Advent Senior Management Appointments

The Seybold Report - Volume 3

14th April 2003

Advent Publishing Systems has made a number of senior management appointments: Iain Johnston, who was previously a non-executive director of the company, has assumed the role of chairman. Lawrie Stevens is moving from his position as sales director to the position of chief technology officer.

Michael O'Neill recently joined Advent as sales and marketing director. O'Neill has sales experience from stints at 3M, Computer Associates and Concur Technologies. Finally, Shane Horsell joins Advent as director of finance. He comes from Blick U.K. Ltd., a supplier of software and communication solutions.

About Advent Publishing Systems

Using leading edge technologies, Advent develops, delivers and supports sophisticated and customised publishing solutions harnessing the power of 3B2 software and the skills of experienced technical consultants.

3B2 is capable of handling the most complex publishing challenges through the incorporation of international standards including SGML, XML, XSLT, XPath and Perl.

Advent has in excess of 10,000 satisfied users in more than 40 countries serving governments and blue chip corporations including The European Parliament, Boeing, SmithKline Beecham, the US Patent and Trademark Office, Bertelsmann and the Canadian House of Commons.