Research Solutions, Inc. Appoints Roy W. Olivier as Chief Executive Officer
October 04, 2021 at 04:05 pm EDT
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Research Solutions, Inc. announced its Board of Directors appointed Roy W. Olivier as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Olivier had been serving as interim CEO since March 26, 2021. Mr. Olivier joined the Board in 2018 and has served as Interim CEO of Research Solutions since March of 2021. Previously, he served as president, CEO, and board member of ARI Network Services, a provider of an award-winning suite of SaaS tools and marketing services. During Mr. Olivier's tenure as CEO of ARI he grew the business from less than 80 employees to over 1,200 and revenues from under $15 million to over $100 million. Prior to that, he served in various capacities including as VP of sales and marketing for ProQuest Media Solutions (now Snap-on Inc.), a business he founded in 1993 and sold to ProQuest in 2000. He previously held executive and managerial positions with other companies in the telecommunications and computer industries, including Multicom Publishing, Tandy Corporation, BusinessLand and PacTel.
Research Solutions, Inc. is a holding company. The Company provides two service offerings to its customers: a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) research platform (Platforms) typically sold through annual auto-renewing license agreements and the sale of published scientific, technical, and medical (STM) content sold as individual articles (Transactions) through the Platform. Its cloud-based SaaS research platform consists of proprietary software and Internet-based interfaces sold to customers for an annual subscription fee. Its platform allows customers to initiate orders, route orders for the lowest cost acquisition, manage transactions, obtain spending and usage reporting, automate authentication, and connect to in-house and third-party software systems. Customers can access the Platform through online Web interfaces and through Web service APIs that enable customers to leverage Platform features and functionality from within in-house and third-party software systems.
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