New CFO to Guide East View Companies Through Move and Expansion
Tuesday April 24th 2007
Filed Under East View Cartographic
New CFO to Guide East View Companies Through Move and Expansion
April 24, 2007
For Immediate Release-
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - East View companies today announced the appointment of Doug Keefer as CFO of East View Cartographic and East View Information Services. Keefer has been managing the finances of East View Cartographic but this timely promotion will allow him to use his expertise in company expansion to support the strategic initiatives of both companies.
Keefer’s first challenge is the purchase and build-out of a building that will quadruple the size of existing East View facilities. The companies will move to the new offices in June. A state-of-the-art data center will support the sizable online databases hosted by East View Information Services and the extensive digital map collection of East View Cartographic. Another key feature of the new facility will be a climate-controlled storage vault for rare microform collections, including one of the world’s largest collections of foreign newspaper masters.
“Doug is an expert at facilitating company expansion.” President and CEO of both East View companies, Kent Lee observed. “His role will be beyond that of East View’s CFO. He will guide us through an exciting stage of growth and help us consolidate our internal knowledge base to better serve our two companies and our customers.”
Keefer has helped manage five major company moves including the construction of the largest church building in the Midwest. Keefer co-managed this $56 million project which included the construction of a 365,000 square foot church and the relocation of the 4,000 church members to the new building. He has also managed several multi-million dollar expansion projects and was responsible for growing the facilities of Select Comfort to accommodate a staff increase from six to 120 people within a six month period.
About East View Companies
East View was founded in 1989. East View Information Services now delivers more high-quality information from Russia, the Newly Independent States, and China than any other service and East View Cartographic is a leading provider of authoritative worldwide maps, geospatial data, and GIS services.
East View companies serve a wide range of organizations from corporate and academic libraries to government agencies. East View is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, with additional employees around the world. East View companies employ over 150 people in a reliable and extensive acquisition and service network capable of satisfying the most sophisticated information and mapping needs. To purchase products online visit East View Cartographic at www.cartographic.com or East View Information Services at www.eastview.com.
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Contacts:
Ron Levitus, Director of Marketing
East View Information Services Phone: 763-550-0961
E-mail: ron.levitus@eastview.com
Julie Horns, Director of Marketing
East View Cartographic, Inc.
Phone: 763-550-0965
E-mail: julie.horns@cartographic.com