NEWZ Announces Key Additions to Senior Management Team
New appointments follow company's recent strategic realignment
BURLINGTON, Mass., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- NewsEdge Corporation (Nasdaq: NEWZ), today announced two new appointments to the Company's senior management team. NewsEdge president and CEO Cliff Pollan announced Jon McNerney as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Charlie White as Vice President of eContent Services. McNerney and White will report directly to Pollan.
The appointments come on the heels of the Company's recent announcement that it will attack the emerging eContent market, redirecting nearly half of its resources to support the effort.
"NewsEdge's human capital is one of this Company's recognized core assets," said Pollan. "Jon McNerney and Charlie White will be key players on our revitalized management team as we move forward with our new strategy," said Pollan.
As Senior VP of Global Sales, McNerney will lead the Company's worldwide sales team. McNerney previously led NewsEdge's European operations, which more than doubled its new business growth in 1999. With extensive experience in the electronic information industry, McNerney has served as VP at Investment Intelligence Services Corporation (IISC), a financial systems integrator, and as VP and General Manager at Government Technology Inc., a worldwide hardware and software distributor.
White, previously focused on business development for the Company, assumes responsibility for all areas of the newly formed eContent group. The group integrates all functions in designing, building, packaging and pricing the Company's new eContent offerings, including content licensing, product design and management, development, editorial and business development. After joining the Company in 1993, White has successfully led many important initiatives, including the recent launch of eTopics(TM), the Company's first product for the eContent market. White's background includes positions in business development at Individual, Inc. and in sales at MarketPulse Corporation and BayBank Corporation.
NewsEdge Corporation
NewsEdge Corporation (Nasdaq: NEWZ) is a leading provider of eContent applications for business web sites and enterprise intranets. Differentiating NewsEdge is its core competency in refining and personalizing content via the company's editorial team of industry specialists. NewsEdge's serves approximately 1,450 organizations, including 43 of Business Week's 50 largest global companies, with award-winning news and information solutions including NewsEdge Insight(TM), NewsEdge Live(TM), and NewsEdge Review(TM) topics. NewsEdge is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts with sales offices and distributors throughout North America, South America, Europe, Japan and the Middle East. For more information about NewsEdge Corporation, please visit the company's Web site at newsedge.com.
NewsEdge is a registered trademark of NewsEdge Corporation. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of NewsEdge or their respective owners.
Certain of the above statements on the Company's future revenue and financial performance, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, including, risks associated with acquisitions, the timely development and acceptance of new products, competitive developments, the success of relationships with third parties, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's SEC reports.
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SOURCE: NewsEdge Corporation
CONTACT: Ann Shannon of Mullen Public Relations, 978-468-1155, or ashannon@mullen.com, for NewsEdge Corporation; or Paul Joyal of NewsEdge Corporation, 781-229-3342, or paul.joyal@newsedge.com |
