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ChannelAdvisor appoints Joe Cowan to board

By TechTaffy Desk

ChannelAdvisor has appointed Joe Cowan, president and chief executive officer of Epicor Software, to the company’s board of directors.

Mr. Cowan currently serves as a director of Nice Systems, a publicly held provider of internet-based data solutions. He previously has served as a director of Blackboard.

Mr. Cowan received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and an M.S. degree in engineering from Arizona State University.

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