Quark chief executive kamar aulakh, who was credited with transforming the privatelyheld firms strategic direction, has abruptly left the company. Quark expanding efforts in european market and customer relations. Aulakh replaces longtime head fred ebrahimi, who remains on. Desktop innovations earn the award for most improved pagelayout software. Lehman spectramind software bought by wipro, ruined, trashed by indian. Effective immediately, kamar aulakh is no longer with the company, quark said. Mar 18, 2010 kamar aulakhs proven knowhow in all facets of software and internet operations will be very valuable as we go forward. Quark appoints kamar aulakh as new ceo whattheythink. Jan 11, 2005 we are very pleased to get this level of recognition from such a flagship publication as macworld, said kamar aulakh, quark president and ceo. Kamar aulakh appointed president of quark whattheythink. Quarc is the most efficient way to design, develop, deploy and validate realtime applications on hardware using simulink. Jun 06, 2005 effectively immediately, kamar aulakh is no longer president and ceo of quark inc.
At quark, we value our relationship with all our customers. He says his support staff is able to resolve problems over the phone. Quarks ceo departs after a successful customer summit in which quark demonstrated xpress 7 and showed various enterprise publishing products for the first time, customers were shocked to discover on june 9 that kamar aulakh, quarks ceo, had abruptly left the company the previous evening. A quark employee since 1995, aulakh earned his stripes in the company by developing manufacturing and it systems as well as by leading quarks research and development efforts.
Bw online october 27, 2003 the hidden costs of it outsourcing. A quark employee since 1995, aulakh earned his stripes in the company by developing manufacturing and it systems as well as by leading quark s research and development efforts. Mr aulakh is launching a series of customer meetings around the world. Company spokesman glen turpin also said, we hope to find a new ceo as soon as possible. Aulakh replaces longtime head fred ebrahimi, who remains on the companys board of directors. Quark ceo suddenly departs, replacement search underway. He will now report directly to quark s board of directors. Denverbased quark has had a rocky few years in the graphic design software market. In a statement on thursday, quark said that effective immediately, ceo kamar aulakh is no longer with the. Aug 31, 2005 denverbased quark has had a rocky few years in the graphic design software market. In june 2005, quark informed its employees that aulakh was no longer with the company. Kamar has demonstrated that he is the right person to lead our software business into the future, said fred ebrahimi, quark s chairman and ceo. It is called quark because the companys goal is to create software that would be the platform for publishing, just as quarks are the basis for all matter. Publishing software maker wont cite reason for kamar aulakhs sudden departure.
Reasons for his leaving are not being given at this time. However, quark spokesman glen turpin said that vice president kamar aulakh will largely fill gills role as the head of the engineering staff. Very soon, quark will launch its latest version, quarkxpress 7, that promises an array of nextgen tools for publishers. Quarkxpress the fullyintegrated graphic design and layout. Mar 22, 2005 quark finds that arrogance doesnt pay in desktop design. Quark announced this week that kamar aulakh is no longer president and chief executive of the denver software firm. Kamar, a former software tester conned his way into becoming ceo and laid off all the american developers at quark.
Nov 02, 2004 in february 2004, company cofounder fred ebrahimi relinquished daytoday operations to kamar aulakh, appointing him quark ceo. Quark expanding efforts in european market and customer. The software executives best practices collection aspatore. For the last year it has based its englishspeaking techsupport staff people you call if your app keeps crashing in india. Velos is the trusted clinical trial management resource for investigators, sponsors and academic leaders throughout the u. Quark has customer service epiphany information age. An indian, kamar aulakh, runs its daytoday operations. Paris apple expo august 31, 2004 since his appointment as president and ceo of quark inc. Kamar aulakh, quarks president, claims that the move hasnt affected service quality or caused any customers to flee. Quark inc, once the powerhouse of desktop publishing software was nearly ruined by an indian national named aulakh kamar. Aulakh was the chief executive officer of quark inc. Chase had been appointed interim president in june 2005 following the abrupt departure of thenceo kamar aulakh.
Feb 16, 2005 an indian, kamar aulakh, runs its daytoday operations. The top executive at denverbased desktoppublishing software firm quark inc. In his new role, aulakh will improve the interoperability of quark s products and services. In keeping with its india focus, quark appointed kamar aulakh, a quark veteran of indian origin, as its ceo in february, 2004. The head of publishing software maker quark has abruptly left the denverbased company. There are renewal opportunities open for those who are a quarkxpress user and wants to get their hands on the latest quarkxpress software and extend advantage plan. Abstract in this paper, i describe quark digital by quark. Linda chase, senior vice president of commerce product development, has been appointed by the board of directors as acting president of the company on an interim basis. Oct 26, 2003 kamar aulakh, quark s president, claims that the move hasnt affected service quality or caused any customers to flee. The kamar application is intended for students, parents and teachers of schools using the kamar student management system, providing realtime access to student and teacher information. Aulakh, vicepresident, research and development, quark, inc. India community to gain from dream the denver post. In 2004, he was replaced as chief executive by kamar aulakh.
