Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 8, 2005
DEB BESEMER is President and CEO of BrassRing, a leading provider of
talent management solutions. Prior to being named President and CEO of
BrassRing, Ms. Besemer was President and CEO of BrassRing Systems, the
recruitment software unit of BrassRing. Under her leadership, BrassRing
has grown into one of the most comprehensive software/services solution
providers in the human capital management market. Software revenues have
grown consistently during every year of her tenure, highlighted by 400%
growth between 1999 and 2000. Under Ms. Besemer's guidance, BrassRing
has assumed and retained a position of leadership among talent
management Application Service Providers BrassRing more than 20 years
of experience in building and growing software companies. Prior to
joining BrassRing Systems, Ms. Besemer spent more than a decade at
Lotus, where she managed a business unit with revenues in excess of $1.3
billion and more than 4,000 employees in 46 countries. She is a former
Chairwoman of the Massachusetts Software Council and currently serves as
a Trustee and the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee. She is an
active member of the University of Massachusetts High Tech Executive
Council. In addition, she is a former Director of Kubisoft, Inc., Eprise
Corporation and the Massachusetts Software Council Fellowship Program,
an initiative to retrain people for jobs in software and the Internet.
Ms. Besemer holds an M.B.A. from Rutgers University and a B.A. from
Cedar Crest College. Profile
Ms. Besemer: BrassRing is in the business of providing talent management
technology and services to large, complex, organizations. So, what that
means is that we
