New CTO Added to Interleaf Management Team; Former Lotus Fellow Strengthens Management Team.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1999-- Interleaf Desktop publishing software that was widely used for DOS, Windows 95/98, NT, and a variety of Unix-based computers from Interleaf, Inc., Waltham, MA. Interleaf's full-featured program supported a large number of document and image types, including its ability to handle extremely long , Inc. (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 :LEAF), today announced the appointment of Barry Briggs Barry Briggs MBE (born 30 December 1934) from Christchurch, New Zealand is a former Speedway rider. He won the World Individual title four times - in 1957, 1958, 1964 and 1966[1]. to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer. "The addition of Barry in the role of CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. represents the achievement of another significant step in our transition strategy," stated Jaime Ellertson, Interleaf'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. . "Barry brings over two decades of technical experience and visionary leadership in software development with responsibilities for world-class products, including Lotus 1-2-3(R) . I expect Barry to strengthen our management team as we complete our transition to a leading supplier of e-content management solutions for e-Business." Barry Briggs joins Interleaf after 11 years with Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). , a worldwide leader in desktop and network applications, where he was most recently a Lotus Fellow, the company's highest technical rank. At Lotus, Barry is credited with the invention of Lotus(R) e-Suite(TM), one of the first Java-based products on the market; with architecting Lotus Notes/Domino(R) enterprise integration strategy; and as the Chief Architect for the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program, the best-selling application of its time. Prior to Lotus, Barry held various positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and Nixdorf Computers Inc., among others. "I'm excited about Interleaf's innovative, revolutionary XML-based content management system, BladeRunner , which leverages the company's long history of scalable enterprise publishing, and is poised to become an application every bit as seminal as 1-2-3 and Domino." About BladeRunner Interleaf's BladeRunner is the first complete enterprise content management solution that harnesses the power of industry standards such as eXtensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. (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 Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. (R) to deliver the reusability and personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. benefits of structured information for web-enabled business solutions. BladeRunner enables organizations to realize improved time to market, increase revenues and gain competitive advantage by providing a solution designed to leverage information content and facilitate business transactions throughout the information value chain that connects corporations with their customers, suppliers and distributors. About Interleaf Interleaf, Inc. provides enterprise-wide software solutions for content management and high-end publishing. These solutions provide Global 2000 customers with a distinct competitive advantage by enabling them to deploy applications that improve their operating efficiency and customer satisfaction, while driving revenue and profitability. Interleaf's software products make it easy for companies to assemble, manage, retrieve, distribute and publish business-critical information across the corporate enterprise and beyond. Interleaf is a public company listed on the Nasdaq National Market (Nasdaq:LEAF). Interleaf is headquartered in Waltham, Mass., with offices around the world. Information about Interleaf's products is available from Interleaf Direct at 1-800-955-5323 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.interleaf.com. Interleaf(R), BladeRunner(TM) and e-content(TM) are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Interleaf, Inc. Lotus, Lotus 1-2-3(R), Lotus(R) e-Suite(TM), and Lotus Notes/Domino(R) are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation. 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