Gensym Announces Appointment of Acting VP of Worldwide Sales.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 1997--Gensym Corp. (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 :GNSM), a leading provider of software and services for intelligent solutions, announced the appointment of William H. Wood, current vice president and general manager of Gensym's Communications Business Unit, as the acting vice president of worldwide sales. "Bill's proven high tech sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a experience and strong leadership as head of our Communications Business Unit make him the right person to manage our worldwide sales organization as we continue our active recruitment to fill the position permanently," said Lowell Hawkinson, Gensym chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Wood's experience includes many years in technology sales. Before joining Gensym, Mr. Wood was vice president and general manager of North American Operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. for Integrated Systems Management, a software division of Groupe Bull. Prior to Groupe Bull, he was a senior sales executive with Candle Corp. for 11 years, during which time its revenue grew from $25 million to $215 million. Before Candle, Mr. Wood held sales and marketing management positions at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp., Xerox Corp., and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Telenet Communications Corp. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Founded in 1986, Gensym Corp. is a leading supplier of software and services for intelligent systems that help organizations manage and optimize complex dynamic processes. Common applications include quality management, process optimization, dynamic scheduling, network fault management, energy and environmental management, and abnormal situation management The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium is a long-running and active Honeywell-led research and development consortium of 13 companies and universities that are concerned about the negative effects of industrial accidents. . Gensym has sold more than 7,000 product licenses to organizations in manufacturing, communications, aerospace, transportation, finance, and other industries. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Gensym has offices in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. Visit Gensym on line at http://www.gensym.com . CONTACT: Gensym Corp. The Financial Relations Board Rick Darer Doug DeLieto 617-588-9297 212-661-8030 ir@gensym.com dad@ny.frbd.com |
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