Vantive appoints Garry Hallee as SVP product development; leaves Platinum to join Customer Asset Management software leader.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1996--The Vantive Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :VNTV VNTV Vantive Corporation (former stock symbol; now delisted) ) today announced the appointment of Garry Hallee, 35, to senior vice president of research and product development. Most recently, Hallee was vice president, research and development at Platinum Technology Platinum Technology Inc. was founded by Andrew Filipowski in 1987 to market and support deployment of Database Management software products and the applications enabled by database management technology and render related services. Inc. At Vantive, Hallee is responsible for managing all development of the company's family of Customer Asset Management software applications and tools. He assumes all senior-level product development responsibilities from Steve Goldsworthy, chief technology officer, who has retired to pursue personal interests. John Luongo, president and chief executive officer, Vantive, commented: "Garry's expertise in growing and managing large development organizations, as well as in the areas of application development and expert systems, is a rare combination. His knowledge of object-oriented technology See object technology. in particular will bring us a roadmap for the future as we move into the direction of component-based software. There is also tremendous synergy between Vantive's high standards for top-notch customer service and Garry's own proven skills in product quality and quality assurance. We're proud to have him aboard." About Garry Hallee Garry Hallee has more than 15 years senior product management and development expertise in applications development and expert systems spanning 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) , Aion Corp., Trinzic Corp. and Platinum Technology. Hallee began his career at IBM Corp. as a software engineer, where he worked to develop a knowledge-based system (artificial intelligence) knowledge-based system - (KBS) A program for extending and/or querying a knowledge base. The related term expert system is normally used to refer to a highly domain-specific type of KBS used for a specialised purpose such as medical diagnosis. building tool. He left IBM to co-found Aion Corp., one of the original pioneers in the field of knowledge-based systems According to the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC), a knowledge-based system is a program for extending and/or querying a knowledge base. The Computer User High-Tech Dictionary defines a knowledge-based system . Hallee was the lead architect of the Aion Development System (AionDS), as well as two derivative products "ObjectPro," a general purpose, object-oriented 4GL, and RuleServer, an application server for deploying business rules on a server platform. In 1992, Aion Corp. merged with AI Corp. to form Trinzic Corp. At Aion/Trinzic, Hallee held the positions of director of software development and chief technical officer, with the responsibility for all new product development and maintenance on AionDS and ObjectPro. Most recently, Hallee worked as vice president of research and development at Platinum Technology as the result of Platinum's acquisition of Trinzic Corp. in 1995. There, he directed a business unit of 60 employees covering the areas of software development, quality assurance, technical support, product documentation, product marketing and product management. He was responsible for developing significant new releases of the company's application development tools to exploit Internet, distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. and object-oriented technology across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . He holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering/Computer Systems from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering/Computer Systems from Stanford University. About The Vantive Corp. The Vantive Corp. is the market-leading provider of Customer Asset Management software. The company delivers award-winning products and services that allow companies to attract, acquire, retain and leverage customers by automating sales, marketing, customer support, defect tracking, field service and internal help desk functions. Vantive Enterprise is the company's integrated, best-of-breed suite of applications that deliver the scalability, rich functionality, flexibility, security and rapid implementation required by today's competitive market. Vantive applications are used by more than 250 world-class, customer-centric companies across all industries to achieve total customer service. Vantive can be reached by calling 800/582-6848 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.vantive.com . -0- Note to Editors: Vantive, Vantive Enterprise, Vantive Sales, Vantive Support, Vantive Quality, Vantive FieldService, Vantive HelpDesk, and VanWeb are trademarks of The Vantive Corp. CONTACT: The Vantive Corp. Bob Tate, 408/982-5700 btate@vantive.com or The Horn Group Kathleen O'Boyle, 415/579-6455 koboyle@horngroup.com |
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