TopicalNet Appoints Vice President of Development; Veteran of Knowledge Management and Search Industries to Drive New Product Development.Business/Technology Editors WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2001 TopicalNet, Inc., a leader in developing automated content classification technology for business to business applications, today announced the appointment of Jeff Catlin as the company's Vice President of Development. In this role Catlin will be responsible for the development of products based on TopicalNet's technology, as well as overseeing the company's IT operations in its Woburn, Mass. and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden offices. "Jeff brings to TopicalNet a strong understanding of technology development as well as a wealth of experiences that demonstrate synergies with TopicalNet's mission," said Ray Kingman, 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. , TopicalNet. "The entire management team is looking forward to working with Jeff as he helps TopicalNet develop industry-leading software product solutions based on our unique classification technology." Catlin brings 14 years of high tech and software experience to TopicalNet, including several years managing the development of knowledge management and search technologies. Prior to joining TopicalNet, Catlin was a founder and the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Pleasant Street Technologies, an automated online news service that was purchased in 2000 by Chiliad Publishing, Inc. Prior to founding Pleasant Street, he led the team that built the news and research arm of Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings Interactive, helping to create an industry-leading 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. site. Catlin's other experience includes influential work in unstructured text searching at UMass' CIIR CIIR Catholic Institute for International Relations CIIR Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval CIIR counterintelligence information report (US DoD) CIIR Canadian International Information Resource Lab, and software management positions at Sovereign Hill Sovereign Hill is an interactive museum in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, that depicts Ballarat's first ten years after the discovery of gold there in 1851. It was officially opened on 29 November 1970. , HBOC HBOC HBO & Co of Georgia HBOC Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer HBOC Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier HBOC Hawke's Bay Orienteering Club (New Zealand) HBOC Hunter Bird Observers Club HBOC Horse Breeders and Owners Conference and Synetics. "TopicalNet's unique technology holds a huge potential for creating solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the online marketing world," said Catlin. "I'm looking forward to helping the company fulfill a powerful vision to deliver the benefits of enterprise classification to marketing, advertising and site planning professionals worldwide." Catlin 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 in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. . About TopicalNet, Inc. TopicalNet, Inc.'s patented classification technology provides businesses with the solution to classify their massive amounts of electronically stored data into easily accessible "topics." TopicalNet's automated and scalable software accurately classifies pages on the Internet, within corporate Intranets and Extranets, and within online advertising networks. By providing a roadmap of the content, TopicalNet allows its customers to better manage, disseminate and utilize their assets and provide contextual commerce solutions, thereby improving customer satisfaction and increasing revenues. TopicalNet will be the standard in classification systems for content management and contextual commerce by delivering the right information to the right person at the right time. TopicalNet Europe, a joint venture between TopicalNet and Bertelsmann mediaSystems, markets TopicalNet's classification solutions in Europe and develops European language versions. For more information about TopicalNet, visit www.TopicalNet.com or contact TopicalNet at 781-932-8400, extension 400, or send e-mail to press@TopicalNet.com. TopicalNet is a trademark and service mark of TopicalNet, Inc. TopicalNet, Inc. has applied for registration of TopicalNet before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other products and services mentioned may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. |
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