Macrovision Expands Senior Management Staff.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 Appoints Daniel Stickel as New Senior Vice President and General Manager of Its Globetrotter Software Division, and Mark Belinsky as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy Macrovision Corporation (Nasdaq:MVSN MVSN Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Italy) ), the world leader in electronic license management, digital rights management (DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M ) and copy protection technologies, announced today that Daniel E. Stickel has joined Macrovision as its new senior vice president and general manager of the Globetrotter Software Division. Reporting directly to 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. Bill Krepick, Mr. Stickel brings over 15 years of software development and executive management experience in the high technology industry. Mark Belinsky, who has served as the Globetrotter Software Division's senior vice president and general manager since 2000, has been appointed senior vice president of corporate strategy and will be responsible for leading Macrovision's efforts related to digital watermarking Digital watermarking is a technique which allows an individual to add hidden copyright notices or other verification messages to digital audio, video, or image signals and documents. for copy control applications. "The enterprise software business is a key strategic component of Macrovision's business. Dan's extensive software industry experience and proven track record will help us take our Globetrotter division to the next level of success," said Krepick. "The addition of Dan also enables us to move Mark Belinsky into a position where he can combine his knowledge of the information technology and consumer electronics industries, and Internet e-commerce, with his knowledge of content owners' requirements for digital-to-digital copyright management and copy protection to make our digital watermarking initiatives a success." Mr. Stickel was previously president of Conomae Corporation, a wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 venture, and before that, executive vice president and general manager at AltaVista, where he helped transform their search engine software into a leading product in the enterprise market, contributing to record $270M+ corporate revenues. Prior to AltaVista, Mr. Stickel co-founded K2 Technologies, a Silicon Valley company specializing in data integration and analysis software, acquired by E.W. Blanch blanch to become pale. in 1998. Mr. Stickel stayed on as SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul Software Products for E.W. Blanch, launching several new e-commerce initiatives and helping E.W. Blanch reach almost $250M in annual revenues. Before K2, Mr. Stickel spent 9 years at Delfin Systems, a high-tech manufacturer of both advanced hardware and software systems, where he served as vice president and general manager of the Decision Systems Division. Mr. Stickel has 2 degrees from Harvard, including a Masters degree in computer science. He got his start at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and was the personal recipient of the Ziff Davis Ziff Davis Inc. (ZD) is an American magazine publisher and Internet Information company. It was founded in 1927 in Chicago by William B. Ziff, Sr. and Bernard G. Davis. Throughout most of its history, it was a publisher of hobbyist magazines, often ones devoted to expensive, award for Desktop Accessory of the Year. About Macrovision Macrovision Corporation develops and markets electronic license management, digital rights management (DRM) and copy protection technologies for the enterprise software, consumer software, home video and music markets. Its Globetrotter Software Division's electronic license management (ELM) solutions for business software applications have been licensed to over 2,500 ISV's (independent software vendors) and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide. Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with international headquarters in London and Tokyo, Macrovision can be found on the Internet at www.macrovision.com. For more information on Globetrotter solutions visit www.globetrotter.com. This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. A number of factors could cause Macrovision's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Macrovision's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at http://www.sec.gov). Macrovision assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.090302/bb4 |
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