EDGAR Online Inc. announced today that David Frankel, Steven Friedman and Jeannie Tshontikidis joined the company in various senior management positions. EDGAR Online is a leading global provider of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
As Chief Marketing Officer, Frankel is responsible for leading EDGAR Online’s sales, marketing and business development efforts. He served most recently on an executive management team for the intelligence technology firm FirstRain. Frankel oversaw the firm’s business development efforts and contributed to the 150 percent increase in organization bookings and client count expansion.
A connoisseur in heading global data services and development, Tshontikidis, Vice President of Data Operations, joined EDGAR Online from RiskMetrics Group where she was responsible for all aspects of product development for its IT department. Before working at RiskMetrics, she served as Vice President of IT at GE Global Exchange Services. At EGDAR, Tshontikidis will be responsible for all data operations functions and risk return filings at EDGAR Online, increasing the company’s presence in the XBRL market and promoting the use of unique and compelling data sets within the investor and financial communities.
Friedman, appointed as General Counsel, served in a similar position for Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a subsidiary of MSCI. At ISS, Friedman served on an executive team that helped manage company growth, including its sale to RiskMetrics and MSCI. Friedman also has experience working in the corporate and securities departments of several law firms in the Washington D.C. region. At EDGAR Online, Friedman will handle all of the company’s legal functions, compliance and SEC reporting as the organization enters into bigger and more complex agreements.
“David Frankel, Jeannie Tshontikidis and Steven Friedman bring significant management, industry knowledge and thought leadership to the EDGAR Online team. They are at the top of their respective fields,” said CEO Robert Farrell. “Since assuming the role of CEO in March of this year, I have moved aggressively to bring the company to the next stage of innovation and prepare EDGAR Online to leverage our core strengths and expertise to develop and deliver compelling solutions for a variety of problems we are hearing about from our clients and the marketplace. These key additions are progress towards that goal, and I’m pleased to welcome Jeannie, Steven and David to my team.”