Craig McCallum Sr. vice president and managing director of EnCompass Group Inc. joins Primus' board of directors.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1997-- McCallum McCallum was a British television series produced by SMG Productions (Scottish Television). Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John Hannah. McCallum was a forensic pathologist who traveled by Triumph Motorcycle, and solved murders. brings wealth of financial and management expertise to the board Primus(TM), which develops and markets problem resolution software and services, announced today that Craig Craig , Edward Gordon 1872-1966. British theatrical producer, director, and designer whose innovative productions and simplified stage designs influenced modern theater. McCallum, senior vice president of EnCompass Group Inc. and managing director of EnCompass Ventures, has joined the company's board of directors. McCallum brings over 15 years of high-tech experience and over 10 years of experience in senior management roles with high-tech companies to Primus' board. Prior to joining EnCompass, a venture capital firm that specializes in helping software companies break into the Asian market, Craig McCallum was vice president and general manager of CompuServe's Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Division. While at CompuServe, he launched the SPRYNET Internet Service. Before CompuServe, McCallum was vice president of Finance, Operations and Business Development at SPRY, Inc. While at SPRY, he led the launch of Internet In A Box Internet in a Box (IBox) was one of the first commercially available Internet connection software packages available for sale to the public. It included everything needed to connect to the internet in 1994. Spry, Inc. . McCallum also led the negotiations to sell SPRY, Inc, to CompuServe for over $100 million, which at the time was the largest Internet related transaction. "Not only is Primus a world-class organization, but their innovative products are on the cutting-edge of the problem resolution category," said Craig McCallum. "I look forward to working with the board and Primus so that we can continue to deliver products and services that help support organizations improve customer satisfaction." McCallum was hired by EnCompass Group to expand its staff of investment officers and manage a new fund for Northwest software companies. It is expected that the fund will total as much as $50 million when the fundraising
"Craig brings more than experience to Primus' board," said Steven Sperry See Unisys. , president and 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 Primus. "He brings a wealth of financial and management expertise that is essential to Primus' accelerating growth." In addition to McCallum, the Primus board of directors consists of Steven Sperry, founder, chairman, president and CEO of Primus; Tony Audino, of Voyager Voyager, airplane Voyager, the first airplane to circumnavigate the earth nonstop on a single load of fuel. Designed by Burt Rutan and flown by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, Voyager took off from California on Dec. Capital; Ken Block, executive vice president of Block & Company; Fred Harman Fred Harman (February 9, 1902 - January 2, 1982) is best known as the artist of Red Ryder, "America's famous fighting cowboy." Harman was two months old when his parents moved from St. of Oak Investment Partners; Bill McAleer of Voyager Capital; Promod Haque of Norwest Venture Capital; and Yasuki Matsumoto, president of Encompass Group. About Primus ------------ Primus develops and markets problem resolution software and services that enable organizations to enhance customer satisfaction and lower costs. SolutionBuilder(R) is problem resolution software that improves customer satisfaction by making it easy for technical support analysts to capture and share solutions. SolutionPublisher(TM) is Web-based software that eliminates support calls by enabling customers to quickly and easily solve problems themselves via the Internet or corporate intranets. Seattle-based Primus has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Washington, D.C. Primus Japan, a joint venture with Trans Cosmos cosmos (kŏz`məs), any plant of the tropical American genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae (aster family). C. bipinnatus, , Inc., markets and sells SolutionBuilder in Japan. Primus is privately held and venture financed. For more information, contact Pamela Fricke at Primus, 1601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1900, Seattle, WA 98101. Phone: 206/292-1000. Fax: 206/292-1825. www.primus.com . -0- SolutionBuilder is a registered trademark and Primus and SolutionPublisher are trademarks of Primus Communications Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Primus Parker LePla Pamela Fricke Joe LePla 206/292-1000, Ext. 443 206/285-5280 pamf@primus.com jlepla@parkerlepla.com |
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