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UBmatrix, Inc. Appoints Andre M. Boisvert as Chairman
Veteran of Oracle, IBM and Cognos to Guide Expansion
of Leading XBRL Information Exchange Solutions Company
Kirkland, WA and Palo Alto, CA - February 27,
2007 - UBmatrix, Inc., the leading provider of XBRL information
exchange solutions announced today that its Board of
Directors has appointed Andre M. Boisvert as Chairman.
Boisvert brings more than 30 years of executive experience
at Oracle, IBM, Cognos and other leading technology
companies, to the position.
"We are delighted to have a person of the caliber
and vision such as Andre leading our Board and helping
to guide the expansion of UBmatrix," said Sunir
Kapoor, president and chief executive officer of UBmatrix,
Inc. "With his years of experience in Business
Intelligence, Enterprise Information Management, and
Open Source software, Andre is in a unique position
to help us manage our growth during a period of rapid
expansion in the XBRL market globally. As UBmatrix provides
some of its products under an Open Source business model,
Andre's skills at coupling traditional and Open Source
business models will serve our customers and partners
well."
UBmatrix develops and provides XBRL-based information
exchange solutions to leading global organizations and
enterprises allowing them to more efficiently and effectively
address the challenges of business and financial information
management and reporting. As recently noted in a Harvard
Business Review, "XBRL will make it much easier
to generate, validate, aggregate, and analyze business
and financial information, which in turn will improve
the quality, timeliness, completeness, and comparability
of the information that companies use to make decisions."
"I'm excited to serve as Chairman of UBmatrix
precisely because of the unique strategic challenges
and tremendous opportunities available in the rapid
expansion of this company and this market," said
Andre M. Boisvert, newly appointed Chairman of the Board
for UBmatrix, Inc. "UBmatrix, with a strong customer
base, compelling value proposition and talented management
team, is in a unique position to accelerate its growth
and market leadership."
Boisvert is a long-time leader in the Business Intelligence
arena with over 30 years of senior management and executive
leadership experience with enterprise software and technology
leaders such as Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL); Cognos (NASDAQ:
COGN), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Sagent (NASDQ: SGNT), now
part of Group 1 Software (NASDAQ: GSOF). He also has
served as president and chief operating officer of the
SAS Institute Inc, the largest privately held software
company in the world with nearly $2B in annual revenues.
More recently, Boisvert has become a leading industry
voice on the open source software movement and an active
individual investor in some of the most promising open
source companies, such as Pentaho, Zenoss, and Compiere.
About UBmatrix
UBmatrix, Inc. is the leading provider of XBRL-based
information exchange solutions for global organizations
and enterprises allowing them to more efficiently
and effectively address the challenges of business
and financial information management, exchange and
reporting. XBRL is fast becoming the standard for
financial information exchange and reporting demonstrated
by the XBRL programs being driven by the SEC, FDIC
and the European Central Banks. UBmatrix XBRL solutions
increase operational efficiency and financial transparency,
and ensure reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance.
UBmatrix is based in Silicon Valley with development
centers in Kirkland, WA, and New Delhi, India. For
further information, visit www.ubmatrix.com
UBmatrix and xBReeze are trademarks of UBmatrix, Inc.
US Patent No 6,947,947 B2 and other patents pending.
Any third-party trademarks and patents are the property
of their respective owners.
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