Anila Expands Executive Management Team; Ex-Microsoft Director for WebTV Joins as Venture Partner.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 Anila(TM) Corporation, which provides early-stage funding to B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Internet and communications startups, today announced Steve Bowden has joined the company as a Venture Partner. Previously with WebTV/Microsoft, Bowden brings extensive senior management and business development experience that spans the high-technology arena, including the Internet, multimedia, embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , database management, consumer products, and microprocessor industries. "We are thrilled to have Steve join Anila as we continue to establish our presence in the markets we serve," said Moses Joseph, 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 Anila Corporation. "Steve's vision, dedication and industry experience make him an ideal partner for Anila and, most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , for Anila's client companies. Steve has already made his mark here - giving invaluable advice and facilitating excellent business development opportunities." Before joining Anila Corporation, Bowden was director of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. field operations for WebTV/Microsoft, where he managed partner alliances with Philips Electronics, Sony, Mitsubishi, and Thomson Multimedia. Prior to WebTV/ Microsoft, he was business development manager, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , for Silicon Graphics' MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. Technology Division. Bowden also served as business development manager for Philips Electronics, promoting the growth of Trimedia processors. In addition, he held sales management positions for Integrated Systems, Inc., Wind River Systems, Rolm and Digital Equipment. With each of these companies, Bowden managed highly successful sales and application engineering teams. Previously, Bowden was the co-founder, president, and CEO of Rugged Digital Systems (acquired by Datametrics), and president and CEO of American Information Systems. Prior to relocating to California, Bowden was a member of the professional staff of Booz Allen & Hamilton. During his six years at Booz Allen, he provided management information systems consulting for a variety of government and commercial clients. About Anila Anila Corporation, based in Palo Alto, CA, provides early-stage funding to Business-to-Business (B2B) Internet and communications companies. Anila's inventive approach to venture funding is designed to rapidly accelerate a funded company's probability of success. Anila is able to offer complete operational, marketing, strategic planning, and recruiting support to funded companies, and has on-staff technical expertise that entrepreneurs can leverage to quicken the concept-to-product lifecycle. For further information, please visit www.anila.com. |
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