Menlo Park, CA - March 1, 2004 - OpenSource, Inc., provider of the leading legal document analysis and management solutions for law firms, corporations and legal publishers, today announced the appointment of Paul Johnson as Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Mr. Johnson will be responsible for worldwide sales, sales operations, and partnerships. He will report to Dr. Uri Zernik, OpenSource Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Johnson brings to OpenSource over 20 years of sales experience. Most recently he was Vice President of Sales for the Americas region at Workshare Technology, the industry leader in document change management. He built and managed the Americas sales team, and was instrumental in helping Workshare grow exponentially during his tenure. Prior to Workshare, Mr. Johnson held sales and business development positions with Geographic Data Technology (GDT), SMC Corporation and others.
"OpenSource has a proven product based on innovative and exciting technology," said Mr. Johnson. "Over the last year, it has acquired a number of impressive, market leading customers despite the difficult economic environment. I am excited to be part of the company and I am looking forward to expanding its market share."
OpenSourceCM was developed to tackle specific market needs that have not yet been adequately addressed. By bringing full visibility into contract portfolios and legal transactions, OpenSourceCM enables legal practices to reduce exposure, increase turnaround time and improve efficiency.
Dr. Uri Zernik commented, "We are very pleased to have Paul on board. He brings the sales and organizational experience and aggressiveness that we need to become a market leader."
About OpenSource Inc.
Established in 1995, OpenSource provides legal document analysis and management solutions to law firms, corporate legal departments and legal publishers. The Company's products and services combine technologies such as Document Structure Analysis (DSA), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR), with web architecture. They feature full-text cross-documents search, advanced comparison, automatic hyperlinking of referenced text, event ticklers and reports. For more information, call (+1 650) 330-0259 or visit www.opensourceinc.com.
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