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Gomez Announces Jill Smith as New CEO
WALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- March 9, 2005 --
Ms. Smith's deep experience leading high growth companies a critical asset for driving Gomez's corporate strategy of global market expansion and customer growth
Gomez, Inc., the Internet Performance Management Company, today announced the appointment of Jill Smith as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ms. Smith joins Gomez as the company is set to aggressively enter the next phase of its growth. With a history as the driving force behind the success of several high technology companies, Ms. Smith brings a blend of experience and leadership that aligns strongly with Gomez's business objectives.
"Jill's track record of growing technology companies, combined with her exceptional leadership skills honed at world-class firms, provides the perfect combination for us," said Richard J. Brekka, Managing Partner of Dolphin Equity Partners. "With Gomez in such a strong position, we're excited to have Jill on our team and driving the company to even greater success."
Ms. Smith was most recently the President and CEO of eDial, a collaboration software company, where she successfully positioned and grew the organization, culminating in the company's acquisition by Alcatel, the global telecommunications giant. Before that, she was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Micron Electronics Inc., the $1.5 billion direct PC manufacturer and marketer. While at Micron, Ms. Smith drove the PC business to profitability and grew HostPro - Micron's award-winning hosting division - into the third largest company in its sector while positioning it for an IPO.
As CEO of SRDS, L.P., Ms. Smith successfully drove the private media publishing company to become an electronic publishing leader. She was also a Vice President at Bain & Company, the international consulting firm, where she led the development of value creation strategies for emerging businesses and leading global brands.
"Gomez is the leader in the Internet Performance Management marketplace and is poised to extend that leadership to become a dominant solutions provider," said Ms. Smith. "The company possesses all of the critical assets to drive to this goal, including a stellar customer base, strategic partners, committed investors and industry leading technology. Gomez is in the right market at just the right time, and we have all the critical elements that we need for a great future".
About Gomez
Gomez is the leading supplier of enterprise solutions that help companies achieve and maintain the peak performance of their mission-critical Internet applications. Using Gomez products and services, enterprises reach performance excellence and meet or surpass their business goals. Founded in 1997, Gomez provides performance measurement, benchmarking, and competitive insight to Global 1000 companies across all industry segments, including financial services, e-commerce, information technology, and travel.
Gomez competes in the Internet Performance Management and e-business solutions space with companies that include Mercury Interactive Corp (MERQ) and Keynote Systems, Inc. (KEYN).
Gomez is Network Computing magazine's "Editor's Choice" for best Internet performance monitoring service.
Gomez, Gomez.com, Gomez Performance Network are trademarks and/or service marks of Gomez, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Visit the Gomez Performance Indices at www.gomez.com/performance_strategies/benchmarking.html
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