enamics, Inc. Expands Management Team With New Appointments
STAMFORD, Conn.--March 1, 2001--enamics, Inc., provider of a collaborative enterprise decision-making platform for aligned business and technology planning, announced today the executive management appointments of Dan Hoogterp, Chief Technology Officer, James McConnell, Vice President, Channel Management, and Michael Driscoll, Vice President, Vendor Interchange. enamics also announced that Patrick Flynn, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of PACCAR, Inc. , has joined its advisory board.
"Dan's enterprise-level technology experience and 22-year track record brings the right combination of vision and execution necessary for continued success," said Faisal Hoque, Chairman and CEO of enamics. "The depth of experience Jim and Mike bring to our management team gives equal strength to key, value-added areas of our product--our knowledgebase of profile-driven content and our collaborative interchange of information between user organizations and the vendor community."
enamics' platform integrates a suite of modeling applications, a knowledgebase of profile-driven, codified business and technology information, and a vendor interchange in a single, automated environment. It is used by a wide range of business and IT professionals to dynamically blueprint and align business models, processes and technology infrastructures. Using the platform, organizations will mitigate risk by assessing the viability of initiatives before making costly investments and create a reusable infrastructure for managing on-going business and technology change.
Dan Hoogterp joins enamics from SageMaker, provider of a highly-personalized enterprise portal infrastructure. He became CTO of SageMaker when, as CEO of Retrieval Technologies, he negotiated the merger of the two companies. At SageMaker, he was also responsible for driving the development of a core line of Web-based information retrieval and collaborative intelligence applications. Throughout his career, he had key roles in product development at IBM, MCI, Sprint and Industrial Network Solutions. His breadth of experience includes designing and developing a multi-protocol message routing system, object-oriented architectures, and one of the earliest EDI and electronic purchasing product solutions. Mr. Hoogterp has a number of inventions to his credit, including a patent pending. He has published several papers and has a rich history of public speaking.
James McConnell, responsible for strategic initiatives with enamics' channel and knowledge partners, brings 20 years experience in product marketing and strategic planning and has worked with such companies as Avon, Nestle Foods, Nabisco and Donnelly Marketing. Mr. McConnell joins enamics from NeuVis, Inc., where he was vice president of strategic alliances. Prior to NeuVis, he established key relationships with Big 5 consultancies and global system integrators at Hyperion Software and SS&C Technologies, where his efforts resulted in significant revenue and market share growth.
Michael Driscoll is responsible for the vision and execution of strategic programs targeted at establishing and developing the enamics' vendor interchange. He brings over 15 years experience conceiving, marketing, selling and managing vendor marketplaces at leading conferences and trade shows. Prior to enamics, Mr. Driscoll was vice president of B2B for eMarketWorld, Inc., where he launched and produced the eB2B MarketWorld conference sponsored by Forrester Research and Fortune magazine. He also marketed and sold the eBusiness Conference and Expo for CMP Media, was vice president of Comtek International, where he produced the largest IT events in Russia and Eastern Europe and launched Imaging Expo in New York, and launched three major conferences for Reed Exhibition Companies.
Patrick Flynn Joins Advisory Board
Patrick Flynn joins enamics advisory board bringing his insight as CIO of PACCAR, Inc. An $8.6 billion company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt, DAF and Foden nameplates. It also provides financial services and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.
"Pat's contribution to the advisory board brings further validation from the user community that enamics' platform solves the traditional disconnect between business and technology by providing a structured environment that simplifies and unifies decision-making. We look forward to the insights Pat will be able to provide us on an on-going basis," Hoque said.
Mr. Flynn has over 19 years of IT experience in both manufacturing and service industries. As PACCAR's first Chief Information Officer, Mr. Flynn's focus is on delivering technology to help drive the revenue and profit growth of PACCAR, its dealers, suppliers and customers. The success of these efforts resulted in PACCAR being ranked #1 by PC Week magazine in their 1999 FastTrack 500, selected by Business Week magazine in 2000 as one of the Web Smart 50 companies and inclusion in the Information Week 500 for the first time in 2000.
Prior management success included implementing software process improvement, client-server architectures, and significant development efforts in an international arena for FedEx and Fruit-of-the-Loom. Mr. Flynn has also been responsible for the design and implementation of electronic commerce products that have won Gartner Group, Application Development Trends magazine and Computerworld/Smithsonian awards. enamics, Inc.
enamics, Inc. is led by chairman and CEO Faisal Hoque, author of the book e-Enterprise, recognized speaker, and pioneer of Net commerce application components. With its enterprise decision-making platform, enamics is focused on helping companies collaborate, align and design to achieve competitive advantage in an ever-changing business environment. The company is an affiliate of META Group Inc. and is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information on enamics, and for a free copy of enamics' white papers, visit our Web site at www.enamics.com.