Questra Announces Key Management Appointment.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2002 Industry Veteran Vesna Swartz Brings Oracle, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. and Netscape Experience to Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Position As part of their strategy for expansion and market development, Questra Corporation, a leader in device intelligence solutions, today confirmed that Vesna Swartz has joined the company as vice president of marketing and business development. Swartz brings over 25 years experience to the position and is recognized for her expertise in corporate leadership and developing enterprise market strategy. This appointment happens at a key time for Questra, which is poised for growth after receiving $19 million in second round financing from two prominent venture firms, Menlo Ventures and Trident Capital. Mark Siegel, Managing Director at Menlo Ventures and member of Questra's Board of Directors stated, "Vesna has delivered impressive results for some of the largest players in the industry and has demonstrated success in a competitive start-up environment. We expect her wealth of experience to further Questra's industry leading initiatives and guide company growth." Most recently, Swartz has served as the executive vice president of marketing for Telseon, a leader in optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. services for metropolitan markets. In this position she was responsible for all areas of marketing, and partner development that helped define the company and earn them category leadership. Prior to Telseon, Swartz served in several senior marketing management positions for leading companies including AOL/Time Warner, Oracle Corporation, Netscape Corporation and Apple Computer, Inc. "Vesna Swartz is a tremendous addition to our first-class management team," said Jim Gagnard, Questra's chief executive officer and president. "This new leadership adds significantly to the bench strength of the executive team, and is key in steering The process whereby builders, brokers, and rental property managers induce purchasers or lessees of real property to buy land or rent premises in neighborhoods composed of persons of the same race. Questra forward as the leader in device relationship management solutions." Swartz holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree (summa cum laude sum·ma cum lau·de adv. & adj. With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction: graduated summa cum laude; a summa cum laude graduate. ) in business economics from Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton, making it the world’s oldest business school. . About Questra Questra is a leading enterprise software company providing device relationship management to global service and support organizations. Questra's products enable continual streams of mission-critical data from virtually all types of remote devices, equipment, and instruments to seamlessly connect into enterprise systems over the Internet. Questra completed a second round of financing of $19M with Menlo Ventures and Trident Capital in January 2002. The company has offices in Rochester, NY and Sunnyvale, CA. For more information on Questra, visit http://www.questra.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.043002/bb3 |
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