Advent Appoint Rick Coope to Senior Management Position

11/25/02 - Advent Publishing Systems has announced the appointment of Rick Coope as Vice President, Sales, Asia Pacific region. In this new role, Rick Coope will be responsible for the infrastructure development to support 3B2 systems as well as sales in this important region.

Rick Coope brings unique skills and experience to this position having been involved in the printing and publishing industries for over thirty-two years with senior positions in 2Di, Vio, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Kodak and Agfa. Rick has been involved with multi-national organisations and major supply contracts in Asia Pacific and thus has extensive knowledge of the area.

'I am very pleased to have been given this opportunity with Advent because fits my experience and knowledge very well.' commented Rick Coope, 'I know that Advent has a superb product with 3B2 and I look forward to ensuring that our product becomes as well known, with as many users, as it does in Europe and the USA.'

'This decision to appoint Rick Coope into this important new position is another indication of Advent's ambition to fully develop a worldwide organisation to promote and support 3B2 globally.' said Lawrie Stevens, Sales Director of Advent. 'Rick has the drive and enthusiasm to ensure that Asia Pacific becomes a major marketplace for our 3B2 solutions and services.'

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. www.3b2.com

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