Press Release
Max Hopper, former Sabre Group Chairman and former CIO, Bank of America, joins Instantis Board of Directors.
Sunnyvale, CA — July 17, 2002 — Instantis®, a pioneer in transforming enterprise business processes into custom Web applications and Web services, today announced that Max Hopper, a leading technology visionary, has joined its board of directors.
At AMR Corporation - an air transportation company (American Airlines) and provider of information services to the travel and transportation industry, Max served as chairman of the SABRE Group from 1993 as well as senior vice president from 1985. In 1975 he led a landmark industry study on automating travel agencies. As a result of the subsequent activities by American and others, Max has been called the "father of automation" in the travel industry. Max served as executive vice president for Bank of America from 1982 through 1985, where he was the chief information officer. In addition, he led the Bank's reengineering efforts in the systems and operations areas. Max currently serves on the board of directors of several public and private companies including the Gartner Group, United Stationers, Inc., Metrocall, Inc., and Accrue, Inc.
"Instantis is delighted to have Max Hopper join our board of directors," says Prasad Raje, CEO, Instantis. "Just as Max has brought pioneering automation to the travel industry with SABRE, Instantis is taking an innovative Web-based approach to automating custom enterprise processes using its SiteWand platform. We look forward to Max's contributions and guidance in helping us create a new revolution in Web-based business automation."
"As already apparent from Instantis' significant successes with large financial, healthcare, legal services and telecommunications companies, enterprises in many different industries can benefit by adopting SiteWand for custom Web applications and Web services. Using SiteWand, customers can make the transition from legacy applications to Web-enabled applications quickly and under budget" says Max Hopper. "Enterprise CIOs looking for a robust, scalable, 'future-proofed' platform to deploy mission-critical Web applications and Web services need look no farther than Instantis SiteWand."
About Max Hopper
Max Hopper founded the firm, Max D. Hopper Associates, Inc., in 1995 after retiring from AMR Corporation. The consulting firm specializes in creating benefits from the strategic use of advanced information technologies. During Hopper's 20-year tenure at AMR, he served in several capacities -- as CIO in leading internal activities in the applications of information technology and as CEO of SABRE in creating and managing a number of business units directed at utilizing AMR's core competencies in the marketplace. Most of these functions were included in the 1993 formation of The SABRE Group, a technology services business with revenues then in excess of $l.5 Billion.
Hopper served as executive vice president for Bank of America from 1982 through 1985, where he was the chief information officer. In addition, he led the Bank's reengineering efforts in the systems and operations areas. Hopper launched his professional systems career at Shell Oil in 1960 and served with EDS and United Airlines prior to joining American Airlines in 1972.
In 1992 Hopper was recognized by Computerworld as one of the top 25 who made the greatest contributions in the field of IS. He received the Society for Information Management's 1991 Partners in Leadership award for his contribution to InterAAct, AMR's technology platform that provides electronic communication tools and information resources to all AMR employees. He was the recipient of the 1995 Data Processing Management Association's (DPMA) Distinguished Information Sciences Award. In January 1997, Hopper became the first IS executive to be inducted into INFOMART's Information Processing Hall of Fame and in 1999 was recognized by the editors of CIO Magazine as one of this decade's 12 most influential IS executives. In 2000, he received the Leadership Award for Collaborative Innovation at the Computerworld Honors Program jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute.
Hopper is a frequent speaker at various technology and travel forums. He is published frequently and wrote a notable article "Rattling SABRE - New Ways to Compete on Information" in the Harvard Business Review in 1990.
About Instantis
Instantis provides the fastest, simplest way to respond to custom Web application and Web Service needs. The SiteWand platform from Instantis Web-enables critical enterprise business processes by transforming them to integrated, robust, scalable Web applications and Web services. Its unique component-configuration technology delivers Web apps 5 times quicker at one-half the cost. Applications created with SiteWand are aligned closer to your exact business needs than any packaged application alternative.
Instantis customers include BellSouth, Compex Legal Services, McKesson, Sperry Van Ness, Wells Fargo, the Wharton School, and XO Communications. SiteWand enables easy automation of complex enterprise processes e.g., order processing, activity management, exception handling, and workflow. SiteWand is available for in-house server deployment as well as a hosted solution from Instantis.
The secret to SiteWand's speed and cost advantage lies in its breakthrough technology requiring minimal coding. The J2EE compatible platform automates the configuration, creation, deployment and subsequent change management of Web applications using a Service Oriented Architecture. SiteWand integrates seamlessly with J2EE app servers, JDBC database servers, SOAP/XML based Web services and legacy applications.
Instantis partners include many technology and services companies like Adobe, HP, IBM, Macromedia, Satyam, Syntel, and Sun Microsystems. Instantis was founded in 1999 and is backed by leading institutions including JK&B Capital and Goldman Sachs.
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