AQA 63336 boosts team with Chief Financial Officer
London, UK - 1 October 2007 - IssueBits Ltd, the provider of AQA 63336 (Any Question Answered), the UK 's most popular text question and answer service, has appointed Stephen Williams as its Chief Financial Officer. Starting today, Stephen will report directly to Colly Myers, CEO, in a newly formed role within the company.
"We're delighted to welcome Stephen to IssueBits. Our AQA 63336 service has grown substantially since launch three years ago and we have been profitable for the last two years. Stephen's skills will strengthen the management team to help us achieve the aggressive growth planned for AQA 63336 in the UK and other European markets," said Colly Myers, CEO.
AQA 63336 has grown from 500 questions a day in August 2004, to over 15,000 questions a day in August 2007. Recently celebrating 8 million questions, AQA 63336 now has a team of over 800 highly skilled researchers. Questions texted to 63336 are usually answered in less than five minutes - whether it's advice that's required; information that's needed in a hurry, or simply for entertainment.
Stephen joins IssueBits from Symbian Ltd, where he was Chief Information Officer heading up the IS, Finance and Operations departments in Symbian, as well as holding a number of governance positions in the Symbian Group including Group Company Secretary, director of Symbian Software Limited, the UK operating subsidiary, director of Symbian Software India and director of Symbian Software Beijing. Previously Stephen worked for Arthur Andersen from 1990 to 1997.
Stephen is both a qualified Corporate Treasurer and a qualified Chartered Accountant and also holds a First Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
AQA 63336's website is at www.aqa.63336.com
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For more information contact:
Donald Parish donald.parish@shinecom.com
Shine Communications Tel: +442071007100
IssueBits Ltd. was formed in 2002 by Colly Myers, former CEO of Symbian and MD of Psion PLC, together with Bill Batchelor and Paul Cockerton. Together the founders have over 50 years experience in technology, software and consumer industries. A private limited company based in London, UK, IssueBits launched AQA 63336 - the world's first text question and answer service on an easy to remember shortcode - in 2004.
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