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BOSTON, MA-APRIL 2, 2008:: Raffoni CEO Peer Group welcomes two new members in to the CEO Peer Group Program starting in April, 08: Craigie Zildjian, CEO of Zildjian and Michael Quinlan, CEO of Transparent Language.
Zildjian is the dominant player in the percussion cymbal market. The brand is globally recognized as premier in the industry. The company is headquartered in Norwell, Ma. with offices in Shanghai, Germany, Los Angeles, and Switzerland. Zildjian manufacturers locally and employs approximately 135 people. Craigie has been CEO since 1999 and has successfully led the company through significant growth. Zildjian is the oldest family business in the US (385 years). For more information about Zildjian their website is: www.zildjian.com. Special thanks to Mike Dreese of Newbury Comics for this referral..
Transparent Language provides state of art software applications focused on helping people to learn new languages. Their civilian products have over 2 million registered individual users, plus 12,000 educational institutions, including major universities. Transparent's government products are licensed enterprise-wide by a growing number of federal agencies and organizations, including Defense Language Institute and Foreign Service Institute. Transparent staff number approximately 100, of which 40 are overseas developers. Transparent is headquartered in Nashua, NH. The business was founded by Mike in 1989.
For more information about Transparent, their primary websites are www.transparent.com (general consumer), www.byki.com (BYKI products) and www.transparentlanguage.com/usg (government portal). Special thanks to Fred Kocher of the NH High Tech Council for this referral.