• by February 24, 2003

Abacus, the data and research arm of Internet ad technology company DoubleClick, has beefed up its executive team. KYLE THOMAS has joined as Executive Vice President of Sales. Thomas most recently spent two years as Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Relationship Management at HNC Software, a high-end analytic and decision management software company that merged with Fair, Isaac & Company in August 2002. The Broomfield, Colo.-based DoubleClick division has also promoted Senior Vice President of Operations JOHN LLOYD to Managing Director of Abacus International. Lloyd joined DoubleClick in 1999 as Senior Vice President of Operations for Abacus U.S., and has been responsible for the development and management of data-based targeting products for both email and the Internet.