The Planet and EV1 Expand Team
August 16, 2006 — (WEB HOST IDNUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider The Planet (theplanet.com) and EV1Servers (ev1servers.net) announced on Tuesday that the merged company has added two new members to its executive team. Kevin Klausmeyer has been named chief financial officer and Joseph Horzepa joins the company as general counsel.
“We’re moving forward at full speed and our executive team is poised to take this company to the next level,” says Douglas Erwin, chairman and CEO of The Planet and EV1Servers. “I’ve had the pleasure of working with both Kevin and Joseph in the past and I am confident they will exceed our expectations.”
With more than 25 years of proven success in finance and accounting leadership from start-ups to Fortune 1000 companies, Klausmeyer joins the company from RLX Technologies where he served as CFO. Prior to that, he was CFO of PentaSafe Security Technologies. Both previous companies were led by Erwin and were acquired by Hewlett Packard and NetIQ, respectively.
Horzepa has a proven record of helping companies manage growth through the mergers and acquisitions process. He brings extensive experience in financings, capital markets transactions, M&A, technology licensing, corporate governance and employment matters. Previously, Horzepa co-founded Horzepa Spiegel & Associates, a private firm specializing in corporate law.
