Cox Interactive Media Announces Technology Promotions.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000 Frank Bongiorno promoted to Technical Director of Site Operations; Ozzie Sabina promoted to Director of Engineering Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) announced today that Frank Bongiorno has been promoted to Technical Director of Site Operations, and Ozzie Sabina is now Director of Engineering, announced Joseph Y. Gallo, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and vice president of technology. As Technical Director of Site Operations, Bongiorno will manage all field technical personnel, along with technical aspects of CIMedia site launches and technical rollouts of all new corporate applications. In addition, he participates in the due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. of CIMedia's investments. Formerly national field technical manager for CIMedia since 1996, Bongiorno joined Cox at the Austin American Statesman in 1995 as production manager. Prior to joining Cox, he worked at Prodigy Services Company from 1989 to 1995 in various capacities including technical support, network and PC support specialist positions as well as computer programmer/analyst. He began his career with Quantum Computer (computer) quantum computer - A type of computer which uses the ability of quantum systems, such as a collection of atoms, to be in many different states at once. In theory, such superpositions allow the computer to perform many different computations simultaneously. Services, Inc. (now America Online See AOL. ) in 1988 as a customer relations representative. Sabina, as Director of Engineering, heads up CIMedia's engineering group in Atlanta. His group is responsible for managing CIMedia's web server farm in Sunnyvale, Calif., as well as the company's Wide-Area Network, nationwide staging and feed servers, and corporate-related services including e-mail and Internet and Intranet connectivity. Sabina began his career with CIMedia in 1997 as a Unix engineer. Before that, he served as a system administrator for 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. computer science department while attending graduate school for computer science and engineering. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Florida. "Both Frank and Ozzie are excellent examples of our management bench strength and we are delighted to recognize them for their ongoing contributions to our organization," said Gallo. "As we build a profitable business, the technical infrastructure needs to support our product, and their expertise supports the mission of building a network of local sites that helps busy people better manage their lives ... this is no small task." Cox Interactive Media (CIMedia) has built the #1 rated network of locally-focused city sites across the country. CIMedia (www.cimedia.com) was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late , Inc., and is headquartered in Atlanta. The network consists of over 70 sites with 24 of them in the top 50 U.S. markets. Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and operator of automobile auctions. Major subsidiaries include Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising and customized newsletters); Cox Broadcasting, Inc., (TV, spot sales, television production, research and Cox Radio Cox Radio NYSE: CXR is a publicly traded company that holds a number of radio stations. Private company Cox Broadcasting, Inc., a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises owns all of the company's super-voting Class B common stock, and thus controls the company. , Inc.[NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CXR CXR abbr. chest x-ray CXR, n chest x-ray; an image of the thoracic cavity, produced by an irradiation scan of the upper torso. ]); Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. ([NYSE: COX] cable distribution, programming, telephone and high-speed Internet access services); Manheim Auctions, Inc., which operates auto auctions in North America, Europe and Australia; and Cox Interactive Media, operating a network of Internet City and Specialty Sites across the country. Cox Enterprises also owns a stake in a range of Internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the world's largest source of used car listings for dealers and consumers. |
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