Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
R. RICHARD (RICK) DOOL is President and CEO of ESPS, Inc. He has been
instrumental in developing the company's strategic direction and has
worked with the ESPS management team to define the ESPS Knowledge
Publishing Suite', including the launch of two new products, kPublisher'
and kPortal'. Mr. Dool joined ESPS in March with over 20 years of
extensive international sales and marketing experience in the technology
arena. Prior to ESPS, Mr. Dool held extensive international sales and
marketing positions in technology companies. Most recently, he was
President and Chief Executive Officer at LabVantage Solutions, a leading
marketer of laboratory automation software. During his tenure there,
revenue increased over 1000% and the company's market ranking increased
from 28th to 1st. Mr. Dool led LabVantage in establishing the industry's
first e-business with a Web-based application service. Previous to
LabVantage, Mr. Dool held several senior management positions at The
Ultimate Corporation, one of the foremost providers of software and
services to the wholesale distribution industry. In addition, he spent
15 years in senior sales and marketing positions at AT&T. Profile
Mr. Dool: We are known as the industry leader and premier provider of
knowledge publishing solutions used to accelerate the
