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David C. Arnold Joins HiSoftware, Inc.’s
Board of Directors - Entrepreneurial
Founder of Henniker River Group and
Softdesk, Inc. Contributes
Business-Building Expertise to New
Hampshire Internet Software Developer
Concord, New
Hampshire – July 24, 2000 – HiSoftware,
Inc., a leading developer of Knowledge
Management, Web Site Management, and
eBusiness Intelligence solutions, today
announced the appointment of David C.
Arnold to its Board of Directors. Mr.
Arnold is a founding partner of the
Henniker River Group (Concord, New
Hampshire), a business development firm
specializing in high tech start-up
companies.
“Mr. Arnold has an
excellent track record of founding and
developing highly successful companies,
as well as fostering the growth and
acquisition of other companies for which
he has served as a Board Member,” said
Robert B.
Yonaitis, founder and CEO of HiSoftware.
“We are very pleased to have him join
our Board.”
“HiSoftware is a
start-up with huge growth potential,”
said Mr. Arnold. “They are developing
fundamental productivity solutions for
virtually anyone using the Internet or
an Intranet – consumers, web site
owners, portal companies, government and
corporate enterprises. Their technology
has been cited in the media as ‘core’
technology. Industry giants such as
Microsoft have singled out HiSoftware in
their promotions. The staff’s enthusiasm
is infectious – this is one company that
is having no trouble attracting
technical talent, even in the
competitive high tech labor market.”
Prior to founding
the Henniker River Group in 1998, Mr.
Arnold founded Softdesk, Inc. which
became one of New Hampshire’s largest
publicly-traded software companies
before its 1997 acquisition by Autodesk
(NASDAQ: ADSK), one of the world’s
largest software companies. From March
1997 until January 1998 Mr. Arnold
served as Vice President and Chief
Technology Officer of Autodesk’s AEC
Market Group. Mr. Arnold has also served
on the Boards of several highly
successful start-ups, including
RealWorld Corporation (Manchester, New
Hampshire), which was acquired by Great
Plains (NASDAQ: GPSI) in January 2000,
and 2Order.com (Atlanta, Georgia), which
was acquired by Primus (NASDAQ: PKSI) in
January 2000. Mr. Arnold is a licensed
professional engineer in the state of
New Hampshire. He holds a Bachelor of
Science degree from New England College
and a Master of Science in Civil
Engineering from the University of New
Hampshire.
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ABOUT HISOFTWARE
HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, provides innovative products
that empower quality assurance teams,
content developers, Web site architects,
and company executives to work
collaboratively on their efforts to
create and manage corporate Web
standards for Accessibility, Privacy,
Searchability, Usability and custom
guidelines and policies. HiSoftware’s
integrated, full lifecycle solutions
dramatically reduce the time required to
test, manage and deploy e-business Web
sites.
HiSoftware works closely with industry
leaders and visionaries to provide
solutions for today's information
accessibility, content quality, search
and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s
customers represent Fortune 500
companies, and many of the largest
e-commerce, government, and educational
sites in North America and around the
world and include ChevronTexaco,
Commerce One, Mercury Interactive, and
Microsoft Government.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company
maintains North American corporate
headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire.
Further information about HiSoftware can
be found online at
www.hisoftware.com
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