Four Top Executives Join Space.com.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999-- Space.com 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. Lou Dobbs today announced the appointment of John Ferrara, Robert Zeller, Mark Cutsforth and Toni DiMartino to Space.com's management team. Ferrara has been named Chief Financial Officer, Zeller joins as Vice President of Business Affairs and General Counsel, Cutsforth comes on board as Vice President of Technology and DiMartino has been selected as Director of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . "John, Bob, Mark and Toni each bring solid experience and expertise, in their respective areas, to Space.com, which now in my judgment, has one of the strongest core management teams on the web, " said Dobbs. "Each will play an integral role in the expansion of Space.com." Chief Financial Officer John Ferrara, brings over 25 years of financing, financial planning, IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. and acquisition experience to Space.com. Prior to joining the company, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. for Golden Books Family Entertainment, a publisher, licenser and marketer of entertainment products. Previously, Ferrara was Vice President and CFO at Renaissance Communications Corp., an owner and operator of television stations. He has also held strategic and financial planning positions at American Express and NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . Ferrara began his career at Deloitte & Touche. He earned an M.B.A in finance from Columbia University and a B.S. in accounting from the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
As Vice President of Business Affairs, Robert Zeller will serve as General Counsel for Space.com. He has been managing partner at Rem Zeller and Associates of Hackensack, N.J. since 1990. Prior to that partnership he was in private practice representing business entrepreneurs and lenders. He received his law degree from Rutgers Newark Law School and is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars. Zeller graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University. Mark Cutsforth, Vice President of Technology, will be in charge of technology selection, development and deployment for the web site. Before joining Space.com, he was Vice President, Internet for General Media Communications. At General Media, Cutsforth built and managed a 25-member Internet technology team, produced multiple web sites, grew departmental revenues and profits, and managed e-commerce vendor relationships. He also served as a software development project management consultant for Softool Labs where he managed and deployed projects for NASA's Space Shuttle program and Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. , and was a systems engineer for Sun Microsystems. Cutsforth received a B.S. in computer science from the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . Toni DiMartino, Director of Public Relations, brings extensive publicity, media and analyst relations, corporate image, product launch and trade show experience to Space.com. She joins the company from Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide where she provided strategic counsel and public relations program support for clients including Looksmart, LexiQuest, MetaMarkets.com and Hoovers Online. Previously, DiMartino worked at Brodeur Porter Novelli specializing in high tech public relations for Symbol Technologies and Minolta PPD (1) (Parallel Presence Detect) The method used by earlier SIMM memory modules to communicate their capacity to the computer. A binary number coming from a parallel set of pins was read by the system, with each pin representing one bit. Contrast with SPD. . She began her career at Roundhouse Public Relations where she implemented public relations campaigns for clients including Nikon, Air France and Guiding Eyes for the Blind. DiMartino earned a B.F.A. from Manhattanville College. About Space.com Space.com is the definitive space site on the web, offering the richest, most compelling, entertaining and educational content for everyone from astronauts and backyard stargazers to educators and science fiction buffs. Space.com also features the ultimate space news and entertainment web site for kids -- SpaceKids.com. Space.com is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with news bureaus in Cape Canaveral, Houston, Pasadena and Washington, D.C. Space.com's corporate officers include Lou Dobbs, Chairman & CEO; Sally Ride, President; Mitchell Cannold, EVP EVP Executive Vice President EVP EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Valve Position Sensor EVP Electronic Voice Phenomenon EVP Europäische Volkspartei (Germany) EVP Employee Value Proposition & COO; John Ferrara, CFO; John Phillips, VP of Marketing; and Alan Ladwig, Director of Washington Operations. |
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