MICROSTAR ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 1995--Microstar Software Ltd. today announced that Peter Sandiford and Donald W. Smith have been appointed to its board of directors. Peter Sandiford is the chairman of Global Business Alliance Inc., an organization which provides electronic commerce services to companies around the world. As past president and vice-chairman of SHL SHL Shift Logical Left SHL Schweizerische Hochschule für Landwirtschaft (German: Swiss College of Agriculture) SHL Southern Hockey League SHL Silver Haired Legislature SHL Single Hidden Layer (neural networks) Systemhouse Inc., Sandiford led vertical market and international expansion of SHL resulting in growth from $35 million to $750 million. Donald W. Smith is the 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 AIT Corp., a successful personal identification and securities systems manufacturer. He has twenty-five years of experience in product development, management and marketing activities. Prior to joining AIT, Smith was executive vice president of Sales and Marketing for Mitel Corp., with responsibility for annual sales of $400 million. "I am delighted to welcome Peter and Don to Microstar's board. Their extensive experience with rapid growth companies competing in the international marketplace will be of significant benefit to Microstar as we continue to grow," said Peter Jordan, Microstar's president 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. . Microstar is a recognized leader in the rapidly growing electronic document management industry. Microstar leads this industry in the development of structured methodologies for Computer Aided Document Engineering (CADEr), and in providing key software products and services for its implementation. Microstar's products include NEAR & FARr, which has received international recognition as a critical tool for the implementation of SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. , as well as the recently announced NEAR & FARr Author, an add-on product for structured document creation in Microsoft Word 6.0. SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language (language, text) Standard Generalized Markup Language - (SGML) A generic markup language for representing documents. SGML is an International Standard that describes the relationship between a document's content and its structure. ) is an international standard for document storage and interchange that is being embraced by government and industry. As underlying technology of Internet's HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , SGML is rapidly gaining market acceptance worldwide. Microstar Software Ltd. is a publicly traded SGML software and services company listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (MSS). CONTACT: Mr. Shaun McEwan, Chief Financial Officer, 613/727-5696 |
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