Dana Hooper Named Centigram Vice President of Marketing and Business Development.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 1995--Centigram Communications Corporation today announced the appointment of Dana H. Hooper, 46, to vice president of Marketing and Business Development. In his new position, Hooper will direct all marketing activities, including product management, marketing communications and product planning. In addition, he will be responsible for new market and business development. "Dana's extensive product experience and his knowledge of Centigram cen·ti·gram n. A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a gram. centigram one-hundredth of a gram; abbreviated cg. are real assets in providing the necessary leadership for our marketing efforts," said Centigram 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. George Sollman. "He will be pivotal in his new role, working closely with (Senior Vice President of Operations and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ) Tony Muller and me to develop new business opportunities for Centigram." Hooper has served as Centigram's director of Product Marketing since joining the company in 1992. Before that he was director of Business Development at Software Publishing Company, and earlier held management positions at Digital Research Inc. and Xerox. Hooper earned a BA and MBA from the University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. . Hooper replaces David Weinstein, the company's former vice president of Marketing and Business Development, who resigned from Centigram after more than 10 years to join a local start-up company. "We were sorry to see Dave go, but we understand his choice to pursue his long-time dream of joining a company in its earliest stage," said Sollman. Centigram (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 : CGRM CGRM Computer Graphics Reference Model (ISO) ) is a leading provider of communications solutions. Centigram solves communication problems by integrating voice, data and facsimile on its Adaptive Information Processing (AIP AIP acute intermittent porphyria. AIP Acute intermittent porphyria ) platform, and by providing access to this multimedia information through a telephone or personal computer. The AIP platform is a communication server based on industry-standard hardware and software. Centigram also licenses TruVoice; its patented text-to-speech software. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corporation Dan Spalding, 408/428-3559 dan.spalding@centigram.com or Miller Communications/Shandwick Technologies Robin Foster, 415/962-9550 rfoster@millerwest.com |
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