Chris Horn Joins Board of Sepro; Leading Global Software Entrepreneur Joins Board of Telecoms and E-Commerce Rating Company.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2001 Sepro, the Dublin headquartered specialist in rating and billing solutions for the global telecoms and e-commerce industries, today announced the appointment of Dr. Chris Horn Chris Horn (born July 13 1977 in Notus, Idaho) is an American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Carolina Panthers. He was originally signed as a free agent in 2003 by the Kansas City Chiefs. to the board of the company as a non executive director. Horn is co founder and chairman of IONA. Declan Ganter, 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 Sepro, commented: "The addition of Chris brings significant experience of global business expansion and advanced software solutions development to Sepro. Chris's standing in the global software marketplace and his experience in growing an Irish company to a world-leading position will be invaluable to existing board members and senior management team." Ganter added, "The appointment of people like Chris underlines Sepro's position as one of the most innovative solution providers in the telecoms and IT industries." Horn said of his appointment: "Sepro is very much at the leading edge of providing solutions that will enable telecoms and e-commerce companies to capture value from many different transactions ranging from simple phone calls to complex e-commerce transactions. It is well positioned to become a significant player in a very lucrative global market. "By having the vision to foresee fore·see tr.v. fore·saw , fore·seen , fore·see·ing, fore·sees To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment. the major changes in the telecoms and e-commerce industries and architect a system that could cater for these changes, Sepro has differentiated itself from other companies in the global billing industry. I am looking forward to working with, and being very much a part of, the team at Sepro and helping to take the company to a significant global market position." About Chris Horn Horn is chairman of the board for IONA Technologies IONA Technologies, NASDAQ: IONA, began life as a campus company in Trinity College, Dublin and was founded by Chris Horn, Annrai O'Toole, Colin Newman and Seán Baker.[1][2] IONA maintains headquarter offices in Dublin, Boston and Tokyo. . Horn co-founded IONA in 1991 with Annrai O'Toole and Dr. Sean Baker
Sean Baker, a native of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, is a United States Air Force veteran and former member of the Kentucky National Guard, who served during the first Gulf War, and as a member of in Dublin. He was the initial developer of Orbix(R)and served as IONA's president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board from its inception until May 2000. From 1984 until 1994, Horn was a lecturer in the computer science department at Trinity College, Dublin For other institutions named Trinity College, see . Trinity is located in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, on College Green opposite the former Irish Houses of Parliament (now a branch of the Bank of Ireland). . Horn also worked in Brussels, Belgium for the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community . |
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