David Wetherell to be honored tonight in Boston
Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association Names
1999 Mass eComm 10
BOSTON (May 24) BUSINESS WIRE - May 24, 1999 --
Award Winners to be Honored Tonight at Westin Copley
Place Boston
The Massachusetts Electronic Commerce Association (Mass
eComm) today announced the 1999 Mass eComm 10, the
Association's pick of the ten most influential e-commerce
leaders in New England. The winners are, in alphabetical
order: Henry Bertolon, president & CEO of NECX; Matt
Cutler, co-founder & chief e-business intelligence officer of
net.Genesis; Robert J. Davis, president & CEO of Lycos;
Gary Eichhorn, president & CEO of Open Market; Ralph J.
Folz, co-founder & president of TVisions; Blaise Heltai,
managing director of corporate Internet strategy for Fleet
Financial Group; Anna Sabasteanski, chairman & vice
president of practice management of Empresa; Jeet Singh,
president & CEO of Art Technology Group; David S.
Wetherell, chairman & CEO of CMGi; and James C. Wood,
founder, president & CEO of Silknet Software.
The winners will be honored tonight at the Mass eComm 10
awards ceremony, to be held at the Westin Copley Place
Boston beginning at 8:15 p.m. Eastern Time.
"Technology is one thing, but people are really driving the
e-commerce revolution," said Tom Hopcroft, president of
Mass eComm. "We select the Mass eComm 10 annually to
spotlight the people behind this industry. It is our hope that
by honoring them, others will be inspired, and the flood of
ideas that has fueled this revolution will continue."
The Mass eComm 10 represents multiple industries,
including banking, start-up financing and customer support.
Mass eComm believes that multiple industries have
contributed to the success of e-commerce and are crucial to
its continued growth.
The members of the Mass eComm 10 were selected by an
independent group of industry advisors, including
representatives from Computerworld, Mass High Tech and
Giga Information Group. About Mass eComm
Mass eComm is a non-profit trade association founded to
promote global electronic commerce and to serve as the hub
of the emerging e-business industry in New England.
Conceived in mid-1997, Mass eComm has grown to become
the leading e-business association on the East Coast.
Annually, Mass eComm highlights over 100 local
e-commerce executives at a variety of educational and
networking events. Mass eComm is the sponsor of
eBuzz.org (http://www.ebuzz.org), New England's premier
e-business resource site, and is the host of the Mass
eComm 10, an annual awards ceremony honoring the
region's most influential e-business leaders. For more
information on Mass eComm, please visit
ebuzz.org
Editors Note: For more information about tonight's Mass
eComm 10 awards ceremony, contact Ross Levanto at
Schwartz Communications, 617-510-4340. |
