Convera Corporation Names Patrick C. Condo Chief Executive Officer; Ronald J. Whittier to Remain Chairman of the Board.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers VIENNA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2001 Convera Corporation (Nasdaq:CNVR CNVR Conveyor ), a leading provider of advanced technologies, products and solutions for unlocking the value in digital content, announced today that Patrick C. Condo, its current President and 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. , has been named to the additional position of Chief Executive Officer. Ronald J. Whittier, Convera's current 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. , will continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Whittier, 64, has served as Chairman and CEO of Convera since the completion of the merger between Intel Corporation's Interactive Media Services Division and Excalibur Technologies Corporation in December 2000. Mr. Whittier previously a Senior Vice President of Intel Corporation held several senior executive positions there from 1970 to 2000, including General Manager of Intel's Interactive Media Services division, Director of Intel Architecture Labs Intel Architecture Labs, also known as IAL, was the Personal Computer system research and development arm of Intel Corporation during the 1990s. IAL was created by Intel Vice-President Ron Whittier together with Craig Kinnie and Steven McGeady to develop the hardware and , Director of Corporate Marketing and General Manager of the Memory Products Division. Prior to joining Convera, Mr. Condo, 43, served in a variety of senior executive positions at Excalibur Technologies Corporation since 1992, including President and Chief Executive Officer since November 1995. About Convera Convera, the new company formed when Excalibur Technologies combined with Intel's Interactive Media Services division, is a leading provider of content management innovations that unlock the value of digital content. Convera's advanced technologies, products, services and solutions empower content owners to extract value from their high-worth digital content--text, images and video--over the Internet, intranets, set top boxes and wireless devices. Convera serves nearly 700 customers in 29 countries from its offices throughout the U.S. and Europe. Convera customers and partners include ABC News, BG Technology, British Telecom, chicagotribune.com, CSC, Digital Island, Discovery Communications, Encyclopedia Britannica, Exodus, FOXSPORTS.com, latimes.com, Loudeye, Microsoft, the National Basketball Association National Basketball Association (NBA) U.S. professional basketball league. It was formed in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (1946). , NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers , Nortel Networks, Parametric Technologies, QXL QXL Quixell (European online auction website) QXL Quark Express Element Library .com, Raytheon, RealNetworks, Reuters, Sony, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , United Airlines, Warner Bros. Online and The World Bank. For more information, contact Convera at 800/788-7758, via e-mail at info@convera.com or on the Web at www.convera.com. The Convera logo and the following are worldwide trademarks of Convera: Convera Corporation(TM), RetrievalWare(R), ScreeningRoom(R), WebExpress(TM) and their respective logos. |
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