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Ask Jeeves Appoints Enrique Salem as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations

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Enrique Salem, a former chief technical officer at Symantec Corporation, has joined Ask Jeeves as senior vice president of engineering and operations. Salem brings expertise in technology management and software product development from his tenure at Symantec. At Ask Jeeves, he will lead the technical team in maintaining, developing, and implementing technology solutions for the company's question answering systems and knowledge bases for online users of Ask.com and Corporate Question Answering Service customers. Salem will also be responsible for advanced development, innovations, and infrastructure maintenance to support millions of users of Ask.com and growing Corporate Service customers.

Key Takeaways:

  • Enrique Salem, former chief technical officer at Symantec Corporation, joins Ask Jeeves as senior vice president of engineering and operations.
  • Salem brings expertise in technology management and software product development to Ask Jeeves.
  • He will lead the company's technical team in maintaining, developing, and implementing technology solutions for question answering systems and knowledge bases.
  • Salem is responsible for advanced development, innovations, and infrastructure maintenance to support millions of users of Ask.com and Corporate Service customers.
  • He previously held R&D and product management positions at Symantec, and as vice president for Security Pacific Merchant Bank.
  • Salem joins the Ask Jeeves executive management team under the leadership of Rob Wrubel, president and CEO.

Statistics:

  • Ask Jeeves supports millions of users of Ask.com.
  • The company provides natural-language question answering services for consumers and companies on the Web.
  • Ask Jeeves' proprietary technology uses knowledge bases containing questions and answers to connect consumers to answers.
  • The knowledge bases are designed to become more intelligent with use and can be integrated together to create a question answering network.

Sources:

  • Ask Jeeves, Inc. - "Enrique Salem Joins Ask Jeeves Executive Management Team" (October 25, 1999)
  • Business Wire - "Ask Jeeves, Inc. Announces Enrique Salem as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations" (October 25, 1999)
  • Nasdaq - Ask Jeeves, Inc. (ASKJ)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission - Ask Jeeves, Inc. S-1 registration statement (1999)

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