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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VillageEDOCS Names Joe Torano to Serve as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
TUSTIN, California - October 18, 2006 - VillageEDOCS (OTCBB:
VEDO)
today
announced the appointment of technology sales veteran Joe Torano as Senior Vice
President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Torano will report to Jerry Kendall, President of
VillageEDOCS, and will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities.
Mr. Torano will manage sales and marketing efforts for VillageEDOCS, including
developing and implementing business development, sales, marketing, and PR strategies
to acquire new customers and retain existing accounts, setting individual and companywide
sales objectives, formulating plans to expand business, and identifying opportunities
for strategic alliances and partnerships that further the Company’s business goals.
"Joe Torano is a results oriented leader and an adept strategist with keen market sense
and proven ability to open new markets and achieve record sales," said Mr. Kendall,
President of VillageEDOCS. Mr. Kendall continued, "Mr. Torano is a dynamic
operations, business development, sales and marketing leader who helps companies grow
quickly by building and leading great teams that exceed client expectations and increase
shareholder value."
"VillageEDOCS is positioned to take off. It is the right solution to deal with a major
industry challenge of business enterprises cost–effectively managing the delivery of
critical business information to their trading partners," said Mr. Torano. "I’m delighted
to be joining VillageEDOCS at this opportune moment, and look forward to working
with the entire VillageEDOCS team to bring the benefits of VillageEDOCS to many
more companies," he continued.
About Joe Torano
Joe Torano comes to VillageEDOCS with over 25 years of international executive
experience in operations, business planning, sales and marketing in the technology sector.
Before joining VillageEDOCS, Joe was Chief Operating Officer of ADOS Corporation, a
leading provider of smart document management solutions. Prior to ADOS, he served as
COO and a Director of FormScape, Inc., an enterprise document management software
company. He developed a partner network covering more than 20 countries reaching
more than 4,000 customers worldwide. Joe propelled record revenues and 15 quarters of
profitability, gaining industry recognition as one of the fastest growing technology
companies in North Carolina. The company was listed as one of Deloitte and Touche’s
Fast 50 Technology Growth Companies five years straight. Prior to Formscape, Joe
held various Sales and Marketing leadership positions at IBM for twenty years in its
Mainframe, Networking and PC company. Joe comes to VillageEDOCS with over ten
years experience in the document management industry, building world-wide clients such
as Daimler Chrysler, Wal-Mart, Wachovia, Bank of America, BB&T, Siemens Building
Technologies, Broyhill and Kidde.
Jim Kolassa, currently Vice President of Sales, will report to Mr. Torano in a senior sales
management capacity. "Mr. Kolassa has done a great job getting us this far," said Mr.
Kendall. "By adding Mr. Torano’s skills to those of Mr. Kolassa and our sales team,
we’re greatly strengthening our ability for sustained growth." he concluded.
About VillageEDOCS
VillageEDOCS, through our MessageVision subsidiary, is a leading provider of comprehensive business-to-business business information
delivery services and products for organizations with mission-critical needs, including major corporations, government agencies
and non-profit organizations. Through our Tailored Business Systems subsidiary, we provide accounting and billing solutions
for county and local governments. Through our Resolutions subsidiary, we provide products for
document management,
document imaging,
electronic forms,
document archiving, and
e-mail archiving.
Through its GoSolutions subsidiary, VillageEDOCS provides enhanced voice and data delivery services.
For further information, visit our website at
www.villageedocs.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
All statements in this press release that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements made in this press release, including those relating to the benefits to the Company, its stockholders or clients that are expected to be realized from the appointment of Mr. Kendall, are forward-looking statements. These statements, and other forward looking statements in this press release, represent the Company’s plans, intentions, expectations and belief and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or expressed herein. These include uncertainties in the market, competition, legal, regulatory initiatives, success of marketing efforts, availability, terms and deployment of capital, personnel risks, and other risks detailed in the Company’s SEC reports, of which many are beyond the control of the Company. The Company assumes no obligation to update or alter the information in this press release. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in Section 21E of the Exchange Act.