Computer Renaissance Appoints New Board Members.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAKELAND, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003 Computer Renaissance today announced that Rick Inatome, Keith Sirois, and Greg McCann have agreed to join the company's Advisory Board effective immediately. Rick Inatome is a well-known computer industry pioneer who co-founded two successful technology companies -- Computer City and Inacomp Computer Centers. He has invested in or co-founded over 30 entities. These include American Speedy Printing, Sylvan Learning Sylvan Learning (formerly Sylvan Learning Center) is a chain of franchised tutoring centers which provide personalized tutoring in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills and test-prep for college entrance and state exams. and Action Technologies, among others. Mr. Inatome was involved in the launch of Microsoft's advisory council and served a term as president of that council. He was inducted into the Computer Industry Hall of Fame and was named one of the 25 most influential people to shape the computer industry in the 1980s by CRN CRN Computer Reseller News CRN Crown CRN Council for Responsible Nutrition CRN Crane CRN Community Recycling Network CRN Course Reference Number CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology CRN Cornish (SIL code, UK) . Keith E. Sirois is 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 Checkers Drive-in Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHKR). A member of Checkers(R) management team since August of 1996, Mr. Sirois has more than 25 years of management and leadership experience in the franchise industry. His responsibilities during his career have spanned from single restaurant operations to the current Checkers/Rally's(R) franchise system with nearly 800 restaurants, and he has generated positive results in every facet of these businesses including P&L and overhead, real estate and all aspects of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. in addition to operations. Greg McCann has been a faculty member and consultant for the last 14 years. From 1994-96 he held an endowed Greenberg professorship at Stetson University Stetson University is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university that consistently earns high rankings in national college guides. In the 2007 U.S. News and World Report guide, Stetson ranks 2nd (tied with Elon) in the category of Southern Masters-granting institutions.. . Currently he holds the positions of both associate professor of business at Stetson and director of its internationally prominent Family Business Center. Greg has an undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree in accounting from Stetson University and a law degree from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. . He holds licenses in the state of Florida as both a CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. and a lawyer. "We welcome Rick, Keith and Greg to our Advisory Board and we look forward to working with them," said Mark Hollis, Chairman of the Computer Renaissance Advisory Board. "We know that they will be valuable contributors because of their extensive retail, technology, franchise and financial experience. This is truly an all-star team of some of the most experienced executives in America." About Computer Renaissance Originally founded in 1988 on the basis of buying and selling used PC products to business clients, today Computer Renaissance thrives in a technology-driven society. Their model has evolved into a service based company that offers total computer solutions to small business and consumers. Computer Renaissance also offer customer built computers with the highest quality industry components. There are currently 100 Computer Renaissance stores throughout the United States. |
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