Macromedia's Norm Meyrowitz to Receive INVISIONARY Award at NewMedia INVISION 2000 Festival.Business/Entertainment Editors NewMedia INVISION Festival SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 Richard Landry, 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 editor in chief of NewMedia.com, is pleased to announce that Norm Meyrowitz, president of Macromedia Ventures, will be presented with the INVISIONARY Award at this year's NewMedia INVISION 2000 Festival. Each year, an INVISIONARY award is given to three exceptional people who have pushed the limits of digital media to realize their creative vision and, in the process, have revolutionized the way digital content is created, packaged, and delivered. The award will be presented to Mr. Meyrowitz on November 3rd, as part of the NewMedia INVISION 2000 Festival. "Norm Meyrowitz has been -- and continues to be -- a driving force in the evolution of Web development software and media technology for the Internet. He has overseen the creation of some of the most popular multimedia and development software for the Web, and spearheaded the introduction of Shockwave and Flash, the ubiquitous Internet media player now installed by more than 92 percent of the Internet population," Landry said. "Norm Meyrowitz is a true visionary, and NewMedia is proud to present him with the INVISIONARY Award." Norm Meyrowitz is the president of Macromedia Ventures, a business designed to incubate incubate /in·cu·bate/ (in´ku-bat) 1. to subject to or to undergo incubation. 2. material that has undergone incubation. in·cu·bate v. 1. and fund Web digital media and broadband Internet See broadband. startups. Before running Macromedia Ventures, he was president of Macromedia Products, where he oversaw development, marketing, and P&L for all of Macromedia's product divisions, which include the Web Publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. , Web Traffic, and Web Learning business units. He also has been Macromedia's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. and general manager of the Internet and Multimedia Authoring Technology business unit as well as senior vice president of engineering, vice president of engineering, and director of Strategic Technology. In these last positions, Norm led Macromedia's efforts in defining the next generation of multimedia player technology for personal computers, set-top boxes, and the Internet, as well as Macromedia's product integration, culminating in Macromedia's Studio architecture. Prior to joining Macromedia, Meyrowitz was the director of software at GO Corporation, directing the groups that develop the graphics, handwriting, application frameworks, system applications, user interface, and international components of the PenPoint operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . He has also served various positions at Brown University, including Co-Director and Co-Founder of the university's Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship The Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship (IRIS) was founded at Brown University by Andries van Dam, William S. Shipp, and Norman Meyrowitz in 1983 and closed in 1991. It was initially part of a campus-wide effort at Brown to develop a "scholar's workstation. (IRIS) system, a networked, multi-user hypermedia system that was a forerunner to the World Wide Web. The NewMedia INVISION Festival (http://www.newmedia.com/invision) takes place November 1-3 at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The Festival incorporates a series of information and networking events, including the NewMedia INVISION Awards gala, where some of this year's most innovative and exceptional digital media projects are honored, and the INVISION Conference, three days of keynotes, panel discussions, interviews, and debates for senior-level digital media professionals. NewMedia.com is produced by HyperMedia hypermedia: see hypertext. The use of hyperlinks, regular text, graphics, audio and video to provide an interactive, multimedia presentation. All the various elements are linked, enabling the user to move from one to another. Communications Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:NMNW). HyperMedia Communications Inc. is a provider of information and business services for the global community of Internet architects: professionals who utilize business, design, and technology skills to create Web sites and Internet-driven businesses. These services include NewMedia.com, a vertical portal targeted to Internet architects, and the NewMedia INVISION Awards Festival, an annual competition and conference that identifies and honors the most original and creative ideas within the global digital media community. |
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