'Wirefree' Company Launched; Rappore Technologies Founded By Leading Experts in Networking and Embedded Industries.Business\Technology Editors SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2000 Rappore Technologies(TM), a champion of wirefree communications, announced today that the company has been incorporated. Headquarters for the company are located in California's Silicon Valley, with a research and development facility located in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . The company's mission is to enable wirefree communications by delivering truly reliable and secure wirefree software solutions and services. These solutions make Bluetooth and other wireless technologies work seamlessly together, while expanding ad hoc wireless access to wired networks from the individual to the enterprise. The company provides software and services to major OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and manufacturers of wireless products with a suite of "wirefree" solutions ranging from a Bluetooth protocol stack and software development kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), to applications for wireless network security, management and interoperability. Consequently, the company has developed a reliable and secure protocol stack in compliance with the proposed Bluetooth 1.1 Specification. This core software, used in conjunction with a Bluetooth compliant chipset, enables wireless connectivity for notebook and personal computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and a variety of embedded devices including portable office equipment, automotive computing, cellular phones, digital cameras, medical equipment, industrial automation products, or other OEM embedded applications requiring Bluetooth radio connectivity. The company brings together a management and technology development team comprised of seasoned professionals from the networking and embedded industries including: Dr. William A. Hogan, President and 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. , has over 20 years experience ranging from leading start-ups such as LynuxWorks, Inc., to managing organizations at Fortune 100 companies such as TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc and Harris Corporation. Dr. Hogan sits on the Board of Directors for two Internet service providers, MarketDerby.com and Net Alive, Inc. Kenneth Ebert, Founder and Director of Engineering, 21 years experience in software engineering management and development: Novell, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) , Legato, Vinca Vin·ca n. A genus of evergreens usually found in the Eastern hemisphere. Vinca plant genus of Apocynaceae family; contains cardiac glycoside; causes diarrhea; includes V. major (blue periwinkle), V. ; developed fault tolerant systems and networking client/server software. Jasper Pan, Founder and Team Lead for Embedded Software, has 14 years experience in network programming and device driver development: Novell, and independent consultant 3com, Megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. , Bay Networks, Nortel, US Robotics, GVC GVC Grand View College (Des Moines, IA) GVC Gruppo Volontariato Civile GVC Global Value Chain GVC Gastrovascular Cavity GVC Global Visibility Capability GVC Goddard Voice Control , and PowerQuest. During this time, he developed device drivers for Bluetooth stacks and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11. Merrill Smith, Founder and Team Lead for Bluetooth Stack, has been instrumental in developing the company's Bluetooth stack products and had developed fault tolerant systems and client/server and operating system software during 14 years experience in software engineering positions with Novell, 3Com, US Robotics, Compaq, Legato, and Vinca. Michael Wright, Founder and Team Lead for Networking, is also responsible for developing the company's Bluetooth stack and networking applications architectures. He has over 17 years experience in network programming, device driver and protocol stack development with companies including Unisys, Datapoint, 3Com, US Robotics, FirstData, Legato, Vinca, and Racore. Wright currently serves as secretary to the IEEE 802.1 committee. Kip Meacham, Director of Business Development, has been in the network computing and data communications industries for over 15 years and has worked for 3COM, Megahertz, US Robotics, PowerQuest, Microtest, Inc, and Network Associates. A former PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). SIG Steering Committee Member, and former Chair of the PCI SIG Marketing Workgroup, Meacham is also a co-author of the Mini PCI Specification. Gordon J. Mella, Director of Marketing, has been involved in sales, marketing and brand management of software products and services for over 14 years, with career experience from companies including the former Word Perfect Corporation, Novell, Coresoft, and TenFold Corporation. About Rappore Technologies Rappore Technologies delivers truly reliable and secure wirefree software and services, integrating Bluetooth with other wireless technologies to work together, and expands ad hoc wireless access to the wired network. The company provides software products enabling wireless connectivity for notebook and personal computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and a variety of embedded devices including portable office equipment, automotive computing, cellular phones, digital cameras, medical equipment, industrial automation products, or any OEM embedded application requiring Bluetooth radio connectivity. Rappore Technologies' Professional Services organization provides assistance to companies working to integrate Bluetooth and other wireless technologies into their product designs. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . The World Wide Web address is www.rappore.com. Note to Editors: Rappore Technologies is a trademark of Rappore Technologies. All marks are property of their respective owners. |
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