Quark today announced that Raymond Schiavone, a veteran software company CEO and former GE executive, has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer. Acting President Linda Chase will remain with the company in her ongoing capacity as Senior Vice President of Enterprise Products. Prior to joining Quark, Schiavone was President and CEO of Arbortext, where he directed the company to an industry-leading position in XML-based authoring and automated publishing software, which led to its acquisition in 2005. Previously he was President of TPN Register, a GE and Thomas Publishing joint venture, where he took the company from a start-up to a top position in the electronic commerce industry. Link credit The Mac Observer
