Press Release
- Date:
- Thursday, May 31, 2001
- Contact:
- David Peikin
- Phone:
- (301) 918-0818
- Email:
- G1@schwartz-pr.com
Group 1 Names Andy Naden Executive Vice President of
Sales and Marketing for Enterprise Solutions Division
Lanham, MD — Group 1 Software (Nasdaq: GSOF) announced today the appointment of Andrew W. Naden as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the company's Enterprise Solutions Division. Group 1's Enterprise Solutions Division is responsible for the development, sales, marketing, and support of the company's data quality and direct marketing solutions.
Mr. Naden has extensive and wide-ranging management experience, including serving as Co-Operations Officer and Director of Solutions for the Insight Division of Germany-based Software AG. In that capacity, he had responsibility for sales, marketing, legal and accounting operations. Mr. Naden also served as Chief Operating Officer for Maryland Public Television in the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the nation's leading provider of noncommercial television. Most recently, he was CEO of Overturf Productivity Management, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm. In that capacity, Mr. Naden worked closely with Group 1 to develop the company's new enterprise data quality (EDQ) initiative, which provides larger companies enterprise-wide data correction, verification, and enhancement services.
"Andy Naden brings valuable management skills and software industry expertise to Group 1," said Bob Bowen, CEO of Group 1. "Having already made significant contributions to the company through his guidance of our EDQ initiative, we are excited that Andy is now a permanent member our management team."
Group 1 Software is a leading provider of software for data quality, marketing automation, customer relationship communications, and direct marketing applications. Group 1 supports MVS, VSE, AS/400, UNIX (including Linux), Windows NT, Windows 2000 and other operating systems and various computers. Group 1 has offices throughout the United States and in Canada, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and Latin America. The company is also represented in Asia and Australia.