Michael J. Curran joins Cramer's Advisory Board
April 24, 2008
NORWOOD, MA, April 24, 2008 – Cramer, a digital marketing and event solutions agency, today announced that Michael J. Curran, Chairman and CEO of the Boston Stock Exchange, has joined the company’s advisory board. Cramer’s advisory board meets quarterly with Cramer CEO and founder Tom Martin and his executive team to lend insight and expertise to the company’s business strategies and long-term planning efforts.
“I am delighted to welcome Michael to our advisory board, where his financial and technology expertise and insight will be a real asset to myself and the Cramer executive management team,” said Tom Martin, CEO, Cramer. “Michael has been a leader in the New England business community for a number of years and I have a tremendous amount of respect for his service to the community. In the coming year, we look forward to working closely with Michael and the rest of our advisory board, whose advice and perspective has been enormously effective throughout our 25 year history.”
Curran has more than 30 years of regional and global experience within the financial services and information technology industries. Prior to joining the Boston Stock Exchange, Curran held a number of senior executive positions with Zurich Scudder Investments. Before joining Zurich Scudder, Curran was the Partner in Charge (Northeast Region) of Coopers & Lybrand’s Information Technology Consulting Practice.
“I’ve known and respected Tom Martin for many years and I am delighted to have the opportunity to directly collaborate with a company that I consider a model constituent of the New England economy,” said Mr. Curran. “My fellow board members are among the best of the regional business community and each of them is a true leader in their respective field. With great enthusiasm, I look forward to working with the Cramer advisory board as well as the company’s talented executive management team.”
Curran joins a board comprised of New England notables from a variety of industries, including:
• Kirk Arnold: Arnold recently joined Avid Technology, Inc. as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Avid’s Professional Video business unit. Prior to joining Avid, she was President and CEO of Keane Inc., a billion dollar consulting and outsourcing business based in Boston, MA. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President of Product, Consulting and Marketing for Fidelity Human Resources Company, a business unit of Fidelity Employer Services Company.
• Terry Carlton: Carlton is Executive Vice President at Hill Holliday. He is also the Chairman of the Board for Source MDx and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Bentley College and Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart.
• James Coppersmith: Coppersmith is Chairman on the Board of Trustees at Emerson College. He is also on the Board of Directors of BJ’s Wholesale Club and is a Director and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rasky Baerlein Group, a public relations firm. He was formerly President and General Manager of WCVB-TV, New England's Channel 5.
• Shawn Martin: Martin is one of the founders of Convexity Capital, a Boston-based institutional investment management firm founded in 2005. Previously, he was an executive at Harvard Management Co., which manages the investment of about half of Harvard University’s endowment.
• Joanna Horobin, MD: Horobin is the president and CEO of Syndax Pharmaceuticals. She has more than 20 years of pharmaceutical drug development experience in multiple therapeutic areas. She has held executive positions in clinical development, marketing and general operations with companies in the United Kingdom, France and the United States.
• Paul Palmer: Palmer’s career as an international executive with IBM spanned more than 35 years, the last 10 as Vice President and General Manager. Palmer has served as a board member for a number of charitable organizations in the New England area including the Boy Scouts of America, the United Way and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. Additionally Palmer served as Chairman of the Black Achievers Board of Commissioners.
About Cramer
Cramer is a digital marketing and event solutions agency that fuses creativity and technology to design and execute experiences that move audiences. For more than 25 years, the agency has helped the world's leading and emerging brands win and retain loyal customers, launch products and inspire sales teams. Reaching audiences online, offline, through emerging media, and face-to-face, Cramer creates personalized, integrated marketing programs and events that maximize marketing impact – and their clients' dollars. Cramer’s clients include Boston Scientific, Business Objects, Gillette, MasterCard and EMD Serono, Inc. Cramer is a privately-held company. For more information please go to http://www.crameronline.com or visit their blog at http://www.awidernet.com.
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