Concrete Incorporated Names James Bumstead Vice President of Sales.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Firm Strengthens Business Development Focus with Sales Veteran Concrete Incorporated, a leading Internet 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 , today announced that James Bumstead has been appointed Vice President of Sales. Mr. Bumstead brings over 14 years of strategic leadership and sales expertise to Concrete. He will be spearheading the company's global sales strategy in its vertical areas of expertise: retail, construction, communications and media, healthcare and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . "We're delighted to have a professional of Jim's caliber on the team," said Aaron Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , 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 Concrete. "He has a stellar track record managing, selling and marketing complex, multi-million dollar e-commerce solutions, both domestically and internationally." "His senior level sales experience will help Concrete institute a long term sales and marketing direction and ensure we are at the table pitching for the biggest and best client assignments," continued Mr. Cohen. Mr. Bumstead said "I believe that Concrete combines the best of the new e-commerce consulting firms with the best of the traditional consulting firms. With a unique blend of business acumen and cutting-edge technological savvy, the teams at Concrete have created an enviable portfolio of successful e-commerce and web initiatives." Most recently, Mr. Bumstead served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Reuters America's Internet product arm, Reality Online Division. In his six-year tenure at Reuters, Mr. Bumstead lead the team that developed the first online trading Online Trading Making trades via the Internet. Notes: The use of online trading increased dramatically in the mid to late 1990's with the advent of high-speed computers and Internet connections. Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and currencies can all be traded online. and account access products for Reuters, and spent the past four years leading the retail online sales and business development efforts. The team he assembled helped make Reuters a market-leading provider of market data content on the Internet. Reuters was also the dominant developer of Internet brokerage trading and access sites in the U.S. Before Reuters, Mr. Bumstead founded his own successful company in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , J.W. Bumstead & Co., Inc., providing strategic direction, application design and systems integration to firms in brokerage, investment and portfolio management, and retirement and pension funds. Prior to forming the company, he worked at Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. and L.F. Rothschild & Co. Mr. Bumstead began his career at Andersen Consulting in the mid-80's. Mr. Bumstead received a Masters in Business Administration at Cornell University and 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 in Business Administration at San Jose State University. About Concrete Concrete Incorporated (http://www.concreteinc.com, http://www.concreteinc.tv) is an Internet consulting firm that helps clients shape, build, and grow Internet-based initiatives. Its clients range from large, multi-national corporations to venture-financed start-ups. The firm's primary service offerings include: strategic consulting, Internet-based product development, and application and infrastructure management. Concrete supports these service offerings with specialized expertise in business strategy, branding, project management, software engineering, software quality assurance, design, user interface architecture, interface development, and network operations. Corporate clients include Bertelsmann, Bechtel, The Princeton Review, Insignia ESG ESG Enterprise Strategy Group (Veritas) ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (Florida, USA) ESG Expeditionary Strike Group ESG Electronic Service Guide (used in DVB) , and Le Monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. . Venture-financed clients include BeliefNet.com, GoCollect.com, and Screaming Media. Concrete was founded as an entrepreneurial venture in 1996 and has built and spun off its own market leading businesses, Bolt.com and GirlsOn.com. Concrete is privately held and its investors include Warburg Pincus, Wit Soundview Partners, and i-Hatch Ventures. The company currently has offices in New York and San Francisco. |
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