High-Growth CEO Forum®

Mass High Tech 2009 All-Star Roster Includes Two High-Growth CEO Forum Members

Catlin & Cookman Group congratulates two High-Growth CEO Forum® members who were among the 15 individuals honored by Mass High Tech in its 2009 All-Star Awards competition on October 29, 2009. Now in its 14th year, this annual competition recognizes influential and dynamic leaders in the New England innovation economy. Nearly 150 nominations were received this year.

Having High-Growth CEO Forum members named to the All-Stars roster year after year confirms that our CEO forums attract the best and the brightest high-tech leaders in the region who are building truly great companies with significant and sustainable growth,” said Catlin & Cookman Group partner Bouzha Cookman. “This is not the first time Forum members have been honored by Mass High Tech, and we’re confident it won’t be the last.”

The High-Growth CEO Forum members taking home All-Star honors this year are:

Internet –Gail Goodman, Chairman, president and CEO of Constant Contact – Launched in 1998, Constant Contact champions the needs of small organizations and provides them with an easy and affordable way to build successful, lasting customer relationships. Constant Contact's leading email marketing, online survey and event marketing tools—supported by its expert personal coaching and support—help all types of small businesses and organizations create professional-looking email newsletters and insightful online surveys and begin a dialogue with their customers. Headquartered in Waltham, MA, the company has more than 300,000 customers worldwide. For additional information, please visit http://www.constantcontact.com.

Goodman has been a High-Growth CEO Forum member since 2002. “I fundamentally believe one of the reasons our company has been successful is that I have been a long-term member of a High-Growth CEO Forum,” she says.

Hardware – Russell J. Wilcox, president and CEO of E Ink Corp. – Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, E Ink Corporation is the world's leading supplier of electronic paper display (EPD) technologies. E Ink's technology is ideal for many consumer and industrial applications spanning handheld devices, eBooks, eNewspapers, PC-accessories, public information displays and promotional signs. Since its inception in 1997, E Ink has collaborated with a wide range of partners to develop a global ecosystem for electronic paper displays. E Ink also amassed a portfolio of hundreds of patent applications, including 150 issued in the United States. IEEE Spectrum ranked E Ink’s patent portfolio as number three worldwide for computer peripherals and storage. E Ink’s customers include Amazon, Casio, Citizen, Hanwang, Hitachi, iRex, Lexar, Plastic Logic, Samsung and Sony. For more information, see http://www.eink.com.

Wilcox has been a High-Growth CEO Forum member since 2008. “Bottom line, the Forum is so valuable that I recommend it 100%,” he says. “The quarterly preparation is valuable by itself. I can’t say enough about it. The ROI is off the charts.”