New CFO, Vice President of Engineering and Operations and New Director of Human Resources to Help Accelerate Delivery of Digital Media to New Devices
AUSTIN, Texas – September 2, 2009 – LibreDigital, Inc. today announced the addition of three new executives to its management team. They include Robert Alvarez, who was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer; Tim Nichol, who will serve as Vice President of Engineering and Operations; and Lisa Cummings, who will serve as Director of Human Resources. The new executives will help support growing demand for the company’s digital media solutions and services, which are used by top publishers around the world to deliver content to digital channels and devices, such as the Kindle, Sony Reader Daily Edition and the iPhone.
“Robert, Tim, and Lisa have considerable experience helping rapidly-growing software companies become established leaders in their markets,” said Russell P. Reeder, President and CEO of LibreDigital, Inc. “We are honored to have them as part of the LibreDigital management team. Their expertise will prove invaluable as we continue to work with leading publishers to bring their content into the digital age.”
Mr. Alvarez most recently served as CFO at Augmentix, where he managed its finances through a period of significant growth and profitability until its acquisition by Entorian Technologies. Previously, he was the Vice President of Finance at Conformative Systems where he facilitated its acquisition by Intel Corporation. Prior to that, he was the Director of Finance at Crossroads Systems, where he played a key role in the company’s successful $80 million IPO, as well as various strategic acquisitions and new business partnerships. Mr. Alvarez also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and held various financial and business analyst roles at Dell Inc.
Before joining LibreDigital, Mr. Nichol drove technology direction for Factory Logic, where he led product development, quality assurance and support. In this position he helped shepherd the company’s eventual sale to SAP, where he went on to serve as a senior executive. Mr. Nichol previously held executive positions at Journee Software and Tivoli Systems/IBM. Earlier he served as senior technical manager at UniSQL, and as manager of quality assurance at Information Builders.
Ms. Cummings joins LibreDigital from ADMINISTAFF, where she served as Director of HR Service Operations at the $1.7B provider of outsourced HR services to small and mid-sized businesses. Previously, she served as an HR professional at Dell, where she was responsible for facilitating succession planning, HR strategy, performance management, a $38M pay budget, and training programs for a 950-person global client group. Ms. Cummings is also the current President of the International Association of MBAs, US Chapter.
LibreDigital works with six of the world’s top ten book publishers, including HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and Wiley, and many of the leading newspapers. It helps them to deliver content across an expanding array of digital channels, including eReaders, search engines, online stores and mobile devices. LibreDigital also helps publishers market and control their valuable works across digital formats, including ePub and other formats, eInk, mobile and new print-on-demand delivery options.
For more information visit www.libredigital.com. Twitter: @LibreDigital.
About LibreDigital
LibreDigital makes it profitable to manage and market digital content, providing a web-based warehouse and distribution platform for six of the top ten book publishers and over 175 newspapers and periodicals. The LibreDigital solution allows publishers to store and secure digital content in any form, and to deliver content on-demand to any marketplace, consumer, or device. LibreDigital serves the world’s top firms in over 120 countries including HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, John Wiley & Sons and Simon & Schuster. Backed by Adams Capital Management, Triangle Peak Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners, the New York Times Company, and HarperCollins Publishers, LibreDigital partners with a number of industry leaders, including Baker & Taylor, to provide a full range of solutions. LibreDigital is based in Austin, Texas, with offices in New York City and the United Kingdom. www.libredigital.com.
