Workgroup Computing Expert to Head Up Asia Online's Global Collaborative Communications Program.Business Editors/High Tech Writers WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999 Stoddard Vandersteel, one of the IT industry's leading experts in workgroup computing and the application of Lotus Notes platforms in large organizations, has joined Internet solutions multinational, Asia Online, Ltd, as Vice President, Strategic Services. In this position Vandersteel will be responsible for the development of all aspects of the marketing information, collaboration and integration of various systems, support capabilities and tools within Asia Online's headquarters in Hong Kong and regional operations throughout Asia Pacific. Vandersteel has worked extensively in the services industry, both as a line executive and technologist. In 1986, he joined the management team of the World Banking Group of Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. to redesign their offshore MIS systems. By pioneering the use of client/server architecture in the bank, operating/development costs were reduced 25 percent. In 1990, he began prototyping Lotus Notes, and then joined Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). to head the Notes Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services group, working extensively with the early and largest Notes customers such as Price Waterhouse, Philips Electronics and Chase Manhattan Bank The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. The bank is headquartered in New York City. in planning large scale rollouts. Since leaving Lotus, he has designed and implemented a variety of Notes applications for a number of large and small organizations. These include customer account management, software bug tracking, product catalogs, knowledge and expertise management and workflow applications which streamline the numerous approval processes such as purchase requisitions, recruiting, travel approval and expense reporting. "Stoddard's goal is to make communications vastly more efficient -- to reduce the tyranny of time zones. We expect to leverage Stoddard's experience to secure licenses or create applications for collaborative communications solutions which greatly improve the productivity of our customers," said Asia Online, Ltd Chief Executive Kevin Randolph. "Stoddard has worked with both business and system managers to develop the change management strategy to achieve the organizational objectives of using groupware technology. Adding collaborative communications technology to our growing array of core competencies increasingly provides our customers with a one-stop-shop for ways to save time, money and extend their reach globally," Randolph added. About Asia Online Asia Online, Ltd. is the holding company for Asia Online - Hong Kong, the city's oldest independent Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ), Asia Online - Philippines, the country's leading Web site developer and Asia Online -Americas, the Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the headquarters for the US operations and, most recently, Asia Online -Australia Pty Ltd and Asia Online - New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. Ltd. Asia Online currently offers a variety of Internet-related services including dial-up, leased lines, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , roaming, web design & hosting, advertising and e-commerce. Through partnerships with leading US Internet companies and internal development, Asia Online plans to offer Internet-based communications products to both international and domestic customers. These will include voice-over-IP, Internet fax, digital signatures, and certified email to mention few. Additional information about Asia Online is available at www.asiaonlineltd.com. |
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