Google Names Wayne Rosing New Vice President of Engineering; Company Moves to Strengthens Executive Team with Recognized Technology Pioneer.Business Editors/High Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Google Inc., developer of the award-winning Google search Google is owned by Google, Inc. whose mission statement is to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful". The largest search engine on the web, Google receives several hundred million queries each day through its various services. engine, today announced that the company has named Wayne Rosing Wayne Rosing has been involved as a key player in several landmark projects in the computing industry since the late 1970s. Gaining experience as an engineering manager at DEC and Data General in the 1970s, he became a director of engineering at Apple Computer in the early 1980s. , 54, as its new vice president of Engineering. Rosing, a Silicon Valley veteran, brings over a quarter century of engineering and research experience to the Mountain View-based company. As vice president of Engineering, Rosing will be responsible for managing Google's skilled engineering staff and guiding the company's technologic development. Rosing joins Google from his most recent position as chief technology officer and vice president of Engineering at Caere Corporation. While at Caere, Rosing managed all engineering for optical character recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. ) product lines and was the driving force behind the acquisition of what has become one of Caere's key products, Omniform, a comprehensive forms application. "Wayne's demonstrated leadership in the development and implementation of cutting-edge technology will be an invaluable asset to Google as we continue to develop and improve our products," said Larry Page, Google 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. and co-founder. Prior to joining Caere, Rosing led FirstPerson, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Sun Microsystems, as president. There, among the other accomplishments of his tenure, Rosing headed the team that developed the technology base for Java. Previous to his position with FirstPerson, Rosing further demonstrated his credentials as a pioneer by founding Sun Microsystems Laboratories Sun Microsystems Laboratories, or Sun Labs is the research and development branch of Sun Microsystems. It was established in 1990 by Ivan Sutherland and Robert Sproull. and staffing them to more than 100 researchers. "It's obvious to anyone who has used Google's search engine, that they share my focus on developing sound technology and delivering an exceptional product," said Rosing. "Google has a very promising future and I'm looking forward to being a part of it." About Google Inc. Google exists to provide the world's best Internet search experience. Google accomplishes this for millions of users daily by delivering a powerful, fast, and easy way to find the most relevant information available. Google's technological innovations have powered the company to numerous awards, including the WIRED Readers Raves Award for Most Intelligent Agent; a 2000 Webby and People's Voice Award For Best Technical Achievement; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. ; Top Ten Best Cybertech of 1999 by TIME Magazine; Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; and Best Search Engine by The Net. A growing number of companies, including Yahoo!, AOL/Netscape, Cisco, Washingtonpost.com and Red Hat, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital. For the information you need, visit http://www.google.com. Note to Editors: Google is a trademark of Google, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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