DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES NAMES NEW BOARD MEMBER; Jochen Tschunke is Key European Executive, Founder and Chairman of $2.5 Billion Company.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1995--Dataware Technologies, Inc. (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 : DWTI DWTI Dienst voor Wetenschappelijke en Technische Informatie (Belgium) ) today announced that Jochen Tschunke, 50, a prominent European computer industry executive, has joined its Board of Directors. "Jochen has built a company from zero to $2.5 billion in revenues," stated Kurt Mueller, Dataware Technologies' chairman and chief executive officer. "We hope to benefit from Jochen's experience as we continue to build Dataware's worldwide business." In 1983, Mr. Tschunke founded Computer 2000 in Munich, the first German value-added distributor of hardware peripherals and software for personal computers. Computer 2000 went public in 1987, and by 1994 had achieved $2.5 billion in revenues, 2,136 employees, and had 40 subsidiaries in 29 countries. In 1993, Mr. Tschunke retired from active management of Computer 2000 and assumed the position of supervisory board Supervisory board The board of directors that represents stakeholders in the governance of the corporation. chairman. Prior to founding Computer 2000, Mr. Tschunke spent 4 years as General Manager of Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. for Rockwell International Rockwell International was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell, who had made his fortune after the invention and successful launch of a new bearing system for truck axles in 1919. , and 8 years with Texas Instruments in various management positions. Today, Mr. Tschunke is a member or chairman of a number of boards, including Computer-Elektronik Dresden GmbH, MagnaMedia Verlag AG, SPEA SPEA School of Public and Environmental Affairs SPEA Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Portugal) SPEA Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin A SPEA Suicide Prevention Education Alliance SPEA Sales Promotion Executives Association Software AG, Adolf W|rth GmbH & Co. KG, and FC Bayern M|nchen. Dataware Technologies is a leading international developer and marketer of software and services for electronic information providers. Dataware's high-performance, multi-platform and multi-lingual software and services enable customers -- including publishers, corporations, government agencies, law firms and universities -- to manage and distribute information on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and online. Today, Dataware's software is used by more than 1,700 organizations worldwide. In May 1995, Dataware Technologies was selected one of Inc. Magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Small Public Companies for the second consecutive year. CONTACT: Mead Wyman, Chief Financial Officer Dataware Technologies, Inc. (617) 621-0820 x1702 / mwyman@dataware.com |
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