Spooz, Inc. Names Former Microsoft, IBM Executive Tony Hines to Chief Operating Officer Position
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2005--Spooz, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SPZI), a provider of market analysis and execution software for financial trading, has named Tony Hines as the company's new Chief Operating Officer. A veteran of the software industry and former executive of Microsoft Corporation, Hines will direct Spooz's business and financial planning initiatives and strategic alliance programs, and support the company's continued growth in the financial services market.
Prior to joining Spooz, Hines worked with some of the world's leading software and services companies offering his extensive financial and operational expertise as well as hands-on experience managing distributor relationships, securing licensing agreements, and successfully bringing products to market. Most recently, Hines was President of Cybertek Capital Management, Inc., a professional services firm providing operations consulting along with strategic and financial planning. Previously, he worked at Microsoft Corporation as Director of Canadian Operations, where he had operations responsibility for the exceptional growth achieved by Microsoft Canada in the 1992 - 1997 timeframe. Hines' diverse career over a twenty-five year period also includes IBM, Pepsi, KPMG, and more.
"We are thrilled to welcome Tony to the team, and look forward to his leadership contributions towards accelerating our growth," said Paul D. Strickland, Jr., CEO of Spooz. "To have someone with his background and credentials join our company further demonstrates the impact we have already had - and will continue to have - on the market."
As the newest member of Spooz's executive team, Hines will also be instrumental in continuing to guide and shape the strategic direction of the company. Spooz offers a suite of trading software and market information technology that is changing the way hedgers and traders do business - offering a simple add-in tool for Microsoft Excel for the execution of trade orders on futures, options, and other financial instruments listed on 41 domestic and international exchanges. Since its launch in 2004, Spooz has steadily grown its customer base and network of alliance partners, including ISVs, FCMs, and institutional trading operations.
"It's exciting to get involved at the ground level of a company like Spooz that has already generated such excitement in the market," said Hines. "My own experience in the financial and software industries have granted me not only a professional but a personal appreciation for the Spooz products and their overwhelming potential, and I look forward to working with the team to help build a roadmap for the company's continued success."
About Spooz
Spooz, Inc., a publicly traded company based in Chicago, provides a suite of solutions designed to simplify financial trading for professional hedgers and traders and non-professional trading enthusiasts alike. The company's flagship products, SpoozToolz(TM) and TicketToolz(TM), add built-in trading capabilities to the popular Microsoft(R) Excel software application, combining a customizable interface, streaming quotes, charts, technical analysis, a comprehensive historical database, and trade execution into a simple add-in that becomes part of the Excel tool bar. These Excel add-in tools provide trading and analysis screens and promote building highly customized templates that track the real-time market value of users' portfolios, asset inventories, and production using data directly from their existing accounting systems. For more information, visit www.spooz.com.
SpoozToolz and TicketToolz(TM) is a trademark of Spooz, Inc.; Microsoft(R) Excel is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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