Arbitron Appoints New Chief Technology Officer to Senior Executive Team.Former Intel General Manager to Help Arbitron Keep Pace with the Changing Technology Landscape NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Arbitron Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ARB) has appointed Taymoor Arshi as its new senior vice president and chief technology officer. Dr. Arshi replaces Ron Kolessar who will retire this summer after 42 years of service to Arbitron and its predecessor companies. "Dr. Arshi brings a breadth of experience in the technology areas critical to Arbitron's future -software and hardware engineering, multimedia, telephony & IP based software, wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. platforms, Internet/Web - and others," said Steve Morris Steve 'Slippery' Morris was an Australian rugby League footballer. A halfback, Morris played for the Dapto club. In the 1978 season he gained selection in the New South Wales Country Rugby League side and was then chosen to represent Australia, making Morris the last player , chairman, president and chief executive officer, Arbitron Inc. "In addition to his strong technical skills, Dr. Arshi is a seasoned manager, strategist, entrepreneur and leader." "Dr. Arshi will help Arbitron harness the widening array of technologies - both hardware and software - that are transforming the media, marketing and research industries. His deep technical understanding of technology and its applications to business will be important in directing Arbitron's strategies and resources in this rapidly evolving arena." Dr. Arshi will report to Owen Charlebois, president, Technology, Research and Development and will be based out of the Arbitron Research and Technology Center in Columbia, Maryland. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Arshi has held various roles in the engineering and operations departments at Intel Corporation, most recently as general manager, Manageability & Platform Software Division. During his tenure, he secured several patents for computer-based video conferencing and led many of the company's product development labs worldwide. Dr. Arshi received a master's degree in computer science from the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission in Los Angeles and a doctorate in computer science from Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. in Corvallis, Oregon. Editor's note: Headshot available upon request. About Arbitron Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) is a media and marketing research firm serving radio broadcasters, cable companies, advertisers, advertising agencies and outdoor advertising companies. Arbitron's core businesses are measuring network and local market radio audiences across the United States; surveying the retail, media and product patterns of local market consumers; and providing application software used for analyzing media audience and marketing information data. The Company has developed the Portable People Meter The Portable People Meter (sometimes mistakenly "Personal People Meter") or PPM, is a device developed by Arbitron to measure how many people are listening (or at least exposed) to individual radio stations and television stations, including cable TV. (PPM), a new technology for media and marketing research. Arbitron's marketing and business units are supported by its research and technology organization, located in Columbia, Maryland. Its executive offices are located in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Through its Scarborough Research joint venture with The Nielsen Company, Inc. (formerly VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User ), Arbitron also provides media and marketing research services to the broadcast television, newspaper and online industries. Portable People Meter([TM]) and PPM([TM] )are marks of Arbitron Inc. |
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