Autobyel Inc.'s CEO Jeffrey Schwartz Honored at AeA High-Tech Awards; Recognized as Outstanding Executive by Leading Technology Industry Association.Business Editors/Automotive Writers/High-Tech Writers AeA Micro Cap Financial Conference 2003 IRIVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 The Orange County Council of AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association The American Electronics Association (now known as AeA) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry in the United States. ) celebrated the tenth anniversary of its annual High-Tech Awards and honored Autobytel Inc. President and 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. Jeffrey Schwartz Jeffrey Schwartz is a research professor at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) who is a major proponent of the idea that human will, intention or consciousness is nonmaterialistic and dualistic, possibly even being a "mental force" similar to that of gravity. as the 2003 Outstanding Executive of a public company. Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the AeA association, over 250 attendees were on hand at the Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. as AeA gave special recognition to Schwartz for his outstanding contribution to the Orange County high-technology community. "Jeffrey Schwartz was named CEO of Autobytel Inc. in late 2001 and immediately sparked a rapid, dramatic fiscal turnaround for the company, capping 14 months of uninterrupted growth with the company's first profitable quarter in Q4 2002," said Phil Beaudoin, executive director, AeA OC Council. "His accomplishments, vision and leadership stood out among Orange County executives." "This was a team effort, all the way," added Schwartz. "It's something everyone here at Autobytel can take pride in -- a wonderful validation of all the dedication and hard work that has made Autobytel the leading Internet automotive marketing services company." Schwartz is scheduled to speak at the Fifth Annual AeA MicroCap Financial Conference at the Monterey Plaza Hotel -- Monterey, CA at 1:15 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT on Tuesday, May 13, 2003. The 2003 High-Tech Awards were sponsored by Deloitte & Touche, Marsh, Silicon Valley Bank and Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth. 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 support was provided by Lages & Associates. The 2003 High-Tech Awards event was produced by Focus Creative Group. Contributing sponsors included Aetna, Ernst & Young and Unum. About AeA Advancing the business of technology, AeA is the nation's largest high-tech trade association. AeA represents more than 3,000 companies with 1.8 million employees. AeA's 3000+ members span the high-technology spectrum, from software, semiconductors, medical devices and computers to Internet technology, advanced electronics and telecommunications systems and services. With 17 regional U.S. councils and offices in Brussels and Beijing, AeA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide portfolio of valuable business services and products for the high-tech industry. AeA has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology community since 1943. For more information, please visit www.aeanet.org. About Autobytel Inc. Autobytel Inc. (http://www.autobytel.com), a leading Internet automotive marketing services company, helps retailers sell cars and manufacturers build brands through marketing, advertising and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. (customer relationship management) tools and programs. The company owns and operates the automotive websites Autobytel.com, Autoweb.com, Carsmart.com and popular automotive research center, AutoSite.com, as well as AIC AIC Association des Infermières Canadiennes. (Automotive Information Center), a leading provider of automotive marketing data and technology. Autobytel Inc. is the Internet's largest new-car buying service and, in 2002, generated over a billion dollars a month in car sales for dealers through its services. Autobytel Inc. is also among the largest syndicated car-buying content networks, reaching millions of unique visitors as they are making their vehicle buying decisions. Autobytel Inc. content and technology has potential exposure to over 94 percent of the active Digital Media Universe(a). (a) Nielsen/NetRatings Q4 2002 Digital Media Universe Report (Autobytel Inc. is the unduplicated audience of the Autobytel, Autoweb.com, CarSmart and AutoSite.com Brands. Autobytel Inc. provides content to the Yahoo!, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. and MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). portals and various automotive manufacturers' sites. The unduplicated audience of these Brands has an active reach of over 94 percent of the Digital Media Universe.) |
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