Beyond.com Expands Team By Bringing Marketing and Product Development Expert Aboard

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.–May 30, 2012Beyond.com, the premier Career Network focused on helping people grow and succeed professionally, today announced the hiring of John Krautzel as Director of Marketing. With more than 11 years of online marketing experience, Mr. Krautzel has a successful track record of understanding audience needs and translating them to successful product initiatives. In this role, Mr. Krautzel will be spearheading Beyond.com’s new consumer product development initiatives.  

“We are thrilled that John has joined our team,” said Joe Weinlick, Vice President of Marketing for Beyond.com.  “We have a mission to develop products and services to help people manage and get ahead in their careers, and John is the ideal person to lead this program.  He brings a unique insight when it comes to professional audiences and how they engage online. Working with John—someone who has been on the front lines in cultivating effective digital relationships—will be critical as we build future products and continue to grow our online communities.”

Formerly an 11-year veteran with Toolbox.com, a network of online communities of experienced professionals, Mr. Krautzel specializes in building knowledge-sharing communities that allow professionals to collaborate with their peers to solve workplace challenges and manage their careers.  This in-depth perception of collaborative professional relationships will be essential as Beyond.com continues to expand its portfolio of career management services.

While at Toolbox.com, Mr. Krautzel held various positions including: Associate Director of Marketing and Client Services, Senior Marketing Manager, and Search Engine Marketing Specialist.  Prior to joining Toolbox.com he worked for Pilot Freight Services as a Customer Service Specialist coordinating customer needs to 75 satellite offices across the globe.  Mr. Krautzel holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management from West Chester University.

About Beyond.com

Beyond.com is the premier Career Network focused on helping people grow and succeed professionally. By connecting job seekers and employers through 70 unique career channels and 3,000 industry and regional communities, we are changing the way job searching is done and helping people build relationships around the world. Through powerful communication tools and a personalized online Career Portfolio, members have a 24/7 online presence and access to job search functions, networking features, statistics and social and industry research. Beyond.com was named to Inc. Magazine’s prestigious ‘Inc. 500’ list and is a Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) portfolio company. www.Beyond.com.

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