Air2Web Appoints Three Top Tier Executives; Additions of Executives in Marketing, Business Development and Customer Service Disciplines Add Weight to Management Team.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 Air2Web, the leading wireless application service provider, Monday announced the addition of three new executives to its management team -- Patrick Taylor
Patrick Alan Taylor (born November 25, 1981 in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. as vice president of marketing; Jay Sheth as vice president of business development; and Ian Ahern as vice president of client services. "We are thrilled to have these three significant additions to Air2Web's management team of entrepreneurs and experienced managers," said Sanjoy Malik, Air2Web chief executive officer and president. "The addition of Patrick, Jay and Ian to the Air2Web management team represents the growth and strength the company is experiencing. "These gentlemen bring years of experience and expertise in the technology industry, and will quicken Air2Web's pace as the leading wireless service application provider." Taylor is a seasoned marketing professional, honing his marketing skills with powerhouse companies like Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. Systems, ORACLE, Red Brick Systems and Symantec. In his new role as vice president of marketing at Air2Web, Taylor holds responsibilities for all product management, advertising, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , marketing communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales and channel marketing activities. Prior to coming to Air2Web, Taylor spent four years in management positions at Internet Security Systems. There he was an active part of the company's growth, as well as its initial public offering. Most recently, Taylor worked with Internet Security Systems as vice president of vulnerability management products, responsible for strategic product planning Product Planning is the ongoing process of identifying and articulating market requirements that define a product’s feature set. See also
With more than 18 years of telecommunications industry experience, Sheth will serve as vice president of business development on Air2Web's management team. In this role, Sheth will maintain strategic direction for Air2Web through partnerships and relationships with key businesses, customers and vendors. Prior to joining Air2Web, Sheth was the executive director for wireless business development at General Motors' OnStar division -- the premiere provider of location-based safety, security, information and telecommunications services in vehicles. He also served in various marketing, business development and product management positions with Sprint Corp. and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Corp. Ahern has over 11 years experience in the discipline of client services. Prior to joining Air2Web, Ahern held senior management positions at Armstrong Lang, as well as Gentia Corp. While at Armstrong Lang, he built the services teams in the professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , education and help desk arenas while the company scaled from standalone products to enterprise wide distribution applications. As the Air2Web vice president of customer service, Ahern will work to implement accurate client services programs that help customers realize their technology vision and business objectives. An expert at understanding technology and business, Ahern will relate the two together to come up with solutions that are beneficial for Air2Web's customers. About Air2Web Air2Web is a leading wireless application service provider. The Air2Web Always Interactive(TM) suite of services enable businesses to create, deploy and deliver their branded applications and content to customers using all types of wireless devices from WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. and SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. phones, to pagers and pervasive computing Refers to the use of computers in everyday life, including PDAs, smartphones and other mobile devices. It also refers to computers contained in commonplace objects such as cars and appliances and implies that people are unaware of their presence. devices. The Air2Web service supports interactive text and audio applications across the widest range of wireless devices. Air2Web provides state-of-the-art application hosting, including day-to-day applications management and 24x7 support. Air2Web's customers include leading media, finance, travel, transportation, and e-commerce companies. For more information about Air2Web, please visit www.air2web.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Air2Web, which are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements. These factors include the timely development and market acceptance of products and technologies, the growth of the market for dynamic commerce and other factors described in Air2Web's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Air2Web undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release. |
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