Acer CTO/VP Joins MobileWise Board of Advisors.Business Editors LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2002 Acer America Corp. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 2353 TW) vice president of engineering and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. Arif Maskatia today joined the Board of Advisors of MobileWise Inc., a start-up poised to revolutionize electric power delivery to mobile devices by creating the first safe wire-free electric power technology. MobileWise solves the "Last Wire Problem" - the need to regularly plug a mobile computing device to an electric power source. The company's technology empowers mobile users with a convenient, efficient, and productive way to charge and power mobile devices. Maskatia adds 30 years of technology experience and leadership to the MobileWise team, which already includes former Palm (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PALM) CTO Bill Maggs, M-Systems (NASDAQ: FLSH) 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 co-founder Tal Dayan, former LapJack, Inc. CEO and founder Andy Goren, former Palm director of corporate development Boris Cooper, former V Band Corporation executive vice president Charles Seligson, and co-founder of GeePS, Inc., Elliott J. Stein. Maskatia has been actively involved in Personal Computer technologies, engineering and product development and has worked extensively with companies in the Far East. He is enthusiastic about his current responsibility as Vice President of Engineering and CTO for Acer America Corp. located 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. an Acer Group Company with headquarters in Taiwan, Republic of China. Maskatia received a B.S.E.E. in 1972 and a M.E.E. degree in 1973, both from Cornell University. Prior to joining becoming VP of engineering and CTO of Acer in 1994, he spent four years with Zenith Data Systems Zenith Data Systems (ZDS) was a division of Zenith founded in 1979 after Zenith acquired Heathkit, who had, at that time, recently entered the personal computer market. Zenith sold personal computers under both the Heath/Zenith and Zenith Data Systems names. (a Group Bull Company) as a vice president of their Advanced Technology Center, and seven years as senior director of technical operations with PC manufacturer Alcatel/ITT Information Systems. He was also a senior director of engineering for Phoenix Technologies and Poqet Computers of California. About MobileWise With headquarters in Los Altos, California Los Altos (IPA: [lɔs ɑltos]) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. , MobileWise, Inc. (www.mobilewise.com) is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation launched by mobile computing industry veterans including Andy Goren - former CEO and founder of LapJack, Inc., Bill Maggs - former CTO of Palm (NASDAQ: PALM), Tal Dayan - CEO and co-founder of M-Systems (NASDAQ: FLSH), and Elliott J. Stein - co-founder of GeePS, Inc. MobileWise is poised to revolutionize electric power delivery to mobile devices by creating the first safe wire-free electric power technology. The company's technology solves the "Last Wire Problem" - the need to regularly plug a mobile computing device to an electric power source. The company has multiple patents for its groundbreaking wire-free electric power technologies. |
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