NY - Abridge Inc. announced today the appointment of Jason Bluming as Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Products. Bluming most recently served as a Vice President at Bowstreet, an industry leader in XML web services and business web infrastructure software. As COO, Bluming will be responsible for leading product strategy, development, and operations. Abridge recently completed a trial program of its core technology with 20 leading companies including Reuters, SharpLabs, and units of the Interpublic Group.
Business is communication.
Prior to Bowstreet, Bluming was Founder and President of Pollinate and CTO of Netmarket, which was acquired by CUC International. Abridge Inc. was founded with a mission of helping businesses maximize the value of information contained within existing electronic communications, like email, IM, and voice. The company's patent-pending technology is capable of capturing and analyzing metadata contained in every communication exchange, in order to aid in critical decision making processes and improve collaborative communication across corporate boundaries. Abridge's leadership team has a proven track record in product development, operations, and marketing from Microsoft, Lotus, Bowstreet, NeXT Software, MediaOne, BellSouth, and New York Times Digital. In 2000, Abridge was selected by Red Herring as one of the most promising technology companies on the East Coast and in May 2001, was included in Fortune Small Business's list of 65 Hot New Companies.