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After many years in which she played an outstanding
role in the development of Omnis and especially
in the formation of the European operations
for Blyth/ Omnis Software / Raining Data, we
have to let Gwyneth Gibbs go into her well deserved
retirement on 31st July 2006. Gwyneth says Goodbye
to all friends of Omnis:
Everyone,
This is to let you know that after nearly
12 years with Blyth / Omnis / Raining Data,
I have decided it's time to take things
easier, and so I am stopping work at the
end of July 2006. We are also moving house,
so please forgive me for passing this news
on by email; things are rather hectic at
the moment, as I am sure you can imagine...
It's been an interesting 12 years; I have
made some real friends among the Omnis community
and of course I'll miss lots of things about
not being involved any more. However, it's
nice to leave feeling confident that the
Omnis team in Mitford House and in Germany
will continue to look after both you, the
customers, and the Omnis products.
Thanks and best wishes to all of you. Regards
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Gwyneth joined Blyth Software, as it was then,
in 1994. After her studies in mathematics and
astronomy in London,
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she performed
various roles with several different scientific
and technical organisations in the UK. When she
started with Blyth, Gwyneth was responsible for
the Omnis product development in Europe and from
1998 was head of worldwide product development.
At the end of 1998 she became President of Omnis
Software Corp. After our merge with Pick Systems
in 2000, Gwyneth became Vice President Europe
of the new Raining Data Corp.
During her time with our company, Gwyneth has
greatly influenced the development of Omnis, including
the development and launch of Omnis Studio, the
extension of its cross platform capability with
the introduction of the Linux and Solaris versions,
as well as the unique Omnis Web Client technology,
to name just a few of the highlights.
Many of you will have had the chance to get to
know Gwyneth in person, whether it was at an Omnis
Developer conference or at a Raining Data event.
We are sure that you have will have been impressed,
not only by her business and technical competence
but especially her winning character and warm-hearted
personality. You will probably join us in saying
how much we will miss her in the future. We are
glad, however, that Bob Mitchell will continue
his great job in charge of Omnis Engineering and
that Bob Whiting will continue as head of QA and
Support as well as taking on extra responsibilities.
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We have decided not to fill Gwyneth's position
as VP Europe in the same form again. Instead
the three European subsidiaries shall report
directly to the Raining Data headquarters in
the US.
Gwyneth in Hamburg |
We wish Gwyneth and her husband a relaxed and
interesting time and, besides their new house
and many exciting travels, hope that they will
be able to enjoy all the things which they never
had time for during their working lives. And
we thank Gwyneth for her understanding in many
job-related and personal matters, for the many
things we have learned from her and for everything
she did to make Omnis Studio as strong and as
powerful as it is today!
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