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Staff Appointments Bolster OpenLink's Strategic Positioning
Frye to Head Houston Office, while Miller, Rolon, and Sanzone Strengthen Sales and Marketing
MITCHELL FIELD, NY, January 22, 2003 — OpenLink, an industry leader in energy and financial trading and risk management software solutions, has appointed Matt Frye as the new managing director of the company's Houston division. Additional recent staff appointments to serve the North American energy market include Mack Miller as account and channel manager and Fran Rolon and Ray Sanzone as North American sales managers.
Matt Frye joins OpenLink with a wealth of senior management experience within the energy markets. Having spent seven years at The Williams Companies, Inc., Frye was responsible for the direct sale of physical commodities and financial derivative products before launching for Williams the United States' first online commodity trading system. This platform evolved into Altra Energy Technologies where Frye was a founding officer and vice president of electronic commerce systems. Frye's executive management experience also includes previous positions as vice president of marketing and sales at CheMatch.com, Inc., and chief marketing officer at TradeCapture, Inc., where he was responsible for the initiation and development of customer acquisitions on a global scale.
Mack Miller joins OpenLink's Houston staff as account and channel manager responsible for guiding client relationships and strengthening ties with industry consultants. Prior to joining OpenLink, Miller was director of energy solutions at iSpheres Corporation and held positions as managing director at Emerging, director at Insource Technology Corporation, and senior consultant at Accenture.
Fran Rolon, an addition to the Houston division as well, joins OpenLink as North American sales manager, while Ray Sanzone joins OpenLink's New York division in the same capacity. Rolon, having held similar positions at companies such as Primo Systems Inc., SunGard Energy, and most recently TriplePoint Technology, has ten years of sales experience within the energy industry and will support the company's expansion into new market segments. Sanzone joins OpenLink with more than twelve years of energy industry experience and most recently he served as an independent energy industry consultant. Having held executive management positions at large energy corporations such as Vitol Gas and Electric, The Power Company of America, Bloomberg, and Altra Energy Technologies, Sanzone will help bolster efforts to target financial firms trading energy commodities.
"The integration of these staff additions will ensure OpenLink's leadership position within the energy markets as we focus on base product improvements and a restructured business plan that will create future avenues of opportunity," said Kevin Hesselbirg, OpenLink's COO/CFO. "I am confident that this group of experienced industry veterans will support these efforts as we adjust to the current energy marketplace and properly position OpenLink to capitalize on untapped segments."
About OpenLink
Founded in 1992, OpenLink is a leading provider of trading, risk management, and operations software solutions. The company's Adaptive, Dynamic, and Integration-enabling (ADI) Framework-based solutions support the most rigorous business requirements of firms trading in energy, interest rate derivatives, fixed income securities, foreign exchange, money markets, metals, and soft commodities. OpenLink's global client base includes Banco de Mexico, Bank of America, Bank for International Settlements, Bank of Canada, Bank of Scotland Treasury PLC, Bridgeline Holdings, Deutsche Bank, Edison International, Enbridge, Mirant, Nexen, Shell, and Vattenfall Europe Trading. Headquartered in Long Island, New York, and with offices in London, Houston, New York City, Berlin, Sydney, São Paulo, and Tokyo, OpenLink employs more than 270 professionals worldwide.
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