CreSenda Wireless Founder Selected for Henry Crown Fellowship Program; CreSenda Founder, President & CEO, Jonathan H. Siegler Selected for Honor From The Aspen Institute.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000 CreSenda Wireless today announced that its founder, president and chief executive officer Jonathan H. Siegler was selected as a member of the 2000 Class of Henry Crown Fellows of the Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues. . The Fellowship program is designed to introduce the next generation of business leaders to the challenges of community-spirited leadership and to provide them with the tools necessary for responsible corporate and civic leadership. The announcement of the newly selected 2000 Class was made during the Aspen Institute dinner last week in Chicago. The dinner, which also honored the fiftieth anniversary of the Aspen Institute, featured speakers which included Lester Crown Lester Crown (born 1926) is the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown (d. 1990), who created Material Service with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959. He has been a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982. , chairman of the Material Service Corporation and son of Henry Crown. "The individuals selected to participate as Crown Fellows have already demonstrated their exceptional leadership skills," said Keith Berwick, executive director of the program. "By participating in the Henry Crown Fellowship Program, the fellows will hone their skills to better lead their organizations and society as a whole through the tumultuous changes of the 21st century." In founding CreSenda Wireless, Siegler has set a goal to make a significant impact in the way that wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. and connectivity improve mobile professionals' ability to transact business. A veteran of Palm/3Com and the architect of global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. for Palm Computing products, Siegler is working with a team of executives formerly with Palm, AirTouch Cellular (now Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. ), GeoCities, and other Internet and wireless-related leaders. The company's goal is to achieve an all-in-one wireless solution for professionals in specific fields requiring remote data exchange and communications. The first product line in its Wireless Professional Series(SM) will launch this summer. Each year's class of 20 Henry Crown Fellows is selected from among hundreds of nominees of successful young executives between the ages of 25 and 45. The two-year program is composed of a variety of seminar components and leadership development activities under the guidance of skilled Aspen Institute seminar leaders and senior mentors. About the Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute is a global forum for leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition. Through its seminar and policy programs, the Aspen Institute fosters enlightened, morally responsible leadership and convenes leaders and policy makers to address the foremost challenges of the new century. Founded in 1950, the Aspen Institute is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. with offices in Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the most populous city and the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 5,804. ; Chicago, Illinois; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New York; Queenstown, Maryland For other places with the same name, see Queenstown (disambiguation). Queenstown is a town in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 617 at the 2000 census. Geography Queenstown is located at (38. ; Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. ; and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org. About CreSenda Wireless CreSenda Wireless, led by former senior engineering, sales, operations, and marketing executives from Palm/3Com, Verizon Wireless (formerly AirTouch) and GeoCities/Yahoo!, provides mobile professionals with industry-specific content, applications, and wireless connectivity deployed through handheld devices. CreSenda's Wireless Professional Series(SM) is a best-of-breed service composed of wireless connectivity, hardware, applications, and content customized to meet the vertical market-specific business and communications needs of the mobile professional. Focusing on customer care (customer service, technical support, and a national call center), connectivity (facilitating transmission of vital data for customers on the go) and vertical content (specific, relevant, customized content and applications for each vertical market), the company's offering will be commercially available this summer. CreSenda Wireless is headquartered 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. , California, and can be found online at www.cresenda.com. The company also operates an online handheld accessories store at www.handgear.com. CreSenda, CreSenda Wireless, the CreSenda Wireless logo, HandGear, and Wireless Professional Series are service marks and trademarks of CreSenda, Inc. All other names are properties of their respective holders. |
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