DAZEL Corp. announces executive appointments.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1994--DAZEL Corp. Monday announced executive appointments further enhancing the company's industry profile as the premier provider of output management software for client/server enterprise.

DAZEL founder and President Robert Fabbio announced the addition to the DAZEL management team of four executives with more than 75 years of combined experience in software development, marketing, sales and service.

Gary Epple was named vice president, software development. Epple is responsible for development of DAZEL software products for multiple UNIX and PC platforms, including applications and developer toolkits.

Epple has more than 15 years experience managing development of complex, high-quality software products. Prior to DAZEL, he was senior director of commercial products for HaL Software Systems, and has held other engineering management roles with Olivetti Advanced Systems, Interact Systems Corp., Edge Computer Corp. and Wang Laboratories.

Dale Howe was named vice president of sales. Howe is responsible for building and managing worldwide sales channels for DAZEL, comprising a direct sales force, distributors and resellers. Howe has 23 years of software industry sales management experience and held previous management positions with INTERSOLV Inc., J.D. Edwards, Nastec Corp. and Control Data Corp.

Doug Miller was named vice president, marketing. Miller directs all DAZEL marketing activities, including product planning, product marketing, marketing communications, independent software vendor relationships and business development.

Miller has 26 years experience in marketing and technical roles within the computer industry. Prior to joining DAZEL, he was an early employee and director of marketing for Powersoft Corp. Miller has held other executive marketing positions with Candle Corp., Quantum Access Inc. and Computer Corporation of America.

Peter Torvik was named director of customer services and consulting. Torvik has more than 13 years of experience in developing, managing and deploying mission-critical software applications.

Prior to joining DAZEL, Torvik was director of architecture and technology assessment for Mead Data Central, where he played a key role in the relationship between Mead Data and DAZEL that led to the development of the DAZEL product. Torvik also has held senior technical and management roles with Scribe Data Systems and EnMasse Computer.

Epple, Howe, Miller and Torvik join Timothy Ferchill, corporate controller, on the DAZEL management team. Ferchill, a certified public accountant, has 18 years of experience with major public accounting organizations. Before joining DAZEL, Ferchill was corporate controller for National Instruments and has held senior consulting positions with Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Young & Co.

Fabbio, a co-founder and the former president of TIVOLI Systems and veteran of more than 16 years developing advanced technology businesses, said the appointments underscore DAZEL's commitment to be an aggressive supplier to Fortune 500 companies of strategic technology that delivers output reliably, rapidly and securely anywhere in the world using existing client/server networks.

"The people and technology behind DAZEL represent the industry's most extensive and highly regarded investment in output management to date," Fabbio said. "They have the knowledge and the expertise to establish output management as a principal MIS discipline for the client/server platform."

DAZEL was founded in 1991 and released its first product in early 1993. DAZEL 2.0, announced in June, is a distributed application that provides management, access and delivery for printing, faxing and paging throughout a business enterprise.

Headquartered in Austin, DAZEL employs 40 people and has regional sales offices in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Austin. Earlier this year, the company received more than $3.5 million in venture capital from a group comprised of Sevin-Rosen, Austin Ventures and SSM Partners. -0-

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