AllAdvantage.com Names Jackie Friedman Vice President, Convergence; Former WebTV Exec to Explore Infomediary's Capabilities for Emerging Platforms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HAYWARD Hayward, city (1990 pop. 111,498), Alameda co., W Calif.; settled 1851, inc. 1876. It is an important commercial and distribution center for farm products. Manufactures include wire, plastics, metal and paper products, textiles, machinery, and motor vehicles. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2000 Infomediary (INFOrmation interMEDIARY) An information provider that gathers content from several sources and functions as a data aggregator for a target audience. company AllAdvantage.com today announced the appointment of former WebTV executive Jackie Friedman to the position of vice president, Convergence. Friedman will provide strategic leadership in the areas of convergence and new technologies and pursue opportunities beyond the traditional, PC based web for AllAdvantage.com, including wireless devices, PDAs and set-top boxes The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. . Friedman's mission is to bring AllAdvantage.com's value proposition to bear for both advertisers and members across new and emerging platforms. Friedman joins AllAdvantage.com from Microsoft where she served as director, Business Development for WebTV Networks, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft. Friedman was responsible for overseeing WebTV's entree into a strategic new line of business in the satellite TV market and the forging of relationships with satellite TV operators. Friedman was with WebTV prior to its acquisition by Microsoft, and early on established licensing relations with key consumer electronic manufacturers including Panasonic, Sony, Mitsubishi, Samsung and Fujitsu. Prior to WebTV, Friedman was focused on bringing multimedia to the family room as the business development manager for Apple Computer's multi-media home device, Pippin Pippin. For Frankish rulers thus named, use Pepin. A multimedia game and Internet machine from Apple that used the PowerPC architecture and a limited version of the Mac OS. . Friedman holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business, a Master's of Arts in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. , and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . About AllAdvantage.com An 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 infomediary with 6.5 million people registered to receive its service, AllAdvantage.com is redefining the way people and businesses communicate and do business through its proprietary Viewbar(TM) communications window. The company creates value for its members by making it possible for them to benefit from their online personal data while maintaining their privacy. AllAdvantage.com also offers its members discounts on sponsored products and services, along with convenient surfing surfing, sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. tools and information tailored to their individual needs. AllAdvantage.com offers businesses a channel for delivering direct marketing, communications, electronic commerce, and digital products to members. The AllAdvantage.com Viewbar(TM) window, which can be downloaded free of charge on the World Wide Web, is currently available in 20 countries. For more information, visit www.alladvantage.com. |
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