Clear Methods Names Michael Cusumano to Board of Advisors; Competitive Strategy and Software Technology Guru to Guide Web Services Startup.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003 Clear Methods (www.clearmethods.com), a startup providing advanced XML and Web services technology, today announced that Michael A. Cusumano Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. As befits his title, he is the former editor-in-chief and chairman of the MIT Sloan Management Review and the co-author of "Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, has joined the Clear Methods Board of Advisors. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) Sloan School of Management, where he teaches classes on strategic management for technology managers and the software business. Cusumano has consulted for major companies around the world, including Alcatel, Business Objects, Cisco, Ford, Fujitsu, General Electric, Fidelity, Verizon, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Merrill Lynch, MITRE, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Robert Bosch, Schlumberger, Siemens, and Toshiba. He has been a director of Infinium Software (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. applications, now part of SSA Global Technologies SSA Global Technologies (previous NASDAQ symbol: SSAG) was a company developing Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. On May 15, 2006, SSA Global announced that it would be acquired by Infor Global Solutions. ) and NuMega Technologies (software development tools, now part of Compuware), among other firms, and an advisor to numerous high tech firms. He has also served as editor-in-chief and chairman of the MIT Sloan Management Review MIT Sloan Management Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all management disciplines, although its particular emphasis is on corporate strategy, leadership and management of technology and innovation. and has written for The Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, The Washington Post, Communications of the ACM (publication) Communications of the ACM - (CACM) A monthly publication by the Association for Computing Machinery sent to all members. CACM is an influential publication that keeps computer science professionals up to date on developments. and other publications. "Michael's experience, knowledge and insight into platform leadership have already had an impact on the direction of Clear Methods," said Mike Plusch, Clear Methods 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. . "We look forward to Michael's ongoing advice as we deliver on the vision of a pure Web services platform." "I am delighted to join Clear Methods at this early stage. Web services has already become an important new computing platform, and this company has a better idea on how to develop software for this environment. It has the potential to influence the industry in a big way," said Michael Cusumano. Professor Cusumano has published seven books. Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation (2002, with Annabelle Gawer) examines how industry leaders orchestrate complementary innovations that make their platforms more valuable. Microsoft Secrets (1995, with Richard Selby) is a best-selling study of Microsoft's strategy, organization, and approach to software development, and has approximately 150,000 copies in print in 14 languages. Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and its Battle with Microsoft (1998, with David Yoffie), was named one of the top 10 business books of 1998 by Business Week and Amazon.com, and played a central role in the Microsoft anti-trust trial. His latest book, The Software Business, will appear in early 2004. About Clear Methods Clear Methods provides enterprises and independent software vendors with advanced Web services technology and solutions that dramatically speed the creation of flexible business software. The Clear Methods Steam platform is a pure Web services environment that enables the use of XML throughout the software lifecycle. Steam provides a compact, uniform, standards-based commercial product set for the open Water language. Founded in 2001, Clear Methods is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Copyright (C) 2003 Clear Methods, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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