Vivisimo Names Rebecca Thompson Vice President of Marketing; FreeMarkets and FORE Systems Veteran to Lead Global Marketing Operations for Search Industry Innovator.PITTSBURGH -- Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), the creator of innovative software to access and cluster the world's information for better search and discovery, today announced that Rebecca Thompson has joined the company as vice president of marketing. Thompson is a technology industry veteran with a strong track record for building brands and accelerating market awareness and growth. Thompson will design and implement new strategic marketing initiatives that support sales and corporate development, while also spearheading Vivisimo's efforts to build a global search brand and express its unique vision for next-generation search portals. Reporting to the 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. , she will oversee all aspects of marketing for Vivisimo's award-winning Velocity search. "Rebecca helped to build the FreeMarkets and FORE Systems See Marconi. brands into two of the shining stars Shining Stars is a program introduced by Russ Berrie Inc. toy company in partnership with the International Star Registry. Russ Berrie's Shining Star Friends product line was introduced to market the program. in Pittsburgh's rich technology heritage," said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO of Vivisimo. "With her experience and immense talent, Rebecca will be an incredible asset for Vivisimo, helping us tackle new markets, expand our customer base and build a lasting brand within the technology industry. With Rebecca on our team, Vivisimo will be attacking the enterprise and consumer search markets even faster and more aggressively." Formerly the vice president of marketing at FreeMarkets, Thompson was responsible for managing and developing FreeMarkets' brand image as well as overseeing FreeMarkets' global supply management solutions and all corporate marketing initiatives. Prior to joining FreeMarkets, she served as director of corporate marketing for FORE Systems, where she led the corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. , market intelligence and advertising programs. She also worked as a manager of industry relations for Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. and as an industry analyst for Dataquest/Gartner Group, both in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. She has a B.A. from the University of North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). . "Vivisimo is a truly innovative company, with a powerful combination of a disruptive technology A new technology that has a serious impact on the status quo and changes the way people have been dealing with something, perhaps for decades. Music CDs all but wiped out the phonograph industry within a few years, and digital cameras are destined to eliminate the film industry. , a solid management team and a tremendous market opportunity," said Thompson. "Currently, Vivisimo is providing better search and discovery for more than 100 businesses and government organizations and millions of searchers. This is just the tip of the iceberg tip of the iceberg n. pl. tips of the iceberg A small evident part or aspect of something largely hidden: afraid that these few reported cases of the disease might only be the tip of the iceberg. for Vivisimo and my goal is to ensure the company reaches its full potential." About Vivisimo, Inc. Vivisimo, Inc. creates innovative software to access and cluster the world's information, for better search and discovery. Fortune 500 businesses, government agencies, academia and millions of searchers use Vivisimo's clustering technology to better organize and navigate massive amounts of information. Vivisimo is the creator of the popular Clusty.com consumer search engine and serves enterprise customers through its suite of clustering, search and federated search products. Vivisimo serves its global client base through headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Paris, France, and partners throughout the world. Please visit vivisimo.com to learn more. |
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