RoweCom Appoints Vice President of Strategic Initiatives.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999-- Additional Hires, Including New Director of Publisher Relations and Doubling of Sales Force, to Support Company's Growth 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 leading provider of business-to-business solutions for managing the acquisition of knowledge resources, today announced the appointment of Judy Schott to the newly created position of vice president, strategic initiatives. Ms. Schott assumes the role immediately and will spearhead the development and implementation of strategic initiatives across sales, marketing, business development and operations. Ms. Schott joins RoweCom from Blackwell's Information Services See Information Systems. , Inc., a $400 million international company specializing in library book supply and electronic information provision, where she was named vice president and general manager in 1997 and was hired as vice president of sales and marketing in 1996. In addition to overseeing sales, marketing, and information technology, her accomplishments at Blackwell's include reaching a customer retention rate of 95 percent and improving the efficiency of customer service operations by 30 percent. From 1993 to 1996, Ms. Schott was vice president of marketing and development at Readmore, Inc., a $120 million information services company. She served as director of microcomputer information services there from 1987 to 1993. Dr. Richard Rowe Richard Rowe may refer to:
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U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. , and R.R. Donnelley. Separately, RoweCom has named three people to the newly created position of regional sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → and has hired 11 new salespeople across the U.S. since January 1. These new hires effectively double RoweCom's direct sales force. The company recently established a three-tiered sales structure composed of a regional sales manager, national account manager and account executive. Commented Dr. Rowe, "By doubling our sales force and structuring them across three tiers, we are taking the necessary steps to aggressively grow RoweCom's market share in our key vertical markets: financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , high-technology, and healthcare. We will have the sales force required to successfully add new corporate clients to our current client base. In addition, the multi-tiered sales structure we have adopted allows us to strengthen our presence within our 200 current clients and thereby grow employee usage of kStore, our flagship service." About RoweCom Inc. A pioneer in business-to-business e-commerce, RoweCom Inc. develops and operates Web-based services that enable businesses to manage the acquisition of knowledge resources such as magazines, newspapers, journals and books. RoweCom's flagship services, Knowledge Store (kStore) and Knowledge Library (kLibrary), provide new levels of control, convenience, and cost-savings, allowing companies to order, pay for and manage 45,000 titles online as well as 8 million discounted books via RoweCom partner barnesandnoble.com. With clients ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to academic libraries, RoweCom serves organizations with intensive knowledge requirements and high-volume purchases. The publicly-held company [Nasdaq: ROWE] is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. and has an office in London, Ontario. For more information, contact RoweCom Inc. on the Web at http://www.rowe.com or at 1-800-ROWECOM. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release may contain forward-looking statements made under the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. RoweCom's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the Company's S-1 filing. |
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