Always On Wireless Expands Management Team, Board; Maker of Portable WiFlyer Base Station for Wi-Fi over Dial-up Adds Greg Fitzgerald as VP Marketing; Mark Flynn to Board.HOUSTON -- Always On Wireless, Inc., a developer of WiFi communications products, announced that it has expanded its management team appointing Greg Fitzgerald as vice president of marketing and Mark Flynn of Trilogy Capital Partners to its board of directors. These appointments are part of the company's expansion to meet demand for its recently announced WiFlyer(TM) portable wireless base station. "Greg will greatly expand our marketing efforts for the WiFlyer and his background in both the mobile and enterprise markets will serve us well," said Rudy Prince, 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 founder of the company. "At the same time, Mark Flynn's 20-plus years of financial experience in the technology field will be a real asset to our Board. He has a highly respected track record as an investor, and is a welcome addition as we grow the business." Fitzgerald is leading Always On Wireless' strategic marketing and business development efforts worldwide. Previously, Fitzgerald was vice president of marketing at Traq-wireless, an enterprise mobile software company, where he established it as the leader in its segment. Prior leadership experience includes a post as director of worldwide marketing at BMC Software, where he drove BMC's ebusiness product line from idea through productization, including two years opening BMC's International Headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Prior to BMC Software, Fitzgerald was director of marketing and business development at PDQ (Parallel Data Query) A query optimized for massively parallel processors (MPPs). The software breaks down the query into pieces so that several parts of the database can be searched simultaneously. See SMP. .net, a consumer based Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. in Houston, Texas. Additional experience includes Compaq Computer Corp. and The Coca-Cola Co. Fitzgerald earned a masters of international management (MIM) from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
abbr. Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University. Flynn's appointment is in conjunction with the company's previously closed Series A financing. Investors included Trilogy Capital Partners, LLC, Laulima, L.P., as well as other accredited investors. Trilogy Capital Partners, LLC, based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , was founded by Mr. Flynn in 1997 to focus on technology investments. Before founding Trilogy, Mr. Flynn was a director with Salomon Brothers in San Francisco, where he was responsible for Salomon's software and Internet global investment banking activities, and a General Partner at Volpe, Welty and Company, where he managed all software and communications investment banking activities. He also worked at Arthur Young & Company in their National High Technology Practice, as well as the accounting and consulting practice groups. He is a certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. and a graduate of Saint John's University Saint John's University, main campus at Jamaica, New York City; Roman Catholic; coeducational; established 1870 as St. John's College. Its present name was adopted in 1954. It is the largest Catholic university in the country. A second campus (est. in Collegeville, Minnesota (BA), and Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. (MBA). About WiFlyer Always On Wireless announced the launch of its WiFlyer in early September at the DEMOmobile 2004 show in San Diego, CA, and will begin shipping in the first half of October. The company's WiFlyer is the first WiFi base station targeting dial-up as well as broadband users. The portable WiFlyer connects to either an ordinary phone line or Ethernet to deliver dial-up or broadband wireless Internet access. The product targets road warriors, homes, offices, and hotels within the U.S. and internationally, to provide a convenient and affordable wireless access solution. About Always on Wireless AOW is focused on wireless Internet communications and has developed the industry's first portable WiFi base station optimized for both dial-up and broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a . The company's executive team has many years of combined experience in telecommunications and networking products; notable successes including eFax.com. For more information visit http://www.alwaysonwireless.com. (C) Copyright 2004 Always On Wireless, Inc. All rights reserved. WiFlyer(TM) is a trademark of Always On Wireless, Inc. All other product names may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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