Captaris Names New Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development
Story Highlights
- Former ScanOptics CEO brings over 20 years experience in providing high-value document solutions for business
- Will provide leadership as Captaris expands further into MFP and document process automation solutions
Bellevue, Wash. — April 11, 2007 — Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading provider of software products that automate document-centric processes, announced the appointment of Paul M. Yantus
as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development. Reporting to CEO and President David P. Anastasi, Yantus
will lead global marketing, product development and strategic partner development for Captaris. With his strong background
in the document management and solutions markets, Yantus will provide leadership for the company as it expands further into
key growth segments within Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Multifunction Printers (MFPs), document capture, and further
automation and management of inbound and outbound documents and the processes surrounding them.
“Paul is a hands-on leader adept at recognizing market opportunities and creating actionable business strategies to exploit
them,” said Anastasi. “He has a proven track record of maximizing revenue and earnings performance, and creating sustainable
growth through commercializing new products and services.”
Yantus was most recently President and CEO of ScanOptics, a leading provider of information capture and recognition technologies
to the financial, government, and education markets, where he led the privatization of the company and successfully repositioned
the company’s products. Prior to Scan-Optics, he founded Espire, an ASP solution for managing branded messaging, and led the
rapid growth of the Custom Communications division for MSX International. Yantus has an extensive background in capture, recognition,
and document management technologies including holding prior senior level positions with Danka Office Imaging, Lason Systems,
and Eastman Kodak.
“I believe Captaris is well positioned to capitalize on the many exciting changes going on in capture,” said Yantus. “I really
look forward to becoming part of the Captaris team and playing a key role in shaping the company’s future strategy as well
as producing positive results for its shareholders.”
About Captaris, Inc.
Captaris, Inc. is a leading provider of software products that automate business processes, manage documents electronically
and provide efficient information delivery. Our product suite of Captaris RightFax, Captaris Workflow and Captaris Alchemy
is distributed through a global network of leading technology partners. We have customers in financial services, healthcare,
government and many other industries, and our products are installed in all of the Fortune 100 and many Global 2000 companies.
Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Captaris was founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market under
the symbol CAPA. For more information please visit www.Captaris.com.
The following are registered trademarks and trademarks of Captaris: Captaris, Alchemy, RightFax and Captaris Workflow. All
other brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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