software development and management experience developing distributed technologies and web applications within the financial, chemical process and control systems sectors. His most recent projects have included the design and implementation of a bond trading system The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. for Imperial Capital and the development of the POLARIS and SAE products for Metso Automation. Mr. King's clientele has included Metso Automation, Imperial Capital, AEA Technology PLC (Hyprotech), iCrystal, and Octavian Micro Development. 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