ACTIFY APPOINTS SOFTWARE INDUSTRY VETERAN, STEVE
CIESINSKI,
TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Current CEO of Laszlo Systems and
Managing Director of SJC Partners, Ciesinski
Brings Vast Business
and Technology Expertise to Actify
San Francisco, Calif– June 30, 2004 – Actify
Inc., the worldwide leader in client-server design visualization
and collaboration solutions for the high technology, automotive,
industrial automation and discrete manufacturing industries, today
announced that Steve Ciesinski has been appointed to the Actify
Board of Directors. Ciesinski brings over 20 years of experience
in CEO, Chairman, Managing Director and VP positions at both public
and private companies including Laszlo Systems, Resumix, Octel
Communications, Applied Materials and Procter & Gamble. Ciesinski
joins Tim Tomlinson, from Tomlinson Zisko LLP and Dr. Jeffrey Pfeffer,
Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford
Graduate School of Business.
"Steve's vast technology and business experience will
be extremely valuable to our Board of Directors," said Randy
Ochs, president and CEO of Actify. "We plan to leverage Steve's
breadth of industry knowledge and experience to provide solutions
to our customers and help in Actify's continued growth."
"I am excited to be joining the board of a company with
such growth potential, a strong and growing customer base and stellar
management team," said Ciesinski. "I look forward to
sharing my background and experience as the company continues to
lead the market in CAD visualization technology."
In addition to his operations experience, Ciesinski has been
an active private company investor and advisor in Silicon Valley
for over 15 years, and has served on a number of public and private
boards. Currently, Ciesinski is founder and managing director of
SJC Partners, a private investment and consulting firm and is Chairman
and acting CEO of Laszlo Systems, a leader in rich Internet application
software. Prior to SJC Partners, Ciesinski was partner at Earlybird
Ventures, a Germany-based venture capital fund. He also served
as chairman, president and CEO of Resumix Inc., a leading supplier
of technology-based applications for e-recruiting and human skills
management. Ciesinski held senior management positions at Octel
Communications (now a part of Lucent Technologies,) Applied Materials,
Procter & Gamble and Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He currently
serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of his alma mater,
Union College, Schenectady, NY.
About Actify Inc.
Founded in 1996, Actify Inc. is a privately held, award-winning
global leader of client/server CAD visualization solutions.
Actify’s SpinFire product line provides the lowest
total cost of ownership with the highest scalability across
manufacturing industries and through their supply chains.
The Actify SpinFire solution is sold through authorized
distributors and Value Added Resellers in North America,
Europe and Asia Pacific. Actify is headquartered in San
Francisco, California. For more information please visit
www.actify.com or call 415.227.3800.
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