Gary A. Smith Named New General Manager at Techstreet
Ann Arbor, MI April 26, 2005 - Today, The Thomson Corporation (NYSE:TOC; TSX: TOC) announced
that Gary A. Smith has been named Vice President, General Manager at Techstreet.
Gary will oversee daily operations and provide strategic product planning and business
development support. The Techstreet e-commerce website and web-based subscription service
provide a one-stop source for online delivery of industry codes and standards to engineering
professionals around the world.
Gary joins Techstreet after six years at Thomson Gale, a
world leader in information solutions for libraries. He most recently served as Vice
President of Technical Services, overseeing adherence of Gale technology offerings to
library industry standards. He also had responsibility for billing and support of online
services and was a driving force in the successful launch of the new Gale Online Delivery
System. Prior to his role in Technical Services, Gary served as Vice President of
International Sales, where he merged numerous companies and organizations resulting in
impressive growth for Thomson Gale outside the U.S. market.
Prior to joining Thomson Gale, Gary held various positions at ProQuest, where he helped
design and launch ProQuest Direct to the international market and provided product and sales
support for the Inspec database.
Gary replaces Gregg Hammerman, former Director of Operations,
who along with Andrew Bank, co-founded Techstreet as an Internet start-up in 1996. Gregg
recently left the company to pursue travel and educational opportunities. Techstreet was
acquired by The Thomson Corporation in 2003.
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2004 revenues of $8.10 billion, is a global leader in
providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers. Thomson provides
value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of
law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning
and assessment, scientific research and healthcare. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn.,
Thomson has approximately 38,000 employees and provides services in approximately 130 countries.
The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
Thomson scientific information solutions can be found at www.thomson.com/scientific and include Techstreet offering a wide variety of engineering codes and standards; ISI Web of KnowledgeSM facilitating discovery by offering seamless navigation to high-quality, multidisciplinary journal (Web of Science® ), patent (Derwent World Patents Index® ), and Web content, evaluation tools, and bibliographic management products (EndNote®); Thomson PharmaSM -an integrated information solution for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets; Delphion® providing access to full-text patent documents from the world's leading patent authorities; and BIOSIS Previews® the world's most comprehensive reference database for life science research.
Contact Information:
Rodney Yancey
Manager, Corporate Communications
Thomson Scientific
215-386-0100 extension 1396
rodney.yancey@thomson.com
