TransCom Software Inc. Appoints Timothy Blackburn as CEO; Technology-Savvy Hands-On Executive to Head Knowledge Management Company.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- TransCom Software Inc., developer of world-leading knowledge management programs for the Internet and corporate intranets, today announced the appointment of Dr. Timothy C. Blackburn as 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. . He will report to the founder and chairman, Vin Hillsdon. TransCom is known for its advanced use of agent technology to dynamically reclassify Verb 1. reclassify - classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species" class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separate - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you and re-categorize document-based knowledge so individuals and groups get the right information in the right format at the right time. Timothy Blackburn joins TransCom from his position as senior consultant with the San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] firm Towers Perrin Towers Perrin is a global professional services firm. It was established 1 March 1934 as Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby. The umbrella name of Towers Perrin was adopted in 1987. where he also served as CEO of SERENA SERENA Steam Explosion Resolution for Nuclear Applications Software International. Blackburn holds a B.A. from Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. , an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. The main campus resides atop Mount Oread. , and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu. . His expertise is in creating high-performance organizations that are tuned to the market dynamics of emerging opportunities. "Tim Blackburn will bring a depth to TransCom which will give us an unfair competitive advantage in the Internet and Intranet market of knowledge management," said Vin Hillsdon, Chairman of TransCom. "Our advanced agent technology is second to none and with Tim's proven track record in designing market-driven strategies and the expertise to build the teams that can execute them, TransCom will have a very effective 'not-so-secret' weapon in our new CEO." "In my many years of management, I have seen that the one singular difference between a good company and a great company is their ability to properly leverage information," commented Blackburn. "There is no better example of 'quantity' not equaling 'quality' than when one looks at the information glut professionals face today. TransCom's smart agent technology reverses this spiraling trend. For example, a lawyer keeping up with case law can either spend hours thumbing through journals or surfing Lexis-Nexis and other sites. Or TransCom's Colony(TM)for Legal can automatically sift, aggregate, edit, exclude, and prioritize both internal and external information to deliver a one-of-a-kind electronic heads-up. If I was not TransCom's CEO, I'd certainly be a customer. It's great to be both." About TransCom TransCom Software, Inc. was the brain child of the management of TeckVest Limited, a recognized world leader in Knowledge Management programs for financial, currency, and commodity markets. TransCom was founded in 1996 to apply this technology leadership to the Internet and corporate Intranet markets. TransCom builds "evolved" intelligent software products whose purpose is to help people find, organize and share information, no matter how or where it is stored. To achieve this purpose, TransCom developed a powerful technology called Automated Intelligent Decision Making(TM) (AIDM AIDM l'Associazione Italiana Donne Medico AIDM Associate Insurance Data Manager AIDM Automated Intelligent Decision Making AIDM Association des Intelligents du Monde (Association of Intelligent of the World; website) (TM)). TransCom's mission is to deploy AIDM technology into products with widespread business application such as vertically focused knowledge management. TransCom's corporate headquarters and R&D are based in Ireland, with sales and marketing located in San Francisco, California. TransCom can be reached at (415) 292-0160 or www.transcomsoft.com. |
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