ADVISORY/ Genuity Chairman and CEO Paul R. Gudonis to Discuss State of the Industry During Fall Internet World 2000 Presentation.Business/Technology Editors Fall Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the World 2000 ADVISORY...for Thursday (Oct. 26) --(BUSINESS WIRE) On Thursday, October 26, Paul R. Gudonis, Chairman 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. of Genuity Inc., will offer his views on how the industry is changing today to meet the coming demands of eBusiness's third wave, and discuss recent developments at Genuity. During his one hour, one-on-one interview and discussion with Silicon Alley Reporter Silicon Alley Reporter was an American trade publication focused on New York's Silicon Alley. Founded by Jason McCabe Calacanis in 1996, then was renamed the Venture Reporter in 2001 and was eventually sold to Dow Jones in 2003. founder and editor, Jason McCabe Calacanis, Mr. Gudonis will also comment on emerging technologies, hot technology topics, current Internet events and answer questions from the audience. Mr. Gudonis has led Genuity since 1994 and its inception as a part of BBN (BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA, www.bbn.com) A consulting firm that participated in the development of some of the most extensive networks in the world, including ARPANET, which evolved into the Internet. It was founded in 1948 as a consulting service in acoustics by Dr. Corporation, the firm that developed the precursor precursor /pre·cur·sor/ (pre´kur-ser) something that precedes. In biological processes, a substance from which another, usually more active or mature, substance is formed. In clinical medicine, a sign or symptom that heralds another. to today's Internet. Since then, he has grown the company from a regional network operator with $5 million in revenues and 50 employees to a billion-dollar global Internet services firm with over 4,800 employees. Mr. Gudonis took the company public in June 2000, raising nearly $2 billion in the largest Internet IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. in the U.S.
When: Thursday, October 26, 2000
10:00-11:00 AM EDT
Where: Jacob Javits Convention Center
New York
Room 1E15
Genuity will also be exhibiting at Internet World at Booth #2007. Media interested in attending and/or wishing to interview Mr. Gudonis are encouraged to contact the Genuity press contacts listed below. |
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