CenterSpan Appoints New Vice President of Engineering Alfred Lee.Business Editors HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001 CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CSCC CSCC Calgary Sports Car Club (Alberta, Canada) CSCC Clemson Sports Car Club CSCC Columbus State Community College (Ohio) CSCC Classic Sports Car Club (UK) ), a leading-edge developer of next generation peer-to-peer (P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. ) Internet content distribution solutions, today announced the appointment of Alfred M. Lee to the position of vice president of Engineering. Lee will report directly to Steve Frison, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . As VP of Engineering, Lee will assume day-to-day responsibilities for engineering and quality assurance teams for Scour scour, scours 1. the chemical and physical cleaning of fleece wool. 2. diarrhea. dietetic scour see dietary diarrhea. peat scour see secondary nutritional copper deficiency. .com, the company's branded digital media and entertainment destination, and the company's proprietary P2P digital distribution channel, C-star. His digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. and entertainment experience will be instrumental in driving the continued development of next-generation digital content distribution solutions for CenterSpan. Prior to joining CenterSpan, Lee served as VP Engineering for Supertracks Inc., a developer of software solutions for the delivery of cached digital media and entertainment content over the Internet. During his Supertracks tenure, Lee led the engineering department and directed the planning, development and delivery of five major software product releases during an 18-month period. With more than 20 years of experience in software development and engineering management, Lee has also held positions with E-Systems and ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. Dealer Services. He received his bachelor of science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the University of Washington. "Al's expertise in software development and his in-depth knowledge of the media and entertainment space make him a valuable addition to our team. He has proven himself to be a results-oriented leader, and will be instrumental in supporting the launch of the paid Scour service, and development of the next generation of the C-star platform," said Steve Frison. CenterSpan's innovative C-star P2P technology has enabled it to create the lowest cost digital distribution channel available today. Scour is the first branded retail view of the C-star channel. Scour launched in beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. in March of 2001. Registration for the open beta can be found at www.beta.scour.com. Scour's subscription service is targeted for release later this year. About CenterSpan Communications Corp. CenterSpan Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CSCC) develops and markets next-generation peer-to-peer Internet content distribution solutions. The company has created the lowest cost channel enabling the distribution of digital entertainment content, such as music and video files, in a secure and legal environment. CenterSpan has headquarters in Portland, Ore., and recently opened offices for its Digital Media and Entertainment Group in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to spearhead its content partnership efforts. CenterSpan is an Intel Capital portfolio company. Visit www.centerspan.com for more information. About Scour Scour, one of the most widely visited consumer online entertainment destinations in the world, was acquired by CenterSpan in December 2000. CenterSpan has redesigned Scour as the premier source for high quality legitimate entertainment content. Visit www.scour.com to learn more. This news release includes forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The company's peer-to-peer Internet content distribution channel is a new business in a rapidly evolving market. Specific statements regarding the timely launch of content distribution services, new products, content acquisition, number of registered users, new business opportunities, new revenue model and potential earnings leverage are forward-looking statements. Investors are encouraged to review the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's 2000 Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , for a further description of the risks and uncertainties relating to forward-looking statements made by the company, as well as to other aspects of the company's business. |
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