NEWS: Borland Appoints Zack Urlocker Vice President of Marketing
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Friday December 5, 2:24 pm Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Borland International, Inc.
Borland Appoints Zack Urlocker Vice President of Marketing
Names Mark de Visser Vice President of Marketing Communications
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Borland International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BORL - news) today announced the promotion of Zack Urlocker, 35, to vice president of Marketing. Urlocker, who was previously vice president of Product Management, now takes on additional responsibility for all of Borland's worldwide marketing activities including corporate marketing and corporate communications. He reports to Borland Chairman and CEO Delbert W. Yocam.
Urlocker has been with Borland for seven years. Prior to heading product management for all Borland products, he served as director of Delphi Product Management where he was involved in the development and introduction of Delphi, Borland's popular rapid application development environment. Prior to becoming director of Delphi Product Management, Urlocker served as a product manager in Borland's languages group. Urlocker is a contributing editor to Windows Tech Journal and a frequent conference speaker on distributed application development.
''Zack has been instrumental in helping Borland redefine itself as a leading enterprise development solutions provider,'' said Yocam. ''As we continue to expand our presence in the enterprise market, our ability to articulate the value we deliver to corporate IT managers will be as important as the quality of our technology. Zack's leadership qualities are evident in the many products he has helped develop and successfully introduce. I look forward to his continued contributions in this important new role.''
Prior to joining Borland, Urlocker was the manager of developer relations at The Whitewater Group. Urlocker holds a master's degree in mathematics from University of Waterloo, Canada, and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He also attended Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Borland also announced the promotion of Mark de Visser, 44, to vice president of Marketing Communications. De Visser, who will now report to Urlocker, has responsibility for advertising, collateral, creative services and electronic marketing.
De Visser has worked for Borland since 1987 in a variety of management roles including sales, support, customer service, product management and marketing. Most recently he was worldwide director of Corporate Marketing. De Visser holds a bachelors degree in mathematics from the Technical University of Delft in The Netherlands.
About Borland International
Borland is a leading provider of high-quality software products for corporate application developers worldwide. Borland is distinguished for its award-winning family of rapid application development tools and scalable middleware technology for desktop, client/server, Internet/intranet, and enterprise systems. The company's products are supported through comprehensive corporate and independent developer programs, value added resellers, and systems integrators. Founded in 1983, Borland is headquartered in Scotts Valley, California.
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SOURCE: Borland International, Inc.
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