Risen Joins Rightlinx Team

Furniture World Magazine

RightLinx announced that Paul M. Risen has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Risen will be primarily engaged in leading the day-to-day operations of the company. He brings with him a strong background in software development and sales as well as entrepreneurial experience in starting up profitable, high-growth technology companies. "We are pleased to have someone with the broad technical experience that Paul brings," said Nikhil Poddar, CEO. "With this addition to our core leadership team, we have the full complement of management talent we need to continue to implement our plan and deliver value to our customers. Paul has a strong appreciation of what is required to structure a software development company such as RightLinx for rapid scalability and successful execution." "I was persuaded to join RightLinx by the tremendous opportunities I saw ahead for the company," commented Risen. "With a strong customer base and a world-class programming and development capability already in place, it was clear to me that RightLinx was poised for success." Risen joined RightLinx from VerticalNet where he served as Vice-President of Applications. Prior to that, Risen co-founded TextileWeb, the world’s largest online community for the textile and apparel industry, and August-Martin, a software development company. Earlier experience included technical positions with Guilford Mills and Milliken & Company. Risen holds a BS degree in engineering from the University of Kentucky. RightLinx Group, Inc., is a software development company providing information tools to link customers and suppliers more effectively and efficiently through web-enabled solutions. The company is headquartered in High Point, NC. For more information CONTACT: E-Mail: bhilleary@rightlinx.com