Ask Jeeves Appoints New Chief Financial Officer and New General Counsel
October 04 2005 - 8:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
Dominic Butera Joins as CFO; Dan Caul is Appointed General Counsel
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ask Jeeves, Inc., a leading
provider of information retrieval technologies, brands and Internet
advertising services, today announced that Dominic Butera has
joined as Ask Jeeves' CFO and Dan Caul has been appointed general
counsel. Butera brings over 20 years of financial management
experience to Ask Jeeves, having served in senior financial
positions with leading Bay Area companies including Ocular
Sciences, Inc., Innoventry, InterMap technologies, Inc., and IDG
Books Worldwide. Butera succeeds Steve Sordello, who served as Ask
Jeeves' CFO for the past five years. Appointed from his previous
position as associate general counsel, Dan Caul replaces Brett
Robertson as Ask Jeeves' general counsel. Ask Jeeves' CFO Prior to
joining Ask Jeeves, Dominic served as treasurer of Ocular Sciences,
Inc., a contact lens manufacturer with operations in the U.S.,
Europe and Asia. In this position, Dominic managed foreign currency
exposure, bank relations, corporate cash management, and insurance,
among other duties, including designing numerous global policies
and solutions to implement on behalf of Ocular Sciences. Butera
also held positions as VP treasurer of Innoventry, a joint venture
between Wells Fargo Bank and Capital One; VP of finance and
operations for Intermap Technologies; and director of financial
planning and treasury for IDG Books Worldwide. "Ask Jeeves has
exciting opportunities ahead and I look forward to applying my
experience to support the Company's continued growth, both in the
U.S. and overseas," said Butera. "Dominic has a strong background
in financial controls and operations as well as a particular
strength in financial planning, which will be increasingly
important as we ramp up our efforts to aggressively grow market
share," said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Ask Jeeves, Inc. "Dominic's
international experience will also be invaluable as we continue to
expand in Europe and Asia." Ask Jeeves' General Counsel In his new
position, Dan Caul will be responsible for all legal affairs for
Ask Jeeves worldwide. Previously serving as the associate general
counsel at Ask Jeeves, Dan brings extensive insight and knowledge
of Ask Jeeves' legal affairs to the new position. Dan has served in
various legal capacities since receiving his law degree from
Harvard Law School, most recently, on the legal staffs for numerous
Bay Area Internet companies, including Critical Path and Slam Dunk
Networks. Prior to those positions, he acted as corporate counsel
for Barclays Global Investors and served as an attorney with Howard
Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin. "I look forward to
providing legal counsel to Ask Jeeves and its family of Web
properties on a broader scale in my new role," said Caul. "In his
time with Ask Jeeves, Dan has time and again proven not only his
legal competence, but also a strong understanding of the Ask Jeeves
business," said Berkowitz. "I am confident that Dan will adeptly
handle our legal operations with expert counsel and leadership."
Both Butera's and Caul's appointments are effective immediately.
About Ask Jeeves, Inc. As the 7th largest global web property
(ComScore Media Metrix, August 2005), Ask Jeeves, Inc. delivers
world-class information retrieval products through a diverse
portfolio of Web sites, portals and downloadable applications. Ask
Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves
(Ask.com, Ask.co.uk and es.Ask.com), the Ask Jeeves Japan joint
venture (Ask.jp), Ask Jeeves Kids (AJKids.com), Bloglines
(bloglines.com), Excite (excite.com), iWon (iwon.com), My Way
(myway.com) and Fun Web Products (funwebproducts.com).
Additionally, Ask Jeeves owns differentiated search technology, as
well as natural language processing, portal and ad-serving
technologies. Ask Jeeves generates revenue from advertisers seeking
to reach the company's broad-based online audience. Founded in
1996, Ask Jeeves became a wholly-owned business of
IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) in July, 2005. Its headquarters
are located in Oakland, California, with offices throughout the
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