Erez Lorber Joins BackWeb as Vice President of Worldwide Business Development.Business Editors/High Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000 Former 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 HERMES SoftLab USA to Pursue Strategic Business Opportunities and Alliances BackWeb(R) Technologies (Nasdaq: BWEB BWEB Broadcast Web BWEB Bacula Web Interface ), a leading provider of push for e-business solutions, today announced that Erez Lorber, former president and CEO of HERMES SoftLab USA, Inc., has joined BackWeb as vice president of worldwide business development. Lorber brings more than a decade of business development, marketing and management experience to BackWeb. He is responsible for market development, in addition to forging strategic partnerships and alliances with leading high-technology organizations. While at HERMES SoftLab USA, Inc., a leading software house specializing in the storage, system management and telecommunications, Lorber also was a member of the HERMES board and the corporate senior management team. There he played a key role in the formation of the company's worldwide strategy. "Erez exhibits the strategic vision of a world-class business development executive," said Eli Barkat, chairman and CEO of BackWeb Technologies. "He will be integral to our global mission to establish BackWeb as the standard push infrastructure for e-business." Prior to his tenure at HERMES, Lorber was founder and CEO of Deloitte & Touche Information Technology Israel, a market leader in the IT consulting arena specializing in the selection and implementation of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. and financial software solutions. He holds a B.A. degree (magna cum Laude cum lau·de adv. & adj. With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates. ) from Temple University and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the Reccanaty School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל־אביב, את"א) is Israel's largest on-site university. . About BackWeb Technologies BackWeb Technologies is a leading provider of push for e-business solutions that enable companies to communicate time-sensitive, business-critical information throughout the extended enterprise of customers, partners and employees. Via Internet-based applications and proactive portals, corporations such as Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and Schlumberger Dowell have deployed BackWeb's Polite(TM) push Internet infrastructure for managing critical changes for key e-business and customer service applications. BackWeb Technologies is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and Ramat Gan Ramat Gan (rä`mät gän), city (1994 pop. 122,200), W central Israel, adjacent to Tel Aviv. Founded in 1921, Ramat Gan is an important industrial center. Food processing is the chief industry; construction materials are also made there. , Israel. For more information, visit its web site at http://www.backweb.com or call (800) 863-0100. Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities laws, including, statements regarding any other beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in BackWeb's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. BackWeb assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. (c)2000 BackWeb Technologies, Inc. BackWeb is a registered trademark of BackWeb Technologies. Polite Agent is a trademark of BackWeb Technologies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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