CommTouch Names New Chief Financial Officer.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1999-- CommTouch Software, Inc. (www.commtouch.com) a provider of partner-branded, web-based email announces the addition of James E. Collins as CFO See Chief Financial Officer. . "Jim's experience with the financial and organizational needs of high growth companies, coupled with a great sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour , are the qualities we were looking for in a CFO, said Gideon Mantel, CommTouch chief executive officer. "Executing our growth strategies, Jim will be an instrumental member of the CommTouch management team." Collins comes to CommTouch from Pete's Brewing Company Pete's Brewing Company was founded by homebrewer Pete Slosberg in 1986. Its major product line is Pete's Wicked Ale, an American Brown Ale that is 5.3% alcohol by volume. The company was acquired by The Gambrinus Company in 1998, a corporation that primarily imports beers such as , one of America's fastest growing companies in the early 1990s. As Chief Financial Officer, Collins was instrumental in leading the 1995 IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. , raising $54 million. Prior, Collins spent nine years with the international public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) where he focused on public and private high growth and technology companies. A Certified Public Accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. , Collins earned a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific. About CommTouch CommTouch is a leading global provider of private-label email messaging services, offered exclusively through the Web sites of major Internet portals, small specialty Web sites, ISPs and small businesses. CommTouch email is designed for superior performance and rapid scalability, offering end user interfaces in fourteen of the world's major languages. The company partners with internationally recognized consumer-driven organizations, including Excite (Nasdaq:XCIT), McGraw Hill's Business Week magazine (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MHP), Discovery Channel Online, Nippon Telephone & Telegraph (NYSE:NTT), Ziff-Davis (NYSE:ZD), Talk City, LookSmart, Netopia (Nasdaq:NTPA), Hachette Multimedia, Universal Studio's animalhouse.com, the McClatchy Group's Nando.net (NYSE: MNI), The Headbone Zone, News Corp. (NYSE:NWS) and People's Daily Joint Venture ChinaByte, and the Hollinger Group's Jerusalem Post. With more than eight years of delivering intuitive, award-winning email software, CommTouch offers its partners a truly comprehensive turn-key email service. Additional information about CommTouch may be obtained at: www.commtouch.com. Founded in 1991, CommTouch is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has a major research & development center in Ein Vered, Israel. |
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