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LizardTech Appoints New President and CEO
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Executive Brings Extensive Sales and Marketing Experience to Top Imaging
Solutions Company to Lead Business Expansion
SEATTLE, August 27, 2001 ( LizardTech, Inc. announced today that Bill
Patterson has joined the company as its new president and CEO. Patterson
will direct worldwide strategies to drive long-term business growth and
market acceptance of LizardTech's MrSID(r) and DjVu(r) product lines, making
the highest quality digital content accessible to customers around the
world.
Patterson brings more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing,
development and planning to LizardTech. Previously, he was president and COO
of Crossport Systems and executive vice president of Syncronex. As Sr. Vice
President at Attachmate, Patterson managed a team of more than 800
professionals in sales, marketing, customer support and services generating
more than $300 million in annual revenues from the world's largest users of
information technology. Patterson also has held senior sales and marketing
positions with IBM.
"We are very fortunate to have Bill as CEO to head up our worldwide
business strategy and operations," said Bob Libutti, LizardTech's Chairman.
"Bill's experience will be instrumental in helping us capture the enormous
opportunity ahead of us and to address the needs of our current and future
customers." Former CEO and founder John Grizz Deal remains a vital element
to LizardTech's success, focusing on driving worldwide strategic business
partnerships.
"LizardTech has a tremendous foundation for building a high-growth business
in digital imaging," said Patterson. "Our investments in R&D, patented
technology with a global sales and a strategic partner-base gives LizardTech
a great advantage in the marketplace. I am extremely pleased to join the
LizardTech team at this juncture."
About LizardTech
A privately held company, LizardTech creates software solutions and tools
that make high-quality digital content easier to capture, store, share and
use. LizardTech's innovative solutions optimize storage and bandwidth and
enable immediate access to high-resolution, multipurpose digital images and
multimedia content. The company was formed in 1992 to build valuable
business solutions from technologies created by the world's leading research
organizations. LizardTech subsequently licensed Generation I of its MrSID
technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and later acquired its
DjVu technology from AT&T Labs. LizardTech's next-generation software is
installed on millions of desktops and integrated into a wide variety of
platforms and applications. LizardTech has offices in Seattle and Amsterdam.
Additional information about LizardTech can be found at www.lizardtech.com
LizardTech, MrSID, DjVu and the LizardTech logo are trademarks, MrSID and
DjVu are registered trademarks in the United States, and all are the
property of LizardTech Inc. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners.
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