Graham Pimlott Joins SpiritSoft's Board of Directors as Chairman.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2002 SpiritSoft today announced that Graham Pimlott has joined the message integration company's Board of Directors as Chairman. In this role, Pimlott will oversee the continued implementation of SpiritSoft's growth strategy and product roadmap, working closely with 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. Kevin Gibbs and SpiritSoft's management team. "I am delighted that we have been able to attract Graham to SpiritSoft," said Kevin Gibbs. "Graham brings substantial business and entrepreneurial experience to the Board, and has an outstanding track record of creating value with both listed and high growth companies. His proven leadership skills will be of great value as the company rapidly builds on its portfolio of blue-chip clients." Pimlott brings to SpiritSoft more than 20 years of experience in senior roles within the Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. sector. In 1986, he joined Kleinwort Benson's Corporate Finance department, subsequently moving to BZW BZW Beziehungsweise (German: Respectively) BZW BZFlag World (file format/extension) BZW Blizzard Warning BZW Barclays der Zoete Wedd as head of Corporate Finance. Until 1999 he was in various senior positions at BZW and Barclays Bank plc, including membership of the Group Executive Committee. Since then he has held a number of non-executive directorships including Tesco plc, and is currently Deputy Chairman of Hammerson plc. He has recently been appointed a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel The Financial Reporting Review Panel (FRRP) was established in 1990 as a subsidiary of the Financial Reporting Council. The FRRP seeks to ensure that the provision of financial information by public and large private companies complies with relevant accounting requirements such as . "SpiritSoft began as a JMS (Java Messaging Service) A programming interface (API) from Sun for connecting Java programs to messaging middleware such as IBM's MQSeries and TIBCO's Rendezvous. JMS is part of Sun's J2EE platform. See J2EE. JMS - Java Message Service pioneer, and today continues to distinguish itself by delivering unique and innovative technology to the marketplace," said Graham Pimlott, Chairman of the Board for SpiritSoft. "I'm pleased to join SpiritSoft's committed and skillful skill·ful adj. 1. Possessing or exercising skill; expert. See Synonyms at proficient. 2. Characterized by, exhibiting, or requiring skill. management team and be part of an organization with a compelling business vision, built upon a proven product foundation." About SpiritSoft SpiritSoft develops open-standard enterprise messaging-based technologies that enable dynamic business interactions across diverse applications and devices. SpiritSoft's open, standards-based approach leverages Java(TM) Message Service (JMS), XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and Caching technologies to enable users to seamlessly integrate with legacy systems and any proprietary middleware. The company provides the only complete integration platform that meets the challenges of building, deploying and managing distributed systems. SpiritSoft is privately held and based in Boston, Mass., with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and its European HQ in London, UK. Founded in 1997, SpiritSoft is funded in part by Reuters Greenhouse Fund and Catalyst Fund. Key customers include Adeptra, Amazon.com, E*Trade, Instinet, LogicWorx, Market Data Corporation, Persistence, Prebon Yamane, Reuters, Sungard, Tullet & Tokyo Liberty, The Vantra Group, and XXI Technologies. More information is available at www.spiritsoft.com |
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