Cosmoz.com Acquires iTrack Online Auction Monitoring Service: Names Dave Taylor CTO and Susan M. Cooney Vice President of Marketing.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Cosmoz.com, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:CMOZ), a leading aggregator of niche and unique technology-based Web properties, today announced the acquisition of privately held online auction monitoring leader iTrack, Inc. in an all stock transaction. iTrack (www.itrack.com) lets users track auctions for free, helping alleviate the complexity of finding the auction items they seek online. iTrack delivers auction-monitoring results via email on ten of the top Web auction sites. These include Amazon.com Auctions, Auction Universe, boxLot Online Auctions, Gold's Auctions, Haggle Online (part of the Go2Net Network), OnSale, UBid, Xoom Auctions, Yahoo! Auctions, and ZDNet Auctions. As part of the agreement, Cosmoz.com also strengthened its management team by adding two members from the iTrack founding team. iTrack president and chief technology officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ) Dave Taylor will serve as the new Cosmoz.com CTO, while iTrack marketing vice president Susan M. Cooney will become vice president of marketing at Cosmoz.com. They will both report directly to Cosmoz.com founder, chairman and chief executive officer Wilfred Shaw. "The addition of iTrack's unique technology, combined with the vast Internet and business experience that Dave and Susan offer, represent a significant step in Cosmoz.com's future growth and direction," said Wilfred Shaw, chairman and 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 Cosmoz.com. "It is important that our users and member sites have access to 'best of breed' technology such as iTrack. Dave and Susan also represent some of the industry's best talent and help strengthen the Cosmoz.com executive team." Taylor was also founder and president of Intuitive Systems and The Internet Mall, now ShopNow.com (Nasdaq:SPNW). He has been involved with the Internet since 1980. A frequent speaker at Internet industry events, Taylor holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). San Diego and a master's in educational computing from Purdue University. A former InfoWorld and Login columnist, his recent books includes "Creating Cool HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. 4.0 Web Pages", "Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours", and "Global Software." He serves as an adjunct professor at San Jose State University and is on the board of directors of First Internet Bank of California The Bank of California was founded in San Francisco, California on July 5, 1864 by William Chapman Ralston. It was the first commercial bank in the Western United States, the second-richest bank in the nation, and considered instrumental in developing the American Old West. . Cooney was instrumental in the growth and success of Internet advertising start-up MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). LinkExchange, as director of marketing and channel partnerships. Prior to MSN LinkExchange, she was the director of marketing for business-to-business Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP) InterNex. Cooney has worked both in the U.S. and abroad with Pacific Bell Internet and Information Services groups, Compaq, Confinity, CustomTracks, and Cox Interactive Media. She holds a bachelor's degree, with honors, in computer graphic design from the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State and has completed graduate coursework in organization and management from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal . About Cosmoz.com Cosmoz.com, Inc. (http://www.cosmoz.com) is a leading aggregator focused on the development, investment and acquisition of high traffic, niche and unique technology-based Web sites. Cosmoz.com's philosophy is to attract and foster a symbiotic network of Web companies by offering them the financial, management and marketing resources needed to become profitable companies. Note to Editors: Cosmoz.com and iTrack are trademarks of Cosmoz.com, Inc. All other companies and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. |
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