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Stock News Bot Date: May 10, 2005 05:38:17 AM
RKTI Rocketinfo Adds Industry Veteran to Propel Growth
Rocketinfo Adds Industry Veteran to Propel Growth
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.
Rocketinfo Inc.
Martin Thornell, 613-794-4636
media@rocketinfo.com
Murray C. Owen has been appointed Chief Operating Officer for Rocketinfo Inc. (OTCBB:RKTI). Rocketinfo is a leading international provider of real-time business news search and embedded content solutions.
Murray Owen has a stellar record of achievement in working with technology companies of all sizes. As a management consultant with 18 years experience in enterprise technology sales, executive management, and business leadership in Canada and the United States, he brings a unique set of skills to Rocketinfo. Owen's sales and sales management skills were honed at AST Computers, Compugen, MicronPC and MGI Software, where he consistently grew sales, opened new sales regions and managed P&L objectives ranging from USD $5 million to $95 million.
The announcement was made today by Gary Campbell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rocketinfo. "We are pleased to have Murray Owen join the Rocketinfo team. We were looking for someone with the combination of outstanding business acumen and strong organizational leadership skills," said Campbell. "Murray has these strengths, as well as the energy and vision needed to shape and direct the future growth of Rocketinfo.
As a Management Consultant, Owen developed and delivered best practices and sales programs for Internet Service Providers (ISP) and Systems Integrators that resulted in sales growth and expanded customer bases. Murray Owen brings to Rocketinfo a track record of leading organizations that deliver on business objectives and an approach to business assessments, strategic thinking and "Mission Planning" to align operations around a common vision.
"I'm excited to be joining Rocketinfo at this time," said Owen. "Rocketinfo is becoming a market leader in internet search. Internet search is one of the last killer applications on the net to be effectively developed. I'm confident that Rocketinfo will not only move forward, but successfully execute against its mission."
About Rocketinfo
Rocketinfo (www.rocketinfo.com) provides a superb combination of an extensive business news database, next-generation search technologies, unique and proprietary approaches to the extraction of valuable business information, and a complete range of delivery tools, (including RSS). Rocketinfo provides embedded search tools and services to 3rd-party search engines, portals and software vendors for use in applications such as customer relationship management (CRM), business intelligence (BI) and financial services. The company also operates the RocketNews search engine (www.rocketnews.com), and the Rocket RSS Reader (http://reader.rocketinfo.com).
