BroadVision
Names Bob Lee to Board of Directors [August
30, 2004]
REDWOOD
CITY, Calif., Aug 30, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via
COMTEX/ -- BroadVision, Inc. (BVSN), a global provider
of personalized self-service web applications, today
announced that Bob Lee, former telecom executive with
Pacific Bell, has joined the company's board of directors.
He becomes the ninth member of the BroadVision board.
Lee currently is a business consultant
for leading telecommunications and technology companies.
Previously, Lee was a corporate executive vice president
and president of Business Communications Services, where
he established two new subsidiaries: Pacific Bell Internet
Services and Pacific Bell Network Integration.
During his 26-year career at Pacific
Bell, Lee managed groups in operations, sales and marketing.
As executive vice president of Marketing and Sales,
from 1987 to 1992, he produced revenue growth rates
greater than the overall national telecommunications
market. In 1997, he negotiated the deal with the San
Francisco Giants that resulted in naming their ballpark
"Pacific Bell Park."
Lee is currently a director for two
public companies: Interland, Inc. (INLD), which provides
web hosting for the small and medium business market,
and Emeryville based Netopia (NTPA), which manufactures
and sells DSL internet routers for consumers and small
businesses. He is also on the board of a private company
associated with fiber optics components.
"I see enormous potential in what
BroadVision's products can do for enterprises looking
to streamline and automate high-volume, high-cost processes,"
said Lee, newly appointed board member, BroadVision.
"The telecom industry is one of many that is full
of such processes. I look forward to contributing to
the success of this talented company."
"I am pleased to welcome Bob Lee
to BroadVision's board," said Dr. Pehong Chen,
president and CEO, BroadVision. "His deep knowledge
of the telecom industry and years of experience with
Internet services will be invaluable as we help customers
achieve greater agility and profitability by migrating
their businesses processes to the web."
Also serving on BroadVision's Board
of Directors are Dr. Pehong Chen, chairman, president,
and CEO of BroadVision; David Anderson, general partner
of Sutter Hill Ventures; James Dixon, retired CIO and
group executive at Bank of America; Koh Boon Hwee, chairman
of Singapore Airlines and former chairman of Singapore
Telecom; Todd A. Garrett, retired CIO of Procter &
Gamble; Rod McGeary, retired co-CEO, KPMG Consulting
(now BearingPoint); T. Michael Nevens, retired Managing
Partner, Global High Tech Practice, McKinsey & Company;
and Carl Pascarella, president and CEO of Visa U.S.A.
About BroadVision
BroadVision is a global provider of
personalized self-service web applications. Our integrated
suite of process, commerce, portal, and content solutions
helps customers rapidly increase revenues and reduce
costs. Over 1,000 organizations -- including Wal-Mart,
Vodafone, Cardinal Health, Hewlett- Packard, Toyota,
Circuit City, Japan Airlines and the U.S. Air Force
-- serving nearly 60 million registered users, rely
on BroadVision's open solutions to power and personalize
their mission-critical web initiatives For more information
about BroadVision, Inc., call 650.542.5100, email info@broadvision.com
or visit www.broadvision.com.
NOTE: BroadVision is a trademark or
registered trademark of BroadVision, Inc. in the United
States and other countries.
SOURCE BroadVision, Inc.
David Friedman of Text 100 Public Relations,
+1-415-593-8449,
or broadvision@text100.com, for BroadVision, Inc. |
