Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 13, 2000
MARC CRIMENI, Chairman, President and CEO of eduverse.com., has used his
strong technical background to focus exclusively on the sales and
marketing of high-tech products in his 20-year career. He has extensive
national and international experience and has been instrumental in the
growth of several of North America's leading software companies. His
frontline experience includes senior positions with Sydney Development
Corp., Consumers Software, Inetco Systems, and Microsoft Corporation of
Redmond, Washington. During his tenure with Consumer Software Inc.
(CSI), he was responsible for global dealer distribution and negotiated
agreements in 22 countries, resulting in a tenfold increase in the
distribution run rate (monthly sales). He had an active role in CSI
becoming one of the largest Canadian software companies ever acquired by
Microsoft. After the acquisition, Mr. Crimeni accepted a position with
Microsoft, where he continued to represent the international
distribution channel for Microsoft Electronic Mail and Work Group
Applications. Mr. Crimeni has conducted business in over 60 countries,
establishing distributors, dealers and resellers, and has strong global
contacts and experience to draw upon. Recently, he served as Vice
President of Sales & Marketing at InMedia Presentations Inc. Prior to
InMedia, he was the Manager of International Sales for Inetco Systems
Ltd., a Vancouver-based privately held software company which produced
some of the finest communication software available for OS/2', MS-DOS',
and Windows NT'. Inetco's clients included Siemens Nixdorf, the Hong
Kong stock exchange and several large financial institutions. Mr.
Crimeni is responsible for the operation of the company, establishing
and maintaining important strategic alliances within the distance
education sector, and guiding the company's transformation from its
development phase to its marketing phase. Profile
Mr. Crimeni: Essentially, eduverse.com is an Internet infrastructure
software developer. We have concentrated on building core
