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Six Apart Appoints Christopher J. Alden Chairman and CEO
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 14 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Six Apart, the world's leading
independent blogging services and software company, today announced that
Christopher J. Alden has been appointed Chairman and CEO. Alden succeeds
Barak Berkowitz, who has served as Chairman and CEO since January 2004.
Chris Alden joined Six Apart over a year ago, most recently serving as
Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Professional Division
of Six Apart, overseeing the TypePad and Movable Type businesses. Alden
has a strong history of executive leadership and entrepreneurship at the
intersection of media, communications and technology. Alden joined Six
Apart as co-founder and CEO of Rojo Networks, Inc., a feed aggregation
service which was acquired by Six Apart in 2006. Prior to Rojo, Alden was
CEO of Red Herring Communications, the publisher of Red Herring magazine,
which covered high-tech entrepreneurialism in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Alden co-founded Red Herring in 1993 and under his tenure the company grew
to more than 350 people, with large print, Internet and conference
businesses. Alden brings all these experiences, skills and knowledge to his
new leadership role at Six Apart.
Six Apart board member David Hornik of August Capital stated, "Barak leaves
Six Apart in incredible shape, and now is the perfect time to pass the
baton to Chris. I'm thrilled at the success of Six Apart so far and I look
forward to working with Chris in building Six Apart's future."
Barak Berkowitz has served as CEO of Six Apart for almost 4 years. He first
became involved in the company in early 2003, when he met Six Apart's
founders Ben and Mena Trott. Soon after, he joined the board representing
Neoteny, Six Apart's first investor. Under Berkowitz's leadership Six Apart
has experienced extraordinary growth in sales, products and geographical
reach, adding offices in San Francisco, Tokyo and Paris and a world-class
team of over 150 people. He oversaw the growth of TypePad, Six Apart's
premier hosted service, the acquisition of LiveJournal, one of the web's
largest and most vibrant communities, the rollout of Vox, PC Magazine's
Editor's Choice for blogging services, and the recent launch of Movable
Type 4, the flagship professional product. Six Apart's web entities now
reach over 40 million people each month, and it is the global leader in
blogging software and services.
In announcing his resignation, Berkowitz stated, "I am honored by the trust
and faith the team, the board and Ben and Mena have put in me. It is rare
that one has the privilege of spending almost 5 years working with such
talented people, building great products and creating a thriving business
that changes the world. As we've brought the business to scale, the board
and I have been talking about my desire to take on a smaller role. With the
company so stable and on a great growth track, it's a natural time to make
a transition but it would have been impossible if someone as talented and
experienced as Chris was not around to hand the reins to. I look forward to
continued involvement in Six Apart as an advisor to Chris, the executive
team and the board, and I look forward to finding new challenges. But most
of all I look forward to seeing Chris take Six Apart forward as the world
leader in blogging."
"We are of course very sad to see Barak go and thank him for being so
instrumental in Six Apart's success," said Mena Trott, President and
co-founder of Six Apart. "Chris has led, inspired and motivated an
extremely talented team that has injected a new passion and life into
Movable Type 4 as GM of our Professional Division. We're incredibly excited
about what Chris will be bringing to his new role at Six Apart."
About Six Apart:
Six Apart Ltd. provides award-winning blogging software and services that
change the way millions of individuals, organizations, and corporations
connect and communicate across the world every day. Founded in 2002 by
husband and wife team Ben Trott and Mena G. Trott, Six Apart is a global
company with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA, and offices in Europe
and Japan. The company continues to lead in the blogging and social media industry with
the Movable Type publishing
platform, the TypePad hosted blogging
service, LiveJournal, an online
community organized around personal journals, and Vox, a free
blogging service for friends and families. For more information visit
the Six Apart corporate web site at http://www.sixapart.com/.
Press Contact
Six Apart
Jane Anderson
650.440.0450
415.344.0056 x 107Email Contact
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