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John Lunny Named CEO of Vestmark
Dave Blundin Continues as Chairman of the Board
| Quelle: Vestmark, Inc.
WAKEFIELD, MA--(Marketwire - September 18, 2008) - Vestmark, Inc. announced today that their COO
John Lunny has been promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
Lunny succeeds the current CEO Dave Blundin who will continue serving as
chairman of the board.
"John has been with Vestmark since the beginning and the leadership he has
provided in his role of COO has been essential to streamlining Vestmark's
operations, building a competitive product, and establishing our client
services organization," said Blundin. "John has the respect of our
employees, clients, and partners as a whole. He is the natural choice to
become Vestmark's CEO at this stage of our growth."
Prior to joining Vestmark in 2002, Lunny was senior director of engineering
at Vignette Corporation (VIGN), where he was responsible for Vignette's
analysis, personalization, and wireless products. Lunny joined Vignette
through their acquisition of DataSage in 2000, where Lunny was a cofounder
of DataSage with Blundin and served as the vice president of engineering,
responsible for all product design and development. Lunny graduated from
MIT with degrees in both electrical engineering and computer science.
"Due in large part to John's leadership, we have achieved our goal of
becoming the technology leader in our space by hiring a number of great
people and making solid business decisions," said Blundin. "I look forward
to a smooth transition and working with John on Vestmark's strategy in my
continued role as chairman."
"The opportunity in front of Vestmark is very exciting and I look forward
to leading us into the future," said Lunny. "The people at Vestmark are
extremely intelligent, hard-working and motivated and I can't imagine a
better group of people to work with. It's a great honor."
The wealth management industry that Vestmark serves has seen significant
growth year after year with a growing demand for more technology and
servicing. Vestmark was not only voted one of the Best Places to Work in
2006, but it won the Deloitte Fast 50 award in 2007.
About Vestmark
Vestmark is a full service investment technology provider for investment
managers, overlay managers, sponsors, and operations outsourcing service
providers in the managed accounts industry. Vestmark's solution enables
greater product innovation, increased operational efficiency, and
compliance for its customers. The Vestmark Managed Accounts Platform (VMAP)
is a modern, web-based platform providing complete functionality and
connectivity to support the innovation in managed account products and the
growth of the managed accounts industry. Vestmark is headquartered in
Wakefield, Massachusetts with offices in Oakland, California; Cambridge,
Massachusetts; and Jersey City, New Jersey. For more information about
Vestmark's managed accounts platform solutions, please call 781-224-3640,
email info@vestmark.com, or visit www.vestmark.com.