CenterLine appoints Jim Cannon, vice president of sales and Gordon Leaman, international vice president of sales; Company positions itself for growth in domestic and international markets.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 1995--In a move to expand its worldwide market share, CenterLine cen·ter·line n. 1. A line that bisects something into equal parts. 2. A painted line running along the center of a road or highway that divides it into two sections for traffic moving in opposite directions, or, in the case of Software today announced the appointment of two new vice presidents: Jim Cannon, who will head the company's sales, and Gordon "Casey" Leaman, who will lead international sales. Both Cannon and Leaman will be responsible for expanding CenterLine's sales channels, particularly for its new QualityCenter family of automated software testing tools. Cannon and Leaman each bring over 20 years senior sales management experience to CenterLine. "As more software development organizations embrace the philosophy of `test early, test often,' the market for our automated testing solutions is rapidly expanding," said James Meehan 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. , president and chairman of CenterLine. "Jim and Casey both have extensive experience that will be a tremendous asset to the company as we push aggressively to expand our sales channels." Jim Cannon, Vice President of Sales In addition to his sales and management experience, Cannon brings to CenterLine expertise in database and object database technologies. He joined the company from Ontos, one of the first object-oriented database companies, where he was president and CEO. At Ontos, he successfully repositioned the company into the emerging information access and distribution market. Cannon joined Ontos as vice president of sales and marketing. His previous positions include vice president of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales at Bachman Information Systems (company) Bachman Information Systems - The company which merged with CADRE to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. , a provider of database design and application development tools, and director of Eastern operations at Xerox Special Information Systems, where he worked with object application development environments. Cannon also held sales and project leader positions with Westinghouse Information Systems and Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. . Gordon "Casey" Leaman, International Vice President of Sales Leaman has 13 years of in-depth experience working with companies in international markets. He joins CenterLine from Kanishka Systems PTE PTE The ISO 4217 currency code for the Portugese Escudo. . LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability ., where he was president, 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. and principal of the Singapore-based software development start-up company start-up company A new business. . Prior to this, he was managing director of the Asian region for Ask Computer Systems, where he was responsible for sales and service for the area from Japan to India to Indonesia. Leaman also held positions with Lotus Development Corp. as regional general manager of the company's Asia/Australia region, with Eastman Kodak, as corporate accounts manager, and with Digital Equipment Corporation, as Far East marketing manager. CenterLine's QualityCenter family explained QualityCenter is a family of automated software testing tools that help development organizations dramatically improve the quality and speed of developing software applications. While traditional approaches divorce testing from the development process, making quality assurance a post- development endeavor, CenterLine's QualityCenter family allows companies to more thoroughly and cost-effectively flush out defects in their code earlier in the development process. CenterLine Software, Inc., a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., is a leading independent provider of quality automation solutions for professional developers. CenterLine offers a complete suite of tightly integrated, open and standards-based solutions including C and C++ programming environments and testing tools, as well as education, development, training and consulting services. The sponsor of CenterStage , the premier independent software vendor partner program, CenterLine joins forces with major tools vendors to deliver value-added integrations spanning the entire software development lifecycle. -0- CenterLine is a registered trademark and QualityCenter and CenterStage are trademarks of CenterLine Software, Inc. CONTACT: Jill Godett CenterLine Software, Inc. 617-498-3287 godett@centerline.com or Laura Desmarais Beaupre & Co. 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 , Inc. 603-436-6690 desmarai@beaupre.com |
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