Biz360
Announces Information
Services Veteran Frank
Sammann as Chief Executive
Officer
SAN MATEO, Calif. — November 30, 2004 — Biz360® Inc., the industry leader in global reputation and brand analysis, today announced
the appointment
of Frank Sammann as
chief
executive officer.
Mr. Sammann brings
nearly 25 years
of executive leadership
to the Biz360 team.
His proven track
record
growing profitable
services companies
will help Biz360
continue to achieve
its corporate
goals and capitalize
on the market opportunity.
As chief executive
officer, Mr. Sammann
will develop the
long term vision for
how
the company will
continue to evolve
to meet
customer needs
now and innovate for
the
future.
"Biz360 created the market and continues to lead the pack in delivering market
intelligence services
that help companies
analyze the corporate
and product brands
in their marketplace.
This is critical to
understanding marketing
effectiveness and
reacting quickly to
market changes," said
Mr. Sammann. "The
expertise of Biz360's
services group and
the scalability and
power of the company's
flagship product,
Market360, provides
a sustainable advantage
in this emerging market.
These attributes combined
with the strong demand
among CEOs and marketing
executives for insight
into how they are
perceived, positions
Biz360 as a high growth
business. I look forward
to helping the company
achieve its potential."
Throughout
his career, Mr. Sammann
has helped growing
companies reach their
financial goals and
capture market leadership.
As executive vice
president of worldwide
sales at Nielsen NetRatings,
Mr. Sammann was brought
in by the chairman
of the board to build
a professional sales
and customer service
team for the North
American market in
preparation for filing
an Initial Public
Offering (IPO). At
the completion of
the IPO and associated
funding, NetRatings
had $332 million in
the bank and had grown
to a clear leadership
position in Internet
audience measurement
and analysis.
Prior
to NetRatings, Mr.
Sammann was president
and chief executive
officer for Decisive
Technology where he
focused on developing
new products, winning
key customer accounts
and restoring financial
performance. At the
time Decisive Technology
merged with MessageMedia,
it was valued at $50
million.
As
vice president of
Far East sales and
marketing for Conner
Peripherals, Mr. Sammann
increased sales revenue
in excess of $100
million quarterly
through both direct
and channel sales.
At Dataquest, he was
senior vice president
and enabled the company
to achieve 30 percent
compound growth over
his tenure.
"Frank's
long term success
in accelerating company
growth and driving
market adoption is
ideal for taking Biz360's
market leadership
to the next level,"
said Bill Elmore,
channel partner for
Foundation Capital.
"His experience taking
Nielsen NetRatings,
through a successful
IPO will be invaluable
as Biz360 prepares
for its next stage
of growth. The board
is confident in Frank's
ability to achieve
short term corporate
goals and develop
a long term strategy
for meeting the needs
of Biz360 customers."
About
Biz360, Inc.
Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business
decision makers,
providing them
with a 360-degree
view of their marketplace.
The company gathers
and analyzes the
vast amount of
traditional and
social media about
an organization,
its brands, its
competitors and
its products to
deliver real-time
insights that help
our clients shape
market perception,
respond to competitive
threats, evaluate
trends and issues
and improve the
return on their
marketing investments.
Our
clients include
industry-leading,
global companies,
such as AAA, Aetna,
AstraZeneca and
Sun Microsystems.
Biz360 can be
reached
at 866.424.9360
or www.biz360.com.
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