US SEARCH.com Appoints 'Top 10 CIO' H. Jake Mendelsohn as Chief Information Officer; Information Technology Veteran to Oversee Technical Strategy and Operations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000 US SEARCH.com (Nasdaq:SRCH SRCH Search SRCh State Registered Chiropodist SRCH Searching ), a leading provider of Internet-based information verification services, has named H. Jake Mendelsohn as chief information officer. Mendelsohn will be responsible for overseeing systems operations, technology strategies and business process design for US SEARCH.com's business and consumer divisions. "Jake's expertise and years of experience make him the ideal person to implement technology solutions essential to our business to business and business to consumer customers," said Brent Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , chief executive officer US SEARCH.com. "His track record in designing and setting up integrated systems will allow US SEARCH.com to continue to streamline technology infrastructure and further enhance our competitive advantage in information verification services." Mendelsohn previously served as CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. for PETsMART, a leading pet food and supplies retailer. He directed the information technology operations Information technology operations, or IT operations, are the superset of all processes and services that are both provisioned by an IT staff to their internal or external and used by themselves, to run themselves as a business. and the IT strategy of the company and implemented enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. systems to support company growth. In 1999, RETAILTECH Magazine named Mendelsohn one of their "Top 10 CIOs of the Year." Prior to PETsMART, Mendelsohn was a principal with The Windsor Park This article refers to the home ground of the Northern Irish Football Club. For other uses of Windsor Park, see Windsor Park (disambiguation). Windsor Park is the home ground of the Northern Irish football club, Linfield FC, in Belfast. Group, a management consultant practice in Los Angeles. He worked with clients ranging from start-up companies to multi-billion dollar firms, defining and developing their information technology strategies. Mendelsohn also directed business plans, including evaluating and integrating acquired companies. He has also held financial management positions in the South African offices of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Arthur Andersen. Mendelsohn earned a bachelor of commerce The Bachelor of Commerce is a bachelor's degree in business management, accounting and economic fields. The degree is also known as the Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (BCA). degree from the University of Cape Town “UCT” redirects here. For other uses, see UCT (disambiguation). as well as a graduate degree in accounting, and is a Chartered Accountant. About US SEARCH.com US SEARCH.com is a leading provider of Internet based information verification services. The company provides quick, easy and inexpensive verification of individual reference information to corporate and professional clients as well as to consumers. US SEARCH.com services include address location searches, verification of financial liens, criminal records and civil judgments, as well as employee background screenings. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ussearch.com. US SEARCH.com Forward-Looking Statements This news release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of US SEARCH.com with respect to, among other things, the growth in information verification services, the demand for and the availability and benefits of US SEARCH.com's services, and US SEARCH.com's ability to grow and expand its business, including its employment screening business, its service offerings, as well as our ability to improve our technical infrastructure. These projections and statements involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are referred to the documents filed by US SEARCH.com with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically those included in the company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. US SEARCH.com's actual future events or results may differ materially as a result of risks facing US SEARCH.com or actual results differing from the assumptions underlying such statements. Such risks and assumptions include, but are not limited to, US SEARCH.com's ability to expand and market its product line and service offerings, particularly those offered on the internet as well as services intended for corporate and professional clients, maintain and expand Internet marketing relationships, respond to changes in the competitive environment, and expand and improve its infrastructure, facilities and operations capacity. |
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