Albert, Inc. Appoints U.S. Chief Executive Officer; John R. Toedtman to set forth corporate vision and spearhead North American expansion
16 November 2000
Albert, Inc. Appoints U.S. Chief Executive Officer; John R. Toedtman to set forth corporate vision and spearhead North American expansion
NEW YORK--Nov. 16, 2000--Albert, Inc., a pioneer in next generation Information Retrieval systems, today announced the appointment of John R. Toedtman as the company's U.S. Chief Executive Officer (CEO).John Toedtman is responsible for driving the company's North American expansion and growth through the development of innovative Internet search tools, strategic alliances, and will oversee all key corporate operations. As the former Director and COO of InSaGe, Inc., a multi-lingual web services provider, John Toedtman brings twenty-five years of leadership experience to Albert.
"Albert, Inc.'s unique search technology will soon prove to be a major force in site specific search and user profiling," said John Toedtman. "Albert's fault tolerant and high relevance features provide immediate ROI benefits to site owners and their customers."
"Mr. Toedtman brings invaluable industry experience and leadership to our management team," said Jean-Michel Livowsky, Albert, Inc. President and CEO. "While spearheading company growth in both the technology and financial industries, he has a proven track record of success in reaching and exceeding corporate milestones. We look forward to the insights his global perspective and industry knowledge will provide."
Prior to his appointment by Albert, Inc., Toedtman was the Director and COO of InSaGe, Inc. In this role, he initiated and closed key acquisitions and directed the licensing of two automated translation systems, as InSaGe emerged from a manual translation agency, to become a leading multi-lingual web services provider.
Toedtman, who holds a BA in Economics from Georgetown University, resides in Basking Ridge, NJ.
About Albert Inc.
Albert, Inc. markets a user-friendly, Information Retrieval system that simplifies the process of finding data, products and services on the Web. Albert, Inc.'s products are customer care interfaces that provide Web sites and Intranets with innovative features, such as everyday language queries with contextual understanding, user profiles and search personalization. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with offices in New York City, U.S.A. and Montpellier, France, Albert Inc. was founded in 1999 and is affiliated with TAG Group. Additional information about Albert, Inc. is available at www.albert.com.