BizRocket.Com, Inc. Announces the Election of Dr. Albert H. Rodriquez to its Board of Directors.DEERFIELD BEACH Deerfield Beach, town (1990 pop. 46,325), Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1925. The development of high-technology industry and commerce expanded the town and more than doubled its population between 1970 and 1990. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- June 23, 1999 Renewal of its Netscape Distinguished Provider Contract, and Plans to Raise Additional Funding of Six Million Dollars Mark Ismach, President of BizRocket.Com, Inc., an Internet search engine portal site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. , (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:BIZR), is pleased to announce the election to its Board of Directors, Dr. Albert (Bud) H. Rodriquez Jr., OD. Dr. Rodriquez brings a broad range of successful business and professional experience to BizRocket.Com, Inc. Dr. Rodriquez was co-founder and Senior Executive VP of RehabWorks, Inc., a $65 million national physical and occupational rehabilitation company. The company merged with Continental Medical Systems, a publicly traded Company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , the Company operated in 19 states, employed over 1800 people and was the second largest rehab Company in the nation in 1989. Dr. Rodriquez has extensive experience in the real estate development, finance and construction management fields. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Rheologix/Occulogix Corporation, an R & D Company holding an exclusive license for a blood filter used in the treatment of macular degeneration macular degeneration, eye disorder causing loss of central vision. The affected area, the macula, lies at the back of the retina and is the part that produces the sharpest vision. . In 1998 Dr. Rodriquez was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the Illinois College of Optometry optometry (ŏptŏm`ətrē), eye-care specialty concerned with eye examination, determination of visual abilities, diagnosis of eye diseases and conditions, and the prescription of lenses and other corrective measures. . He is presently co-founder of REHAB RX Corp., and co-founder and President of R & R Works, Inc, a healthcare management and consulting company. Mark Ismach, Dr. Rodriquez and James Carlstedt, business consultant to the Company, are conducting an executive search for highly experienced Internet and public company executives to fill the posts of corporate COO and a CFO See Chief Financial Officer. . BizRocket.com Inc. has begun the process of raising $1,000,000 from private investors. The company expects to have the raise completed within the next 30 days. Negotiations are underway with an Investment Banking firm that has presented a contract to BizRocket. BizRocket believes that the firm has the potential to raise interim financing Interim financing A short-term loan made to a company on the condition that a takeout will follow with long-term or intermediate financing. interim financing The financing that supports a transaction until permanent financing can be arranged. of between $5 and $10 million dollars, that will provide BizRocket the ability to make strategic e-commerce acquisitions, and hire the personnel necessary to establish the BizRocket.com Ethics Bureau "privacy" and "reliability" seals as Internet standards. The seals are issued to Web sites that want to assure the public that they have a high standard of privac-commerce site, (www.BizRocket.com) presenting egun discussions that may lead to additional visibility for BizRocket on America Online's proprietary network. "BizRocket's link currently appears on Netscape's "Se key sales management member. In addition to always being a leading producer for Alps and Pentax, Mr. Evans is highly computer literate, and in 1996 started his own Internet Web page creation company. He currently has clients for whom he has developed over 40 Web page sites. The Company expects to hire other key sales personnel this week as part of its ongoing program of providing turnkey Internet services for small and intermediate size businesses. This release may include "forward-looking statements" within ttatements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct. This is neither an offer to buy or sell a security. |
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