Deja News Names Three New Executives to Management Team; Guy Hoffman, Bill Townsend and David Wilson Join Leader in Internet Discussion Group Services.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997--Deja News, Inc. (http://www.dejanews.com) today introduced its senior management team, composed of new and existing executives who will lead the company to its next level of achievement. Guy Hoffman Guy Hoffman (born May 20, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a drummer and vocalist, formerly of such bands as Oil Tasters, BoDeans, Violent Femmes and Absinthe. He is a composer for such films as Field Day and a founding member of Radio Romeo. will be leading Deja News The Deja News Research Service was an archive of messages posted to Usenet discussion groups, started in 1995 by Steve Madere in Austin, Texas. Its powerful search engine capabilities won the service acclaim, generated controversy, and significantly changed the perceived nature of as its president and chief executive officer. He has over 12 years of industry and management experience, most recently serving as executive vice president and 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. of OpenConnect Systems, Inc. Bill Townsend This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. , part of the original management team at Lycos, Inc., is Deja News' new vice president of business development and David Wilson David Wilson may refer to:
These new executives join the existing management team consisting of: Founder and Chief Technology Officer Steve Madere, Vice President of Technical Operations Rami rami [L.] plural of ramus. rami communicantes bundles of nerve fibers connecting a sympathetic ganglion to spinal nerve; categorized as gray rami (unmyelinated postganglionic fibers) or white rami (myelinated preganglionic El-Charif, Vice President of Sales and Service Wes Schaefer and Vice President of Software Development Scott Williams. In just over two years, Deja News has grown from a small start-up operation to the 14th most popular site on the World Wide Web. "It is crucial we have a creative and experienced management team to take the company to the next level," noted Robert Fabbio, chairman of Deja News' Board of Directors. "With the addition of our new executives, I am confident that the company will achieve great success." Founded in May 1995, Deja News is the World Wide Web's largest source for Internet Discussion Groups, including Usenet newsgroups. Steve Madere, Deja News' founder, led the development of the company's infrastructure for archiving and searching IDGs as well as its innovative technology that enables a new generation of Internet-based marketing programs, called eMarketing Campaign. In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Madere will lead the technological wing of the company. "Since I founded the company, I've been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. someone with the business acumen and industry contacts to take the organization to its full potential," Madere said. "We've found that person in Guy Hoffman and I look forward to working with him and the rest of the management team to take Deja News to industry prominence." As President and Chief Executive Officer, Guy Hoffman is responsible for the overall operation and strategic direction of Deja News and brings a strong management background to the company. In addition to his COO and executive vice president role at OpenConnect Systems, Hoffman was vice president of worldwide marketing and general manager for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. for Eicon Technology Corporation. "What drew me to Deja News was the opportunity to facilitate electronic community and pioneer the next generation of Internet-enabled marketing," Hoffman commented. "Internet Discussion Groups are the heart of the most exciting and powerful aspect of the Internet -- community -- and I am committed to making Deja News the undisputed leader in this space. Our highly segmented IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) audience and unique technology enables us to be the leader in defining a new marketing paradigm, complete Internet marketing See Internet advertising. campaigns. I look forward to working with the Deja News team to establish the company as the preeminent provider in these new business segments." The new Vice President of Business Development, Bill Townsend, is responsible for expanding and enhancing the company's strategic industry partnerships. Townsend has a strong background in the Internet, advertising and business development arenas. During his tenure at Lycos, Townsend played a major role in developing the company's sales, marketing and advertising infrastructure, drawing upon his previous experience at several companies including Ketchum Advertising, one of the largest advertising agency networks in the world. Deja News' other new executive, Vice President of Marketing David Wilson, oversees all marketing functions including product management, product marketing, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales . Before joining Deja News, Wilson built the consumer division at Micrografx, Inc., creating and launching several successful products including Crayola Art Studio and American Greetings American Greetings Corporation, Inc. NYSE: AM is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic CreataCard. Wilson most recently served as director of brand management at Micrografx with responsibility for its enterprise, web and consumer product lines. About Deja News, Inc. Deja News is the operator of the largest search-and-retrieval engine for Internet Discussion Groups on the World Wide Web. Founded in May 1995, Deja News provides users with an easy and powerful Web interface for participating in discussions with people of like interests and for searching Internet Discussion Groups, including Usenet newsgroups. Building on Deja News' extensive database and proprietary search technology, Deja News' eMarketing Campaign offers marketers a comprehensive suite of Internet-based marketing programs for rapidly reaching and influencing large, highly segmented and dynamic audiences. Deja News serves as the Internet Discussion Group search resource for America Online See AOL. , AT&T WorldNet Service, Bell South, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, The Microsoft Network, Open Text, WebCrawler and Yahoo! Deja News is free to users and can be found on the Web at http://www.dejanews.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Deja News is a registered trademark of Deja News, Inc. All other names are the trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Deja News, Inc. Claire Campbell, 512/343-6397, ext. 244 clairec@dejanews.com |
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