Coupons, Inc. Promotes Jeff Weitzman to President and COO and Jim Widmann to VP of Sales.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2004 Coupons, Inc. (http://solutions.coupons.com), the leading U.S. provider of consumer-printed coupon marketing and technology solutions, has promoted 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. Jeff Weitzman to the post of President and COO. The company has also promoted Jim Widmann, Regional Vice President Sales, to Vice President of Sales. In his expanded role, Weitzman will have direct responsibility for all technology, operations, marketing, and finance functions. With more than fifteen years of experience in online publishing and marketing, Weitzman has been responsible for Coupons, Inc.'s sales and marketing and day-to-day business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets as COO. Prior to joining Coupons, Inc., Weitzman was Senior Director, Client Services, at Yahoo! Inc., where he managed all post-sale client services for the company's advertising clients, including account management, advertising operations, and advertising technical operations. Weitzman holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. and a J.D. from Cardozo Law School. Widmann will oversee the growth and management of the company's sales organization in his new position. A member of the original management team of Valassis Communications, Inc., a leading marketing services company whose clients include the nation's top advertisers, Widmann played a key role in the company's growth from $70 million to more than $800 million in sales. Widmann holds a B.S. degree from Marquette University. "The past two years have seen our business grow into an industry-leading, full-service marketing network for the consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, and retail industries," said Steven R. Boal, Coupons, Inc.'s 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 have seen our clients move from limited testing to programs that are integral to their businesses and promotions. As a result, our company is facing exciting growth and new challenges. These executive changes will position us to take advantage of these opportunities while maintaining our focus on excellent client service. I am confident that with Jeff and Jim stepping up to these new responsibilities, we have the right executive management to lead the charge." About Coupons, Inc. Coupons, Inc. is an independent, privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that provides products and services specifically to support the creation, distribution, tracking and reporting of consumer-printed coupons that can be used for traditional in-store redemption. Coupons, Inc.'s core couponing cou·pon·ing n. The sending out or turning in of coupons, especially the regular redemption of a manufacturer's coupon for cash. and e-mail marketing services provide its clients with a secure, flexible online marketing solution to complement their offline programs. A network of hundreds of consumer websites uses its services as do the majority of the largest consumer packaged goods and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Coupons, Inc. represents the most flexible, secure, fraud-resistant, print-from-the-web, coupon solution available in the marketplace. Coupons, Inc. clients and licensees include ConAgra Foods, Johnson & Johnson, General Mills, Kimberly-Clark, Masterfoods, Dial Corp., Pfizer, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Valassis (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :VCI VCI Verband Der Chemischen Industrie (German: federation of chemical Industries) VCI Virtual Channel Identifier (used in Asynchronous Transfer Mode) VCI Veterinary Council of India VCI Virtual-Circuit Identifier ), and News Corporation's News America Marketing (NYSE:NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) ). Coupons, Inc. is located at 1301 Shoreway Road, Suite 102, Belmont, Calif. 94002. Telephone 650-620-9200 or online at http://solutions.coupons.com. |
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