Macrovision Corporation Names Worldwide Sales and Marketing Executives.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN MVSN Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Italy) ) announced today that Mark Bishof had joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services, and that Greg Jorgensen had joined as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Each appointment is effective immediately. Mark Bishof will oversee all sales, presales, services, channels and alliances for the Company worldwide. Greg Jorgensen will be responsible for all worldwide product marketing, demand generation, brand strategy, market intelligence and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . Macrovision Chief Executive Officer Fred Amoroso Am`o`ro´so n. 1. A lover; a man enamored. adv. 1. (Mus.) In a soft, tender, amatory style. remarked, "I am very pleased to be able to welcome to Macrovision two world-class executives to strengthen our management team. Both Mark and Greg bring outstanding credentials in key business areas to their roles at Macrovision and I am excited at the opportunity to work with each of them as we grow and transform Macrovision into the future." Mark Bishof is a software and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects industry veteran, and brings a diverse background in selling and delivering enterprise integration and technology solutions for Global 2000 customers. He recently served as a consultant to Warburg Pincus Warburg Pincus is a private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. It has been a leading private equity investor since 1971. The firm currently has approximately $14 billion under management, and invests in a range of industries including information and in their Information Technology and Communications practice. Bishof was Vice President of Worldwide Industry Solution Sales for IBM's Software Group and prior to that, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, WebSphere Business Integration and was instrumental in building WebSphere into the dominant player in the business integration marketplace. Before 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) , he served as Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Services for CrossWorlds Software, and was integral in the acquisition and integration of CrossWorlds into IBM in 2002. Prior to CrossWorlds, Bishof served as a partner at Deloitte in the Telecommunications practice, and as an associate with Booz-Allen Hamilton in their Intelligence and Space Systems Group. Bishof also serves on the Board of Directors for Solstice solstice (sŏl`stĭs) [Lat.,=sun stands still], in astronomy, either of the two points on the ecliptic that lie midway between the equinoxes (separated from them by an angular distance of 90°). Software. "I'm very pleased to be joining a dynamic executive team that can help take Macrovision to its next level. The opportunity to expand our sales and services capabilities around go-to-market solutions for customers is an exciting challenge," Bishof commented. Greg Jorgensen was formerly the Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing at McAfee, Inc. (Network Associates). He was instrumental in driving an increase in market share across the suite of consumer online and retail products, as well as global realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of all Network Associates enterprise solutions under McAfee System and Network Protection moving the company from a pure anti-virus player into an intrusion prevention See IPS and IDS. powerhouse. At IBM, Jorgensen was a senior consultant for the Software Group's Solutions and Strategy Division where he was primarily responsible for leading the global strategic positioning of business integration (and CrossWorlds enterprise applications technology/products) as it evolved within the WebSphere brand -- he was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for CrossWorlds Software prior to the IBM acquisition. Previously, Jorgensen was Vice President, Worldwide Brand Marketing at Oracle, where he spearheaded a new strategic direction and global positioning across 36+ countries. Before joining Oracle, Jorgensen headed up agency operations, account management teams and corporate development for various marketing and global advertising firms in San Francisco, 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 Los Angeles. "I look forward to joining an aggressive team focused on delivering new technologies that enhance a customer's experience," said Jorgensen. "Together we will expand Macrovision's market position in both the entertainment and software industries." About Macrovision Macrovision develops and markets content value management and software value management technologies for the home video, PC games, music, cable/satellite, consumer software, and enterprise software industries. Macrovision holds a total of 220 issued or pending United States patents and 1,200 issued or pending international patents, and continues to increase its patent portfolio with new and innovative technologies in related fields. Macrovision has its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , with other offices across the United States and around the world. Note to Editors: For more information on Macrovision Corporation and its products, please visit www.macrovision.com. (C) 2005 Macrovision Corporation. Macrovision is a registered trademark of Macrovision Corporation. All other brands and product names and trademarks are the registered property of their respective companies. |
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