UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 19, 2005
AVALON DIGITAL MARKETING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 000-28406 77-0511097
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
5255 N. Edgewood Drive, Suite 250
Provo, Utah 84604
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(801) 225-7073
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Director and Principal Officer; Election of Director;
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Appointment of Principal Officer.
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On April 21, 2005, Avalon Digital Marketing Systems, Inc. (the
"Company") announced the appointment of Daniel D. Walter as Chief Executive
Officer of the Company. Mr. Walter replaces Tyler Thompson as Chief Executive
Officer of the Company. Mr. Thompson will continue to serve as President of the
Company. Mr. Walter has also been appointed as director of the Company. The
Company also announced the resignation of David M. Smith as a director of the
Company. Messrs. Robert Webber, William Zang, Tyler Thompson and Charles
Matteson will continue as directors of the Company.
There are no familial relationships between Mr. Walter and any other
director or executive officer of the Company. Since the beginning of the
Company's last fiscal year, there have been no transactions, or series of
transactions between Mr. Walter or any member of his immediate family and the
Company in which the amount involved exceeded $60,000 and in which Mr. Walter or
his immediate family has, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.
Mr. Walter previously was a founder of SouthPointe Digital and
e-DocumentVault.com and has over 20 years of management and entrepreneurial
experience with the past 15 years being in Senior Management in the call center
and litigation support environments. Mr. Walter was formerly, Executive Vice
President and CBDO for Focus Legal Solutions, a litigation support company where
he was instrumental in charting their business service offerings from a local
law firm basis into large Fortune 500 corporate legal department offerings.
Previous to that Mr. Walter was with CRM Solutions where he was Executive Vice
President and consultant for the company's large call center clients in sales
and business development. Prior to that Mr. Walter was a co-founder and
Executive Vice President of Webhelp where he built the sales from a start-up to
a company with 1,500 employees. Mr. Walter co-founded Webhelp after having been
a Corporate Senior Vice President over Global Business Development and Global
Chairman of the Telecommunications Industry segment worldwide and a member of
the Office of the President for SITEL Corporation, (NYSE: SWW) a public company.
While at SITEL, Mr. Walter was instrumental in building the company sales from
less than $15 million to over $750 million with personal sales totaling in
excess of $1.5+/- billion of services for long term, high-value contracts with
large global companies. Mr. Walter attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha,
majoring in Real Estate, Marketing and Finance.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company on April 21, 2005 is
filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(c) Exhibits
Exhibit Number Description
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99.1 Avalon Digital Marketing Systems, Inc.
Press Release dated April 21, 2005.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 22, 2005 Avalon Digital Marketing Systems, Inc.
By: /s/Daniel Walter
Name: Daniel Walter
Its: Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number Description
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99.1 Avalon Digital Marketing Systems, Inc.
Press Release dated April 21, 2005.