Berens Industries Inc. Appoints Chief Technology Officer.Business Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2000 Berens Industries Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :BEII) announced today that it has hired Josiah Q. Hamilton as chief technology officer. Hamilton, age 31, has been a consultant assisting in the design and implementation of Streaming Auctions(TM) and coordinating the synergies with the Company's recent acquisition of Artmovement.com Hamilton will be responsible for assisting management with its technology plan and vision. Hamilton was most recently president of the Texas I.T. Company, a Houston-based information technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. and software development firm. Hamilton's experience with Internet-based applications began in 1994, when he served on the editorial board of the Legal Information Institute (LII Adj. 1. lii - being two more than fifty 52, fifty-two cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" ) of Cornell Law School The Cornell Law School was formally opened in 1887, but was moved to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1937. The law school building, an ornate, Gothic structure, was the result of a donation by Myron Charles Taylor, a former CEO of US Steel, and a member of the Cornell . During this period, the LII produced the first Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. for MS Windows (Cello). Cello was one of the first websites that focused heavily on content. Since then, Hamilton's efforts have been focused on legal and operational issues related to business efficiency through Intranets, Extranets, and the Internet. From 1996 to 1998, he held the post of general counsel for Twachtman Snyder & Byrd Inc., an engineering and project management firm serving the oil and gas industry. In 1998, he joined the Texas I.T. Company, where, in addition to management and legal affairs, his projects have included specific database applications and turnkey intranet systems encompassing MIS, accounting and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. interfaces. Hamilton is responsible for developing http://www.extradesk.com, which will be utilized by Artmovement.com. Hamilton received his Bachelors degree, summa cum laude sum·ma cum lau·de adv. & adj. With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction: graduated summa cum laude; a summa cum laude graduate. , in International Business from the University of Nebraska in 1993 and his law degree from Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. in 1996. Hamilton is married with two children. Berens Industries Inc. is the first Internet Affinity eServices company that aggregates private label websites into eBusiness community networks using dynamic pricing models. Streaming Auctions(TM), scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2000, is the first software solution to require absolutely no co-mingling of brand names. Berens Industries Inc. delivers its auction services through partnerships with global Application Service Providers (ASPs) and award-winning developers. This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27a of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct. |
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