Cenetec, Technology Accelerator Company, Names Ford, Internet Architecture Expert, as Chief Technology Officer.Business Editors BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000 Cenetec, the technology accelerator company, today announced a key addition to its "braintrust," naming Richard Ford Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and short story writer. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land , Ph.D. -- one of the nation's top Internet architecture experts -- as chief technology officer. Ford most recently served as director of technology at Verio in Boca Raton, where he was senior architect for the world's largest webhosting platform. Also acknowledged internationally as a computer security specialist, he was director of research for the National Computer Security Association in Carlisle, Pa. and was associated with IBM's Thomas J. Watson research center The Thomas J. Watson Research Center is the headquarters for the IBM Research Division. The center is on three sites, with the main laboratory in Yorktown Heights, New York, 45 miles north of New York City, a building in Hawthorne, New York, and offices in Cambridge, in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. A native of England now residing in Boca Raton, Fla., Ford holds a doctorate in semiconductor physics from Oxford University, and has lectured and consulted with companies and organizations worldwide. "Dr. Ford's expertise is a tremendous asset for Cenetec -- and for the early and later-stage entrepreneurs building technology infrastructures through our incubators," said Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is the creator of the Dilbert , Cenetec president and chief strategist strat·e·gist n. One who is skilled in strategy. Noun 1. strategist - an expert in strategy (especially in warfare) strategian market strategist - someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns . "He brings exceptional analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. depth and hands-on experience in existing technologies, plus the rare ability to evaluate the potential impact of the newest technologies. "In addition to his role as a key member of Cenetec's resource `braintrust' counseling our accelerator companies, Richard will be responsible for rapid technology deployment of all our sites in a scalable and meaningful way. He'll be assembling a technology team that will work at the highest levels." Cenetec is establishing a series of e-technology accelerators -- fast-track incubators. Its intensive approach moves entrepreneurs to market at "Internet speed," providing comprehensive resources, technology expertise and capital access. Cenetec's first two technology accelerators are located along Florida's InternetCoast. In Boca Raton, a 25,000-square-foot facility is headquartered at Blue Lake Corporate Center. An 18,000-square-foot accelerator will open in June in the Miami Design District's landmark Moore building at 191 NE 40th Street. When fully operational, each accelerator will house as many as 16 companies in each incoming "class" and work with later stage companies off-site. Cenetec is located at 4950 Blue Lake Drive, Suite 900, Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. 33431 and can be reached at www.Cenetec.com, 561/981-0200. |
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