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Eric Richard Joins Compete as VP of Engineering(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Compete, a web analytics company that helps top brands improve their marketing based on the online behavior of millions of consumers, announced that Eric Richard has joined the company as vice president of engineering. Richard joins Compete from Idiom Technologies, a globalization management company, where he oversaw technology integration and product research and development. "Eric is one of the original creators of the web analytics industry," said Don McLagan, president, chairman and CEO, Compete, Inc. "Joining our management team, Eric will help Compete in its goal to be the leading provider of marketing insights from consumers' online behavior." Prior to serving as vice president of engineering at Idiom Technologies, Richard was CTO and VP of Engineering of Cambridge-based NetGenesis (now part of SPSS), the web analytics company he co-founded in 1994. The success of NetGenesis, considered by many to be the pioneer of today's web analytics, earned Richard recognition in 2001 as a finalist in the Ernst & Young New England Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. In addition to his entrepreneurial accomplishments, Richard is a recognized leader in the Internet development industry. He is the principal author of "How to Build a Web site," the first technical resource guide for Web site developers, and he created and built the "Sports Information Service," the first sports resource site on the Web. Prior to NetGenesis, Richard worked at IBM's Almaden Research Center, where he developed handwriting recognition software. Richard succeeds former vice president of engineering and CTO, David Cancel who left Compete to start a new company. Cancel will remain an advisor to Compete in his role as Compete Fellow. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright 2007 Wireless News |