2008-07-16 10:24:00
New board members bring extensive venture capital, entrepreneurial
and executive experience from some of the world’s
largest technology businesses
BOSTON–(EMWNews)–Coveo Solutions, Inc., a global
provider of search-powered information access solutions, today announced
that J. Alberto Yépez and Howard Gwin have
joined the company as board members. Yépez
and Gwin will collaborate with other members of Coveo’s
board of directors to excel the company’s
growth and leadership position in the rapidly growing information access
solutions market.
Most recently, J. Alberto Yépez was Vice
President of Identity Management and Security at Oracle Corporation. His
career in building successful, global businesses spans over a 20-year
period and includes CEO and senior management roles at Thor
Technologies, Warburg Pincus, Entrust, Inc., enCommerce, Inc., Apple
Computer, among other Silicon Valley-based companies.
“Coveo is a paradigm breaker against some of
the antiquated vendors in the enterprise search space. The company is
poised to take on a leadership position as global businesses continue to
realize the importance of rapidly accessing the right information to
improve corporate efficiency.” said J. Alberto
Yépez. “I feel
privileged with the opportunity to work with such an experienced team
and a company with a bright future.”
Howard Gwin serves as Chairman of Longview Solutions Corporation and
Marqui Corporation, and is a board member with Cirba, Inc., Kinaxis,
Inc., MKS, Inc., Taleo Corporation, and Blast Radius, Inc. Previously,
Gwin served on the boards of seven private and publicly held companies
in the high tech marketplace. He has served on both Audit and
Compensation Committees for TSX and NASDAQ listed companies, and is
considered an expert in board governance and effectiveness. Over a
13-year period, Gwin held several senior sales and operations positions
at IBM Corporation, Xerox Corporation and PeopleSoft. During his tenure
at PeopleSoft as COO, the company grew from under $100 million to $1.3
billion in revenue.
“Industry experts continue to project rapid
growth for information access solutions,” said
Howard Gwin. “With deployments within global
corporations, including HP, CA and Proctor & Gamble, Coveo has
demonstrated the power of its innovative G2B™
Information Access solutions for meeting the needs of today’s
workforce. I am pleased to be joining others on Coveo’s
board and look forward to using my years of operations experience to
help Coveo’s hyper growth.”
“We are thrilled to be adding two new highly
seasoned executives to the Coveo board,” said
Louis Tetu, Coveo’s executive chairman. “Both
J. Alberto and Howard bring a wealth of boardroom and business
experience to our team that will help ensure the scalability of our
operations.”
The Coveo G2B Information Access Suite provides knowledge workers with
an unrivaled ability to obtain a 360-degree view of the information they
need to drive business. Built on leading-edge search-platform technology
and winner of numerous industry
awards, Coveo’s search-powered business
applications deliver industry-leading competence and consumer-style ease
of use, a radically easier implementation that takes less than 24-hours,
and “black-belt”
level customer support.
As a 2008
SIIA CODiE Awards Winner and one of KMWorld magazine’s
Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management,”
Coveo is driving a market that is considered a gatekeeper to unleashing
business success. Offering a radically different approach to deployment,
Coveo’s G2B solutions deliver proven
organizational efficiencies for knowledge management, risk management,
IP protection, compliance, and improved customer service experience.
About Coveo Solutions, Inc.
Coveo has radically simplified the delivery and deployment of
platform-class Information Access solutions for office and mobile access
to critical information located anywhere across the enterprise.
The Coveo G2B Information Access Suite provides knowledge workers with
an unrivalled ability to obtain a 360-degree view of the information
they need to drive business. Built on leading-edge search-platform
technology and winner of numerous industry
awards, Coveo’s search-powered business
applications deliver industry-leading competence and consumer-style ease
of use, a radically easier implementation that takes less than 24-hours,
and “black-belt”
level customer support.
Coveo’s enterprise clients include HP,
Procter & Gamble, CA, Rabobank, PwC, Deloitte, Nomura, National Grid,
AMN Healthcare, Lockheed Martin, NATO, NASA, AC Nielsen, US Navy, Yellow
Pages Group (Canada), Haley & Aldrich, simyo GmbH, Michigan State
Appellate Defenders Office and ESPN.
For more information, or to try Coveo G2B solutions free, contact our
Sales department at 1.800.635.5476 or visit our website at www.coveo.com.
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