Ibrey Woodall Joins Business Wire

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ibrey Woodall has joined Business Wire as director, client development, with responsibility for helping to expand Business Wire's client base and familiarize current clients with the company's broad portfolio of products and services, including web services, multimedia, and social media/SEO platforms.

“We worked closely with Ibrey on many joint client projects when she was at TEKgroup. We know first-hand her attention to detail, follow through and commitment to client satisfaction. She personifies the key qualities that are behind Business Wire's success.”

Woodall joins Business Wire from TEKgroup International Inc., an online newsroom software provider. Woodall was involved in many aspects of the company's operations, including marketing, communications, sales, product development, research and partner relations.

"Ibrey brings many important skill sets to her new position, with perhaps the most important being her vast knowledge and experience within the industry," said Neal Wells, Southeast Regional VP, in making today's announcement. "We worked closely with Ibrey on many joint client projects when she was at TEKgroup. We know first-hand her attention to detail, follow through and commitment to client satisfaction. She personifies the key qualities that are behind Business Wire's success."

A frequent industry speaker and guest columnist, Woodall has been published in PR Tactics, PR WEEK, and Bulldog Reporters' Daily Dog. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, has served as website chair for both the Gulfstream and Palm Beach Chapters and was nominated for Woman of the Year (Technology division) by the Association of Women in Communications. Woodall holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications from the University of South Florida and an Internet Webmaster Certification from Florida Atlantic University.

About Business Wire

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by tens of thousands of member companies and organizations worldwide to functionally enhance and communicate investor relations and public relations content to target audiences. As a recognized disclosure vehicle in the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany and other EU markets, Business Wire facilitates the simultaneous flow of market-moving press releases from corporations to financial markets and their audiences, including regulatory authorities, media, investors, financial information systems and consumer news services. Business Wire also handles XBRL tagging, document formatting and regulatory filing into the EDGAR and SEDAR systems.

Communications professionals turn to Business Wire to optimize and issue press releases, photos and multimedia to news organizations, journalists, trade publications, search engines, and individuals, with full-text posting to web sites, online services and databases. A range of distribution options enables members to target by geography, industry, news theme and audience demographics.

Founded in 1961, Business Wire has dual headquarters in San Francisco and New York, with 30 bureaus in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney and reciprocal offices throughout the world. Business Wire's patented NX data platform supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code that enhances news release interactivity, social media sharing and search engine optimization. More information about Business Wire and its services is located on its website at www.BusinessWire.com.