Worldtalk Corp. announces additions to executive management team and board of directors change.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)--Feb. 5, 1997--Worldtalk 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 :WTLK), a leading provider of directory-based software for corporate Intranets, today announced the addition of three vice presidents to its executive management team. Bernard Harguindeguy joins Worldtalk as vice president of marketing and business development. He brings more than 15 years experience in strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , business development, international marketing and product development from companies such as Novell and 3COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . Harguindeguy will oversee all corporate and product marketing, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and business development. Reporting to Harguindeguy are Simon Khalaf, vice president of product marketing and Sathvik Krishnamurthy, general manager of Worldtalk's Deming Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. Subsidiary. Khalaf will have responsibility for the management and marketing of all Worldtalk product lines. Krishnamurthy will handle all responsibilities for the Deming Internet Security Subsidiary. "The addition of Harguindeguy strengthens our management team and focuses the company as we continue to provide leading-edge intranet solutions for the Fortune 500 and seek out new business opportunities," said Mark Jung, president and 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. of Worldtalk. "Harguindeguy, Khalaf and Krishnamurthy compliment the management team and together they bring a strong track record of driving products successfully in the marketplace." Harguindeguy most recently served as vice president of marketing at emotion Inc. where he was responsible for the strategic direction and marketing of the company. Previously, he served at Novell Inc. for six years in various management positions, including acting general manager and vice president of marketing for the Enterprise Division where he was credited with growing the division from $2 million to $145 million in five years. In this capacity, Harguindeguy was responsible for all the enterprise products including mainframe connectivity, remote LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. access, network management and routers. Prior to his tenure at Novell, Harguindeguy spent more than five years at 3COM and Bridge Communications Inc. Harguindeguy holds a Masters in Engineering Management 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 from University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine. A co-founder of Worldtalk, Khalaf most recently served as director of product marketing and has held several marketing and engineering positions within the company. Before joining Worldtalk, Khalaf held several engineering positions at Touch Communications, a leading provider of networking software. Khalaf brings more than seven years experience in the networking and messaging industry. Khalaf holds a Masters of Science in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Engineering from the American University of Beirut American University of Beirut, at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut. . Krishnamurthy has held several marketing and engineering positions at Worldtalk, including director of product marketing for Internet Security Products and software development manager. Previously, Krishnamurthy held engineering positions at leading data communications companies such as Retix and TITN TITN This is The Nuts (Rakeback poker program) TITN This Is the Night (Clay Aiken song) TITN Traitement de l'Information- Techniques Nouvelles . He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . Finally, Mark Leslie, a director of the company since 1995, resigned from the board due to increased business commitments. Mark Jung, Worldtalk's president, CEO and chairman of the board expressed the company's sincere appreciation for Leslie's service as a member of the board during an extremely important period in Worldtalk's history. Worldtalk Corp. Worldtalk Corp. is a leading provider of directory-based software solutions that support organizations in transforming intranets into secure, robust and cost-effective platforms for business-critical applications and electronic commerce. Worldtalk's solutions are designed to enable these organizations to build, evolve and expand full service intranets, while leveraging their existing infrastructure. The company focuses on e-mail, groupware, directory, and security applications. Worldtalk's Deming Internet Security Subsidiary, located in Bellevue, Wash., is focused on providing scalable security applications, including a complete e-mail security solution for the enterprise. Worldtalk is located at 5155 Old Ironsides Drive, Santa Clara, Calif., and can be reached at 408/567-1500. Additional product and company information can be obtained at http://www.worldtalk.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Worldtalk is a registered trademark of Worldtalk Corp. All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Golin/Harris Technologies Dawn Harris, 415/904-7000, x212 (Media) dharris@hi-tech.com or Worldtalk Corp. Stephen Bennion, 408/567-5016 (Investor) stephen.bennion@worldtalk.com |
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