Dejima Names Adam Cheyer New Vice President of Engineering; Company Moves to Strengthen Executive Team With Recognized Technology Pioneer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2002 Dejima, Inc., developer of direct access software solutions for the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. and Mobile markets, today announced that the company has named Adam Cheyer as its new vice president of Engineering. Cheyer has been an advisor to Dejima on technology and business issues since 1999 and brings over 15 years of experience in research and commercial environments in the areas of applied artificial intelligence, advanced human computer interfaces and distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. . As vice president of Engineering, Cheyer will be responsible for managing Dejima's engineering staff and guiding the company's technology development. Cheyer joins Dejima from his most recent positions as VP of Engineering and VP of Advanced Technology at Verticalnet. While at Verticalnet, Cheyer led development for the enterprise products group, whose eXtended enterprise management (XEM XEM New Richmond, Quebec, Canada - New Richmond / via Rail Service (Airport Code) ) applications provide unmatched visibility into critical data, allowing organizations to communicate and collaborate more effectively across the extended value chain. "Adam's demonstrated leadership in the development and implementation of cutting-edge technology will be an invaluable asset to Dejima as we continue to develop and improve our products," said Antoine Blondeau, Dejima 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. . Prior to Verticalnet, Cheyer was a Sr. Computer Scientist in SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center, where he conducted pioneering research on distributed agent technology and web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. . Cheyer also founded and helped lead SRI's Computer Human Interaction Center (CHIC!), a group of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on advanced user interfaces. Adam has degrees in Artificial Intelligence 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). at 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 Brandeis University. "Dejima products address a critical need, empowering people with information in a most timely and efficient way," said Cheyer. "Dejima has a very promising future and I'm looking forward to being a part of it." About Dejima Inc. Dejima, Inc. develops products that enable companies to provide their end-users with easy to use, intuitive, direct access to applications and services. By making technology more human-centric, Dejima's solutions simplify the way people access and use wireless services and enterprise applications. Dejima Direct(TM) access results in more people using more services more effectively and more often -- and more revenues and cost savings for Dejima's licensees. Founded in 1998, with offices in San Jose (headquarters), London, and Tokyo, the company is privately funded and backed by companies like Research In Motion, @ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation, Sonera Corporation, Omron, and InfoSpace. For more information on Dejima and patented, direct access products, please visit http://www.dejima.com. |
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