Foliage Hires Former Javelin CEO as Managing Director of Silicon Valley Development Center.BURLINGTON Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- Foliage Software Systems, Inc. announced today that Rob Firmin has joined Foliage as Managing Director of the Foliage Silicon Valley Development Center. In his role, Mr. Firmin will be responsible for overseeing all West Coast operations for the fast growing software product development company. Mr. Firmin comes to Foliage from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Polaris GuideLine guideline Medtalk A series of recommendations by a body of experts in a particular discipline. See Cancer screening guidelines, Cardiac profile guidelines, Gatekeeper guidelines, Harvard guidelines, Transfusion guidelines. Corporation, the emergency call center software company that he founded in 1994. Prior to starting Polaris, Mr. Firmin was cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found , Chairman 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. at Javelin Software Javelin Software Corporation (1984-1988) was a company in Cambridge, Massachusetts which developed an innovative modeling and data analysis product, also called Javelin, and later Javelin Plus. Corporation, a company that provided financial modeling software to large corporations. The Javelin product won PC Week's Most Significant Product, Software Magazine's Software Product of the Year, and PC Magazine's Award for Technical Excellence. Mr. Firmin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago 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 Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. . Commenting on the appointment Ronald J. Rubbico, Foliage President, stated, "Rob is the perfect choice to lead our new Silicon Valley Development Center in Campbell, CA. Our growth plans are aggressive and Rob knows from experience how to assemble a top-notch technical team and simultaneously build the organization we need to support our West Coast client base. Our goal is to make the Foliage Silicon Valley Development Center the obvious solution when companies look to outsource software development. We have achieved that reputation with our Boston Development Center and Rob is determined to earn the same distinction on the West Coast." Foliage Software Systems is a software product development company providing innovative software solutions to a variety of industries with a focus on technology and the time-to-market requirements of our clients. Since 1991 the engineers at Foliage have developed over 100 different product applications. Foliage has a staff of nearly 100 software professionals capable of assuming total responsibility for the design, development, and delivery of complex software systems. For more information on Foliage Software Systems call 1-888-436-5424 or visit their web site at www.foliage.com. |
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