Corporate changes at Corel Corp.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1996--Arlen Bartsch, executive director of sales and marketing for Corel(R) Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COSFF)(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS) has decided to leave Corel at the end of the current fiscal year. He plans to pursue a master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. and form his own global marketing and promotion company. Bartsch timed his departure to allow himself to complete eight successful years at Corel. Because of the timing, he is optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op about Corel's current and future position. "I will be staying through to the end of the quarter on November 30th and am confident that my departure will not have any impact on the current fiscal year," he said. "Over the past eight years, Arlen has done a great job developing the marketing team for us," said Dr. Michael Cowpland Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England and obtained a BSc. , president and chief executive officer of Corel Corp. "He's been a key communicator, spokesperson and evangelist for both Corel and its products and he's brought a high degree of enthusiasm to this role throughout the years." "With his departure, we are actively sourcing out a seasoned sales executive, to help guide our sales force to even higher levels of achievement in 1997," he continued. Corel currently has six sales directors who will continue to drive sales of the company's business, graphics, video and multimedia applications: Seven year Corel veteran David Bellefeuille continues in his role as director of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales where (as recent PC Data and Softrends figures can attest) he has been responsible for ensuring a large sell through of Corel's office suites in the North American retail market. Corel's five year OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and specialist, Dianne Felsmann, has helped Corel win strategic alliances with companies such as Packard-Bell and Hewlett-Packard. She will continue to guide German and OEM sales worldwide as she assumes global directorship of Corel's corporate/government and video sales forces. Patsy Hogan will continue to direct Corel's Education Division worldwide. Five years of educational sales experience on the Corel team has allowed Patsy to develop a strong educational sales program which includes a shrink-wrapped product line, three new academic licensing programs as well as training and certification programs designed specifically to meet the needs of the training community. Lesley Purtell will continue to use her seven years of Corel experience to direct Corel's customer service worldwide. Her experience in Canadian and U.K. sales give her the expertise to ensure that Corel's customers will continue to receive support through Corel's six customer service centres worldwide. Faustino Sanchez has helped cultivate the Spanish/Portugese-speaking markets for Corel in his role as director of sales for Spain/Portugal and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . Four and a half years of sales experience and a background in information systems give Faustino a solid base to establish more growth in these developing markets. Mark Alberdingk Thijm brings a background in economics and computer science as well as 12 years of software experience to the table as he continues to direct Corel's International sales forces in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Four and a half years at Corel, past experience at Apple and in corporate sales will help him take his markets to new levels, similar to the way he helped shape the Benelux into a multi-million dollar market for Corel products. Corel Corp. Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corp. is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelVIDEO(TM), CorelCAD(TM) and over 30 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , including: Windows(R), Macintosh(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries world-wide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol - COS) and on NASDAQ-National Market System (symbol - COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com. -0- Corel is a registered trademark and CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO, WordPerfect are trademarks of Corel Corp. All products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Corel Corp. Carrie Bendzsa, 613/728-0826 x1524 INTERNET: http://www.corel.com |
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