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Jacada Appoints Gideon Hollander CEO

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Co- chief executive officer, Tom Clear, has resigned and will leave Jacada effective April 6, 2012, citing personal reasons, says the company. Gideon Hollander, who has served as co- chief executive with Mr. Clear since August 1, 2011 and serves as the company’s chairman of the board will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer effective April 7, 2012.

Founded in 1990, customer experience management and process optimization solutions company Jacada operates globally with offices in Atlanta, USA; Herzliya, Israel; London, England; Munich, Germany; and Stockholm, Sweden.

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