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SMARTANALYST, Inc. Appoints Marc Rovner as Managing Director
New York-Based firm Appoints Managing Director of Research and Strategic Operations
NEW YORK ‚ May 1, 2007 ‚ SMARTANALYST, Inc. ‚ a pioneer in providing outsourced strategic research and analytics products and services ‚ announced today the recent appointment of Marc Rovner as its managing director of research and strategic operations.
Rovner will lead the companyís research and consulting efforts, including product management and development. Rovner will also be responsible for market planning, alliances and strategic operating and technology platforms.
SMARTANALYST Founder and CEO Manu Bammi said, ìWe look forward to the capabilities and perspectives Marc will bring to our rapidly growing business and we are highly confident that he will help us realize our strategic goals and increase revenues. Marc comes to us with a great deal of successful management experience and we are delighted to have him join the SMARTANALYST team.î
Rovner said, ìI am excited about joining SMARTANALYST. As a former SMARTANALYST client, I was always impressed by SMARTANALYSTís capabilities to develop custom life science and consumer healthcare research across a range of therapeutic areas faster and more efficiently than can be done internally. Now, I look forward to partnering with SMARTANALYSTís clients to provide them with the expertise and the analyses to help them move their businesses forward.î
Rovner joins SMARTANALYST as an experienced senior executive with a global track record of success with both Fortune 100 companies and entrepreneurial businesses. Most recently, he was the vice president of global new markets in Pfizerís Consumer Healthcare Division, where he served as a strategic and innovative leader. Prior to that, he worked for Unilever, International Paper, Reckitt Benckiser and Renaissance Cosmetics. Rovner received a bachelorís degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and a masterís from the University of Chicago.
About SMARTANALYST, Inc.
SMARTANALYST, Inc. delivers strategic research, analytics and outsourced knowledge services to corporate clients in the life sciences, fast-moving consumer goods, financial and marketing services industries. The company succeeds by providing a high-quality, cost-effective research and analytics product portfolio that supports decision-making processes for marketing, business development, R&D, financial and investment decisions. More information is available on the company's Web site, www.smartanalyst.com.