CyberMedia CEO honored as Entrepreneur of the Year.SANTA MONICA Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1996-- Unni Warrier Unni Warrier is the co-founder, and former president, chairman, and CEO of CyberMedia, a public company providing automatic service and support software for the PC. Biography Unni Warrier is a tech entrepreneur. Recognized By Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Software Industry Council Unni Warrier, president 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 CyberMedia Inc., the leading developer of automated service and support software for PCs, was selected by the Southern California Software Industry Council as Entrepreneur of the Year. The award was presented Oct. 17 at an awards banquet in Long Beach, Calif. Warrier and a team of five other high-tech pioneers founded CyberMedia in 1991, bound by their vision to give PC users freedom from their dependency on tech support hotlines by fixing most common PC problems. Not only did the team accomplish their mission, but in the process their cutting-edge products and services promise to play an important role in resolving the industry's dilemma of how to reduce ever-increasing tech support costs; according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dataquest, the PC industry is expected to spend almost $4 billion annually on customer support. "Warrier is one of this country's real success stories," said Bill Manassero, executive director of the Software Council of Southern California, the non-profit software industry trade association for the region. "His efforts reflect the entrepreneurial spirit of this country." Warrier began CyberMedia on his kitchen table five years ago, funding the business with a grant from ICICI ICICI Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (the Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India). The company is now the 15th largest software developer in Metropolitan 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. and has 120 employees. Its award-winning First Aid product has consistently ranked on the top 10 best-selling business software lists for the past year, and has sold more than 1.5 million copies. CyberMedia's latest product, Oil Change, is the first subscription-based service to use the Internet to update all software applications and hardware drivers on a user's PC. Also honored this year were Disney Interactive for Multimedia Company of the Year, EarthLink Network for Internet Company of the Year, Duane Maxwell of Gryphon Software Corp. for Developer of the Year and Robert Davidson
"Southern California is home to more than 4,200 software and multimedia companies, representing sales of more than $16 billion annually, and employing tens of thousands of employees," said Manassero. "These awards help spotlight the talent and creativity that have made Southern California one of the major international software centers," he added. Judging was based on various factors, including sales and revenue growth, team building, job creation in Southern California, innovative products, product visibility and marketing innovation, creative financing of the business, and civic and community involvement, among other things. About The Software Council of Southern California The Software Council of Southern California (SCSC SCSC State Civil Service Commission SCSC Schedule Control Systems Criteria SCSC Software Council of Southern California SCSC Surface Combat Systems Center (formerly ACSC; Wallops Island, VA) SCSC Santa Clara Swim Club ) is a nonprofit, membership-only trade association, comprised of software development organizations, as well as those companies that provide support and services to the local software industry. The organization voices the concerns of the software industry in Southern California and serves as a clearinghouse of industry information. About CyberMedia CyberMedia's mission is to empower computer users to fix computer problems on their own, before they need to call technical support hotlines for help. The company's Active Help products include First Aid, the Tech Support Yellow Pages and Oil Change. Founded in 1991, CyberMedia (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CYBR CYBR Copy Byte Right ) is publicly held, with company headquarters at: 3000 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 2001, Santa Monica, Calif. Phone: 310/581-4700. To order, call 800/PC-1ST-AID (800/721-7824) or visit the CyberMedia Web site at http://www.cybermedia.com. CONTACT: CyberMedia Inc., Santa Monica Giselle Bisson, 310/581-5961 giselle@cybermedia.com or Capital Relations Inc. Tina Bradford, 805/230-8202 tbradford@caprel.com |
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