Yield Software Unveils Internet Marketing Technology

Matt Malden and John Coker Provide Leadership for Innovative New Software Company

 

San Francisco, CA – July 31, 2007 – Yield Software, a company leveraging Internet marketing technologies and automation techniques to help businesses attract and convert the most valuable Internet traffic, has announced that its leadership team of industry veterans Matt Malden and John Coker are near completion on the development of a revolutionary new Internet marketing product. Yield Software is a member of the WashingtonVC family of companies, which includes a broad portfolio of innovative technology and marketing firms.

Prior to joining Yield Software as Chief Executive Officer, Matt Malden spent nine years as an executive at Siebel Systems. As Vice President and General Manager there, he grew the call center product division from inception to more than $1 billion in annual revenue. He also designed, launched and managed a joint development effort with Microsoft and IBM in building a next-generation enterprise software platform. In addition, he led Siebel’s government division. He holds numerous patents in user interface design, computer telephony integration, call scripting and advanced queuing and routing algorithms. He has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

John Coker is the primary architect of Yield’s flagship product, an automated search engine optimization and marketing application due to be launched in the coming months. As senior architect at Siebel Systems, Coker designed and developed key architectural components and later served as a principle architect and pioneer in developing a web-based, service-oriented enterprise software architecture. John was also the first engineer and chief architect at Gain Technology.

Mike Mann, CEO of WashingtonVC, said, “Matt Malden and John Coker are proven leaders in the application software industry. We are excited about their depth of knowledge and extensive technical abilities. Together, we look forward to the continued growth of Yield Software and the introduction of innovative new products.”

About Yield Software

Yield Software (http://www.yieldsoftware.com/) delivers innovative products that automate, simplify and optimize the process of marketing on the internet. Yield empowers any organization in the world to attract high-value customers at the lowest cost. Using advanced algorithms and techniques, Yield optimizes internet marketing expenditures, attracts visitors to a web site and tunes web page content to have the greatest impact. Yield works 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, to drive you higher in the search engine rankings, to optimally bid for pay-per-click keywords and to dynamically improve landing page effectiveness. Yield Software offers the fastest, easiest and most powerful web marketing solution on the market.

About WashingtonVC

Washington VC (http://www.washingtonvc.com/) is an investment fund that incubates early stage companies through the exchange of complementary technologies and marketing services. Modeled after the traditional Japanese keiretsu, Washington VC’s portfolio of interlocking companies share resources, talent and technology to deliver innovative products and services across a broad range of industries. Through its relationship with Grassroots.org, WashingtonVC is committed to social responsibility.

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