The company has initiated a search for a ceo to bring professional outside leadership. Mohali, says mr kamar aulakh, newly appointed president of the company. Quarksoft technicians are experienced technology professionals with many years of expertise in the following areas in no specific order. When kamar aulakh took over as ceo of publishing software specialist quark systems in january 2004, the first thing he did was speak to customers to find out what they thought of the company and to get advice on the direction it should take. Kamar aulakh, ceo of graphics software giant quark, incorporated, has abruptly left the denverbased company, according to industry sources. Learn about quark enterprise solutions for manufacturers and see how customers are benefiting from automating highvalue customer communications from product datasheets to tablet and smartphone apps. Effectively immediately, kamar aulakh is no longer president and ceo of quark inc. Denverbased quark, which is best known for selling quark xpress. Quark has been providing awardwinning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, quarkxpress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Quark inc, once the powerhouse of desktop publishing software wasnearly ruined by an indian national named aulakh kamar. Its very important we bring in some professional outside leadership to the company. About quark digital media system, acm sigmod record 10.
Today quark announced that effective immediately, kamar aulakh is no longer with the company. A long list of western companies ruined by indian workers. Quarkxpress introduces groundbreaking modern responsive web design with flex layouts, reimagined tables, and new productivityboosting design features. He grew the company into a truly multinational organization, attained double digit revenue growth, and maintained extremely healthy operating margins. Quark has decided to develop mohali as its global manufacturing base. Look up words and phrases in comprehensive, reliable bilingual dictionaries and search through billions of online translations. It was only quark, the desktop publishing software leaders who came to mohali, but that too was at the instance of kamar aulakh, the ceo, india operations of. Kamar aulakh, quark s president, claims that the move hasnt affected service quality or caused any customers to flee. Name one major software application that is made in india. Aulakh comes with an extensive background as engineer, entrepreneur and business leader in technology and healthcare. Kamar aulakh s proven knowhow in all facets of software and internet operations will be very valuable as we go forward. In a statement on thursday, quark said that effective immediately, ceo kamar aulakh is. In february 2004, company cofounder fred ebrahimi relinquished daytoday operations to kamar aulakh, appointing him quark ceo.
Quark founder retires, pledges fortune to gay rights. Using this application, users can view student information, including photos, caregiver details, pastoral, attendance, groups, daily notices, calendar. The alliance signals quark s intention to expand its reach to the financial services market by combining the quark dynamic document server and desknets contentwelder. Quark founder retires, pledges fortune to gay rights cnet. Farhad fred ebrahimi, former chief executive of denverbased quark, will fulfill a. The full text of itcs interview is available on the executive forum web site under july brainstorming. Jun 09, 2005 today quark announced that effective immediately, kamar aulakh is no longer with the company. Many translated example sentences containing quark spanishenglish dictionary and search. Ayaworks software solutions and consulting services offer a unique.
Flex layouts is a new layout space that lets designers create truly responsive html5 web pages in a. The alliance signals quarks intention to expand its reach to the financial services market by combining the quark dynamic document server and desknets contentwelder. Many translated example sentences containing quark spanishenglish dictionary and search engine for spanish translations. Translate texts with the worlds best machine translation technology, developed by the creators of linguee. The company has been seeking a ceo since june, when quark parted ways with its ceo of 16 months, kamar aulakh. Were proud that he has decided to accept the challenge with us.
Quark spokesman glen turpin said that vice president kamar aulakh will. Quark said it told employees this week that president and chief executive kamar aulakh was out. In one of the biggest epic cons in american history, he sent all the development work to india. Quarkxpress introduces flex layouts, a first in digital publishing for graphic designers. Linda chase, senior vice president of commerce product development, was. In 2000 tim gill left quark and sold all his shares to mr. But when he got on the phone, he received a rude shock.
Quarks attempts to diversify into other related areas have so far failed multimedia development, photoimage editing, the only other success so far is qps, an editorial system based on quarkxpress. The companys original goal was to create software that would be the platform for publishing, just as quarks are the basis for all matter. Its main software development centre in india has 1400 workers, with another 170 quark employees worldwide. Tim gill sells his 50 percent stake in the publishing software company, promising the bulk of the proceeds to his foundation. Nov 01, 2006 chase had been appointed interim president in june 2005 following the abrupt departure of thenceo kamar aulakh. Usa the land of tolerance, peace and harmony page 3. It acknowledges the hard work of our employees and validates the new spirit of quark. Quarkxpress the fullyintegrated graphic design and. Quark finds that arrogance doesnt pay in desktop design. Cenveo to cut 125 jobs on june 1, cenveo announced. The software executives best practices collection by aspatore books staff this collection of over 3,000 pages of best practices material is the most definitive resource ever assembled for software executives and an incredible resource for incorporating specific strategies that have had a significant financial impact for other software companies. Quark alukah kamar ceo, fired, lost 60% of its customers to adobe because.
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