News From TopSpeed

by Lisa Kelley

Published 1999-01-01    Printer-friendly version

Topspeed Announces Roy Rafalco Promoted to Chief Executive Officer

TopSpeed® Corporation, a leading supplier of rapid application development and deployment tools for Web and multi-tier platforms, today announced the promotion of Roy Rafalco to Chief Executive Officer. Rafalco will continue in his role as president, a position he has held for five years. TopSpeed founder Bruce Barrington will remain as Chairman of the Board.

Effective January 1, 1999, the promotion will enable Barrington to sharpen focus on his active role in directing technology development and strategy for TopSpeed's family of Clarion™ software tools. "This change represents the validation of what has become a defacto structure over the last year or so," Barrington states. "Roy has done a superb job of quietly engineering the resurgence of TopSpeed. For my part," he continues, "I am excited about the opportunity to turn my energy full-time onto product strategy, direction, and development."

Rafalco joined TopSpeed in 1992 as Chief Financial Officer. In mid-1993, he took over the company's reins as President and Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, he has overseen and directed all ongoing domestic and international operations including finance, customer service, sales and marketing activities.

Rafalco brings more than two decades of management experience across multiple industry sectors to his new position as TopSpeed's Chief Executive Officer. His background includes a variety of management positions with Payne Fabrics, Inc., an international fabrics and wall coverings wholesaler, RCA/GE Consumer Electronics, and the City of Indianapolis. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Indiana bar, and holds BS and JD degrees from Indiana University.

TopSpeed Corporation (www.topspeed.com) has been in the business since 1982 and publishes software application development tools for the development, deployment and maintenance of mission-critical business applications. The company also offers a complete set of services including educational seminars, customized instruction, contract programming and consulting to the information technology industry worldwide. The Clarion family of rapid application development tools produces high performance, commercial quality, client/server and Web software with a fraction of the effort required by other tools. Clarion is the only product that creates 16- and 32- bit programs for Windows 3.x, 95/98, NT and the Internet/intranets/extranets from a single source. TopSpeed's portfolio of offerings provides complete application development solutions for the enterprise.

TopSpeed is a registered trademark of TopSpeed Corporation. Clarion and Wizatrons are trademarks of TopSpeed Corporation. All other products or company names contained herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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