BCC Software Launches Executive Transition
ROCHESTER, NY—July 16, 2009—BCC Software, a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL company and the leading developer of high-performance solutions for professional mailers, today announced the commencement of an executive transition that will ultimately result in new formal leadership for the 30-year-old company.
Effective today, Executive Vice President Christopher Lien will assume primary leadership duties at BCC, with Jim Mann, a 13-year BCC veteran, accepting a promotion to Senior Vice President. The company’s founder, K. Jon Runstrom, will retain his current title of President but will take on an advisory role until his retirement in July 2010.
“Chris and Jim’s exceptional complementary talents make them an ideal team to continue BCC’s track record of innovation, service and excellence,” Runstrom said. “Between Chris’s unparalleled mailing acumen and Jim’s years of familiarity with BCC products, traditions and customers, I now know that as I prepare to step down next year, the company is perfectly positioned to grow in a manner that meets every industry expectation—without compromising any of the practices and standards that have earned BCC the standing of a true postal technology leader.”
Other executive adjustments announced today include the appointment of Bob Schimek to Vice President of Software Engineering; and the realignment of BCC’s Sales and Business Development teams to operate as a single unit under the leadership of Corey Smith, Vice President of Business Development.
Michael R. Swift, President and General Manager of the BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Postal and Sorting Products division, praised the strategy of this executive transition. “These changes sharpen an already effective team that has proven its value many times over, both to BÖWE BELL + HOWELL and the entire postal industry,” he said. “Chris Lien and Jim Mann—backed by the rest of the BCC executive team, and by the entire BCC family—are ideally suited to carry on the work started by Jon Runstrom, and to help current and future customers realize their mailing goals.”
Active in the mailing industry for more than 16 years, Chris Lien joined BCC in 2007. Throughout his career he has maintained an active involvement in industry groups such as the Association for Postal Commerce, the Mailing & Fulfillment Service Association, Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, and IDEAlliance, where he currently serves as representative to the Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC), and is the MTAC industry focus group leader for address accuracy. Lien holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.
Since joining BCC Software in 1996, Jim Mann has gained experience in nearly every department in the company. His most recent role, as Vice President of Software Development and Customer Services, allowed him to oversee the core competencies that have established BCC’s leadership position in the mailing industry. A member of the Mailing & Fulfillment Services Association (MFSA) Technology Committee, he earned his Bachelors Degree from the State University of New York at Brockport, and an MBA from St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY).
Bob Schimek is an acknowledged thought leader on postal industry issues. He is co-chair of the IDEAlliance Mail.dat workgroup, and has extensive experience working directly with key USPS personnel on clarifying modifications to postal rules and regulations. Prior to becoming BCC’s Director of Commercial Mail Solutions earlier this year, Schimek was director of commercial mail development for SAP Business Objects. He is a graduate of St. Mary’s College (Winona, MN).
A 12-year sales veteran with more than a decade of high-level experience in mailing industry accounts, Corey Smith holds a degree in Business Administration from Western Wisconsin Technical College and has extensive post-graduate training in sales and sales management. Before he joined BCC in 2008, Smith was director of sales for SAP Business Objects. He lives in LaCrescent, MN.
For additional details about BCC Software and the complete family of BCC mailing technology solutions, call (800) 453-3130 or visit www.bccsoftware.com.
About BCC Software
For 30 years BCC Software Inc has offered high-performance software and solutions for professional mailers. The company is committed to providing clients with the highest level of customer service and technology training. Current BCC clients include such well known names as Harvard University, The Miami Herald, Wal-Mart, Papa John’s, R.R. Donnelley, K/P Corporation and the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2005, BCC became a BÖWE BELL + HOWELL company. For more information about BCC products and services, visit bccsoftware.com or call (800) 453-3130.
