RoweCom Appoints Senior Sales Executives to Serve Academic and Medical Clients.Business & Technology Editors WESTWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Faxon Client Base; Key Talent Added to Serve Academic and Medical Markets RoweCom Inc. (Nasdaq: ROWE Rowe , Nicholas 1674-1718. English writer whose works include drama, poetry, and an edition of Shakespeare. He was appointed poet laureate in 1715. ), the leader in empowering knowledge-based communities to work smarter, today announced a significant expansion of the company's academic and medical sales teams and the appointment of sales directors dedicated to the key academic and medical verticals and specific geographies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The move more than doubles the size of the sales team dedicated to these communities, representing a substantial investment in growing these markets. The new teams, appointed to RoweCom's Faxon Academic and Medical Services division, are headed by Georges Sarazin, responsible for the eastern academic region, Robert Loffredo, responsible for the national medical and federal market, and Frank Semancik, directing the western academic market. These directors and their teams are responsible for ensuring the company's continued responsiveness to its long-standing clients, promoting RoweCom's web-based service offerings, and driving the development of services and solutions to meet the specific needs of the division's clients. "We now have an outstanding sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a team in place, allowing us to focus on enhancing our products and services to address the specific needs of our clients," said Dan Tonkery, president Faxon Academic and Medical Services. "I am excited that our regional sales teams will have the leadership and direction of Georges, Frank, and Bob, and I'm thrilled that our clients will have the opportunity to benefit from their extensive industry knowledge." Georges Sarazin, based in Ottawa, Ontario, is a 25-year veteran of the library industry, beginning his career with the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI CISTI Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information CISTI Civil Space Technology Initiative CISTI Canadian Institute of Telecommunications Engineers ). Mr. Sarazin has held several management positions in client services, technical services, and electronic sales with various leading subscription agents including Faxon Canada Ltd., Readmore Canada Ltd., and Blackwell's Information Services See Information Systems. . Most recently, he served as the Canadian Managing Director of SIRSI Corporation, an integrated library systems An integrated library system, or ILS, is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. company specializing in library automation and knowledge management. Robert Loffredo, based in Barrington, Rhode Island Barrington is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,819 at the 2000 census. In July of 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Barrington sixth on its list of the 100 best places to live in the United States. , joined Faxon's sales force in 1996, prior to its merger with RoweCom. He began his career at CCR 1. CCR - condition code register. 2. CCR - (Database) concurrency control and recovery. Data Systems, a hardware and software solutions provider for large retailers and K-12 school systems. Mr. Loffredo has a diverse background in sales and technology. Frank Semancik, based in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , has served as director of academic sales for Faxon since 1998. Prior to Faxon, Mr. Semancik spent nine years in automation and book sales with the Brodart Company, a library services company based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County,GR6 Pennsylvania in the United States. The population was 30,706 at the 2000 census. . About RoweCom A first mover mover /mov·er/ (moo´ver) that which produces motion. prime mover a muscle that acts directly to bring about a desired movement. in business-to-business e-commerce, RoweCom develops and operates global web-based solutions that enable knowledge-based communities to purchase, manage, and use comprehensive knowledge resources such as magazines, newspapers, journals, and books. RoweCom's flagship services, kStore (Knowledge Store) and kLibrary (Knowledge Library), allow organizations to order, pay for, and manage over 200,000 titles online as well as millions of discounted books via RoweCom partner barnesandnoble.com. With clients ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to academic libraries, RoweCom serves communities with intensive knowledge requirements and high-volume purchases. Faxon, a long-established leader in academic information services, joined RoweCom in October 1999 and continues to serve its clients by offering expanded Internet and e-commerce tools as well as new levels of control, convenience, and cost-savings. RoweCom's Faxon Academic and Medical Services division remains an industry leader providing traditional print and e-journal services; budgeting and collection development solutions; high-quality personal service; and cutting-edge web-based services including Subscription Depot, License Depot, and Information Quest (IQ). RoweCom is a publicly held company headquartered in Westwood, Mass. with offices in North America, Europe, and Australia. For more information, visit the RoweCom Website at www.rowe.com. |
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