VBN Appoints New CEO

Cambridge-based Virtual Business Network (VBN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sean Newell as Chief Executive Officer of the company with immediate effect. VBN leads the field in the provision of online business networks and is a venture company of Ten Sails, Cambridge-based location business builders.

Sean joined Ten Sails in 2004 and has been promoted to CEO of VBN after only six months. Sean previously worked for market-leading GIS company Smallworld as World-Wide Utilities Marketing Manager before setting up his own software consultancy, Magik Circle in 1998.

In his role as CEO, Sean will focus on growing VBN's share of the emerging online network market. Sean's practical customer focus, extensive software knowledge and marketing experience will lead VBN into the next stage of growth, building on the company's technology excellence and leading market position.

Sean has worked in the software industry for the majority of his career and has over 15 year's management experience.

Sean said of his appointment: 'VBN has grown considerably over the past few years to become a significant player in the software industry and I am delighted to become its new Chief Executive Officer.'

Sean continued: 'VBN's innovative technology is set to make a real difference across a number of sectors and I am very pleased to be able to lead the company into the next stage of its development.'

VBN has been providing online networks since 2000 and has built over 100 in the UK, including the renowned Cambridge Network.

About VBN
VBN is the UK's leading online intelligent networking software provider, enabling networking organisations to interact and serve their members through the creation of sustainable networking environments. VBN supports over 100 networks, serving over 20,000 organisations ranging from innovation clusters, chambers of commerce, Universities and public and private sector organisations.

About Sean Newell
Sean's entrepreneurial streak was clearly evident from a young age when together with four friends in 1990, he set up a new magazine to cover the alternative comedy circuit in London.

His entrepreneurial spirit may be in part, owed to an inherited gene as father Dick Newell, founded Cambridge Interactive Systems which was sold to Computervision in 1983 and also Smallworld which was sold to General Electric (GE) in 2000.

Sean's uncle Martin Newell invented Postscript and is now a Fellow of Adobe. Martin's early work in 3d computer graphics paved the way for modern computer graphics so much so that he was 'honoured' by the film Toy Story; one of his first pieces of 3d graphics was his teapot, which was used in the film.

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Article Id:	132045
Release date:	23 Feb 2005

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