BNET Industries

Market Cap:$69.5M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$24.0M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Bitstream Inc. was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1981. Bitstream Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, Bitstream or the Company) is a software development company focused on bringing unique software products to a wide variety of markets. Today, our core software products include award-winning fonts and font rendering technologies, mobile browsing technologies and variable data publishing and Web-to-print technologies.

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Anna M. Chagnon
Number of Employees 96
Contact Information

245 First St Fl 17

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1270

bitstream.com

(617) 497-6222

NAICS Code Custom Computer Programming Services: 541511

Recent Events

  • Bitstream Launches New Corporate Website

    12/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream Launches Bolt 1.6 Mobile Browser

    12/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream to Release BOLT Browser 1.6 on Monday

    12/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream CEO Selected as Best Executive in Stevie Awards for Women in Business

    11/22/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story

  • Bitstream Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results for 2009

    11/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Cox Licenses Bitstream for IPG

    11/04/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Bitstream Launches Bolt 1.5 Mobile Browser

    10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bolt 1.5 Mobile Browser Boosts Speed

    10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Faster, More Fully-Featured BOLT Browser Blasts Out of Beta

    10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream Releases Second Quarter Financial Results for 2009

    8/16/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream Releases Updates to Panorama and Font Fusion

    7/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream Releases Panorama 5.0 and Font Fusion 5.0

    7/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream Releases Panorama 5.0 and Font Fusion 5.0

    7/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Bitstream Launches Pageflex Storefront 7.0

    6/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

bitstream and technology - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Anna M. Chagnon Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
James P. Dore CFO & Vice President
John Collins Cto & Vice President
Costas Kitsos Vice President, Engineering
Sampo Kaasila Vice President, R & D
Alice Fackre Director, Product Marketing
Bob Thomas Director, Product Mgmt
Rick Mohr Director of Nudoc Development
Jeffrey Caruso Rocket Scientist
Trent Stedman

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Charles Ying Chair of Board
Amos Kaminski Board Member
David G. Lubrano Board of Directors
George B. Beitzel Board of Directors

Anna M. Chagnon has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 2003. She has also served as President of the Company since June 2000 and as General Counsel since July 1997. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer from August 1998 to October 2003, and Chief Financial Officer from August 1998 to March 2003. From July 1997 to August 1998, she served in various positions at the Company including Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel, and Vice President and General Counsel. From November of 1996 to July 1997, Ms. Chagnon was Counsel to Progress Software Corporation, a developer and worldwide supplier of solutions to build, deploy and manage applications across Internet, client/server and host/terminal computing environments. From August 1994 to November 1996, she was an attorney for the Boston law firm of Peabody & Arnold LLP where she specialized in corporate, securities, finance and intellectual property law. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from Northeastern University, a Juris Doctor degree from Boalt Hall School of Law of the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Business Administration, summa cum laude, from Babson College.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Bitstream Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bitstream Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Progress Software Corporation Counsel Former
Peabody & Arnold Llp Attorney Former
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - Boalt Hall JD Former
Babson College MBA Former
Babson College Bachelor of Science Degree Former
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - Boalt Hall Bachelor of Science Degree Former
Northeastern University BS Former

Jim Dore was named a Vice President and the Company's Chief Financial Officer in March 2003 and has been the Company's Corporate Controller since June 1999. Mr. Dore has over twenty years of service in various senior financial positions. From January 1997 to June 1999, Mr. Dore served as Corporate Controller at Celerity Solutions Inc. (bulletin board- CLTY), a developer and marketer of supply chain and warehouse management business software, he also served as Celerity's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from April 1999 to June of 1999. Mr. Dore holds a C.P.A. certificate and a B.S. degree, with distinction, from Clarkson University.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. CFO & Vice President Current
Celerity Group Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Celerity Solutions, Inc. Corporate Controller Former
Clarkson University B.S. degree Former

Organization Position Status
Myfonts.Com, Inc. Cto Current
Bitstream Inc. Cto & Vice President Current
Clayton Utz Partner, Sydney Current
Bitstream Inc. Founder Former
University of London Ph.D. Degrees In Electrical Engineering Former
University of London Master of Laws Degree In Information Technology Former
University of London B.Sc. Former

Costas Kitsos has headed up Pageflex's Research & Development arm since its inception. He also serves as VP of Engineering for Bitstream. Mr. Kitsos is a veteran software developer with over fifteen years' experience in type and publishing application development. Before joining Bitstream in 1996, Mr. Kitsos headed IconWorks, where he developed award-winning type applications and offered consulting services on end-user programs and graphical user interfaces. He holds a Masters degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Vice President, Engineering Current
Deutsche Bank AG Former
Pageflex Former
Actuate Corporation Former
University of California, Los Angeles Masters degree Former
University of California Masters Degree Former

