BitFlash announces new VP of Business Development; Donna Ronayne to Lead Company Towards Strategic Partnering and Alliances for Mobile Applications.Business Editors and Technology Writers OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 BitFlash, a leader in scalable rich graphics technology for mobile devices, today announced the appointment of Donna Ronayne as Vice President of Business Development. The appointment is effective immediately. Ms. Ronayne, the former Vice President of Marketing at Manta Corporation, managed the strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and direction of marketing operations. As Director of Marketing at QNX A multiuser, multitasking, real time operating system for PCs from QNX Software Systems, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario (www.qnx.com), that is noted for its low-memory requirement and rapid response. Similar to Unix, it has been in use since the early 1980s. Software Systems Ltd., Ms. Ronayne gained a solid background in embedded operating systems An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. , both from a technical and marketing point of view. "Donna will play a vital role in establishing and developing relationships with our key partners and prospective customers as we aim to deliver the BitFlash Mobility Suite(TM) to the market," said Antoine Paquin, 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 BitFlash. "Her role is instrumental to the future success of our company." With over 15 years of marketing and sales experience in the high tech community, Ms. Ronayne brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to BitFlash. "I'm eager to forge new relationships with prospective customers and position BitFlash as a global leader in the wireless market," said Ms. Ronayne. "BitFlash's ability to deliver compelling rich content to existing wireless infrastructures is ground-breaking." An honors graduate of the bachelor of commerce The Bachelor of Commerce is a bachelor's degree in business management, accounting and economic fields. The degree is also known as the Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (BCA). program at Carleton University Carleton University, at Ottawa, Ont., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1942 as Carleton College. It achieved university status in 1957. It has faculties of arts, social sciences, science, engineering, and graduate studies, as well as the Centre for , Ms. Ronayne has held senior positions at Manta Corporation, QNX Software Systems Ltd., A.T. Schindler and Data Kinetics Ltd. While managing at QNX, Ms. Ronayne was highly successful at delivering joint product launches with distribution partners and strategic alliances. About BitFlash Inc. Established in 1997, BitFlash is an emerging leader in Internet and wireless software development. Leveraging its mobile-ready, cross-platform Reflexis(TM) Graphics Engine, BitFlash is bringing rich graphics to the mobile world in the 21st century, dramatically enhancing the consumer experience in the same way that graphics did for the desktop Internet of the early 1990's. The company has 100 employees, with its head office in Canada and Sales and Marketing operations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information about BitFlash visit the company's web site at www.bitflash.com. |
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