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Mary Fletcher Laplante brings information technology marketing experience to the task of helping companies introduce new products. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Prior to forming Fastwater, Ms. Laplante was a Director in the Document Software Strategies Group at CAP Ventures, Inc., a strategic consulting and research company that covers the markets for document technologies. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Ms. Laplante was the first Executive Director of the industry consortium now known as OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). OASIS provides a forum for the development of open e-business standards, typically built around XML. Before helping in the creation of OASIS, Ms. Laplante developed and managed her own consulting practice providing marketing and technical expertise in publishing-related applications and technologies. [CR-LF][CR-LF]She has held executive and senior positions at several publishing software companies; she was President and Chief Operating Officer for Cygnet Publishing Technologies, Incorporated; Vice President of Marketing for Avalanche Development Company; and Vice President and Senior Product Manager at Scribe Systems, Inc. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Ms. Laplante is a frequent speaker at industry events like Internet World, The Seybold Seminars, and the Gartner Group Internet Electronic Commerce conference.

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