Quova Appoints Van Meningen Managing Director for Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire)
- Respected strategist to lead UK and EU ops for geolocation leader
Quova, Inc., the world's leading provider and developer of web geography services and technologies, announced today that Dutch IT veteran Eric-Jan van Meningen has joined the company as Managing Director for Europe. Mr. van Meningen will lead Quova's rapidly growing sales and marketing operations in the EU countries and the UK, where the online banking and financial services industries in particular are gravitating quickly to Quova's geolocation-based business solutions for fraud prevention and regulatory compliance.
Mr. van Meningen is a respected new business strategist. Before joining Quova, he was sales director at Kahuna Group, where his strategic initiatives increased profits exponentially, following a four-year stint at WorldCom International in which he rose to the position of Strategic Sales Director, Global Accounts.
"We're delighted to have an executive of Eric-Jan's capabilities and achievements join the Quova team," said Gary Jackson, EVP of worldwide operations for Quova. "The UK and the EU are markets that present a tremendous and immediate opportunity for us, and Eric-Jan is just the strategic leader we need to execute our initiatives."
"Quova is an exciting initiative with a large potential to grow rapidly by providing real value to customers," said Mr. van Meningen. "I am very happy to be in the position of helping to exploit those possibilities in the European market."
About Quova, Inc.
Founded in January 2000, Quova, Inc. is the leading provider of geolocation services to online businesses. Quova's patented technology provides the geographic location of Web site visitors in real time, enabling businesses to manage digital rights, target content, detect fraud, conduct site analysis and ensure regulatory compliance. Quova's customers and partners include industry leaders such as Major League Baseball Advanced Media, BBC, Bell Canada, Cisco Systems, Cyota, Corillian, Times Online, ABSOLUT, HPshopping, VeriSign, EverBank, Wire Card and Sky Sports. A privately owned company with investments from Mobius Venture Capital, IDG Ventures, Nexus Group, Schoffstall Ventures and Fidelity Ventures, Quova is headquartered at 333 West Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, California 94041 (T: +1-650-528-3700), with European headquarters at Jan Luijkenstraat 94, 1071 CV Amsterdam, The Netherlands (T: +31-20-888-45-30). Visit Quova on the Web at http://www.quova.com.
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