Sampo Kaasila joined Bitstream in November 1998 upon the acquisition of his company, Type Solutions, Inc. From August, 1989 to November 1998, he was a founder and President of Type Solutions, Inc., a leading developer of font technologies including T2K, a font renderer which provides an object oriented design, advanced architecture and algorithms, and a clean API resulting in maximum reliability, performance, and easy integration. From August, 1987 to August, 1989, Mr. Kaasila worked at Apple Computer, Inc. and was the Lead Engineer and Inventor of the TrueType technology now part of every Macintosh and Windows system. Mr. Kaasila's font technology and mobile browsing inventions have resulted in the awarding of ten U.S. patents. Mr. Kaasila holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden where he graduated first in his class in January 1983.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Vice President, R & D Current
Type Solutions Inc President Former
Type Solutions Inc Founder Former
Type Solutions Inc Director of Research and Development Former
Apple Inc. Lead Engineer Former
The Macintosh Company Lead Engineer Former
Royal Institute of Technology Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Director, Product Marketing Current
Bitstream Inc. Product Marketing Manager Former

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Director, Product Mgmt Current

Rick Mohr has served as architect of the NuDoc engine and Director of NuDoc Development for Pageflex and its predecessors since 1993. He coordinates NuDoc design and development, enabling both Pageflex and its customers to create state-of-the-art publishing applications. Mr. Mohr has published many articles in computer science journals and frequently speaks at industry conferences. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Yale in 1991.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Director of Nudoc Development Current
Pageflex Director of Nudoc Development Current
Redstart Systems, Inc Board of Directors Current
Pageflex Architect Former
Yale University Ph.D. in Computer Science Former

Jeffrey Caruso has worked for Pageflex and its predecessors since August 1998. He is assigned to the team developing the NuDoc composition engine and is the Company's representative to the XSL Working Group. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Caruso taught courses and performed research in pure and applied mathematics at Cambridge University in England. From 1991 to 1996, he was Chief Scientist of Information International, Inc., continuing in that role at Autologic Information International. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Caruso was a key member of the development team at Archetype, Inc., during which time it developed the original technology that evolved into today's NuDoc engine. From 1985 to 1987, he was Software Manager of Drane Associations in Nashua, New Hampshire, and from 1983 to 1985 he was a Senior Computer Scientist for Carlisle Systems, Inc. Prior to Carlisle Systems, he was a founding employee and principal developer at Atex Media Solutions, Inc., where he developed the original editing and operating system software of the Atex publishing system. Mr. Caruso holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago and a BS in Mathematics from MIT.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Rocket Scientist Current
Pageflex Rocket Scientist Current
University of Chicago Ph.D. in Mathematics Former

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Current

Charles Ying has served as Chairman of the Board for Bitstream since 1997. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Ying served as CEO of Information International, Inc., a corporation engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing, and marketing computer-based systems that automate document production and publishing. Mr. Ying also serves on the Board of NodeWarrior Networks Inc., an Internet service provider located in Los Angeles, California.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Chair of Board Current
Bitstream Inc. Board of Directors Former
Massachusetts, Inc. M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
Massachusetts, Inc. B.S. Former

Organization Position Status
Duplicate Poker, Inc. Board of Directors Current
E-Pokerusa Inc Board of Directors Current
Bitstream Inc. Board Member Current
Raytheon Company Vice President Former

Co-founder and retired Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Apollo Computer, Inc., a corporation engaged in the manufacturing of computer workstations.

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Bitstream Inc. Board of Directors Current
Gevity HR, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Actuate Corporation Board of Directors Current
Deutsche Bank AG Former
International Business Machines Corporation Former
Rohm & Haas Company Former
Amherst College Chairman Emeritus Former

Executive News

  • Bitstream Makes Web-to-Print a Brand Management Reality for Adobe InDesign Users with the Launch of Pageflex Storefront

    NewsBlaze - 8/29/09 - View Story

  • Bitstream Releases Second Quarter Financial Results for 2009

    TradingMarkets - 8/16/09 - View Story

  • Bitstream Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • Bitstream Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results for 2009

    Business Wire - 8/11/09 - View Story

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     BITS $7.01 +0.13 (1.89% )
Average Volume 13,206
Shares Outstanding 9.92M
Market Cap 69.5M
Year High 7.05
Year Low 3.76
Earnings Per Share 0.13
P/E Ratio 53.92
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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