``Building a Local Franchise Around a New Information Site'' Topic At Next ECO Meeting; CEO of myoc.com in Orange County is Speaker.Business Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 Paul Thiel, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of myoc.com, a joint venture between the Orange County Register and Freedom Interactive Newspapers, will discuss how the new site is building a local following and franchise in the area at the next Electronic Commerce Organization (ECO E·co , Umberto Born 1932. Italian writer best known for his novels, including The Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture. ) meeting. The meeting Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2000, at the Sutton Place Hotel Sutton Place Hotel is a collection of luxury hotels located in Canada and United States, owned and managed by The Sutton Place Grande Hotels Group with office in Vancouver, BC. Properties currently located in: Vancouver, BC; Toronto, ONT; Edmonton, AB; and Chicago, IL. , 4500 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach starts at 7:30 a.m. with continental breakfast and ends promptly at 9 a.m. Registration is $25 for ECO members and $40 for non-members. Before being part of the launch team for myoc.com, Thiel was vice president/marketing for the Orange County Register. Prior to the Register, Thiel held several positions with the Detroit Newspaper Agency, including circulation director and director of new media and new business development. He was a reporter for the Florida Times-Union, the St. Petersburg Times
The St. Petersburg Times is a daily newspaper based in St. Petersburg, Florida, that serves the larger Tampa Bay area. Co. and the Washington Post. He has an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the University of Virginia, and a BA from the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. . According to Deborah Bayles Kalman, ECO president and CEO of BridgeCommerce.com, the Electronic Commerce Organization fills a void left by trade and professional groups in Southern California, most of which focus on software or high-tech companies. ECO, she said, looks at the field from the point of view of a wide range of electronic commerce merchants versus that of technology or service providers. "Most merchants see the Internet as being a global environment, however, serving a local community such as Orange County can be lucrative and an important adjunct to the region's media mix. This topic and speaker are typical of the ways ECO can provide those interested in E-Commerce with a source of relevant information on what is emerging as a major influencer of bottom-line performance," Kalman said. ECO membership is open on an individual basis to those at companies engaged in electronic commerce. Sponsors of the organization include Rainbow Technologies, Eldorado Bank and the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine. Charter Membership is $100 per year per individual. For more information about ECO, to register for the meeting or to inquire about membership requirements, access www.ebizorg.com, or call 949/789-9170 ext. 204, or email info@ebizorg.com. |
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