Mpath Interactive Names Thomas C. Garland Vice President of Business Development.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1996--Mpath Interactive, a company dedicated to developing technologies to enhance social interaction on the Internet's World Wide Web, today appointed Thomas C. Garland as vice president of business development. Garland comes to Mpath from Silicon Studio, an entertainment subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc., where he was director of interactive entertainment and a founding member of the management team. As vice president of business development, Garland will be instrumental in the development and launch of Mplayer, a fast-action multiplayer gaming Two or more people playing a game and competing with each other via computer. Although traditional card games such as bridge and poker are played online, games with a large number of people (massively multiplayer) mix real players with simulated environments that turn the computer into a service scheduled to debut later this year. He will be responsible for creating key strategic relationships with game developers, content service providers, and Internet infrastructure partners. Prior to his work at Silicon Studio, Garland was director of entertainment strategic alliances at Silicon Graphics, where he was responsible for building relationships with such content leaders as the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company, and other related companies such as Eastman Kodak, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Sega. A graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton University, State University of New York, or their officially adopted name, Binghamton University, is a coeducational public research university located in Vestal, New York. , Garland earned his MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration at the Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford Business School or Stanford GSB) is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California. It is one of the leading business schools in the United States. . Mpath's Mplayer service will feature fast-action (low-latency) games, real-time two-way voice conversations (speech enabled), chat areas and other opportunities for social interaction on the Web. Players on the service will be able to check out the latest multiplayer games and test their skills against millions of potential opponents with a variety of games including flight simulators, adventure games, role playing games See CRPG. , and board and traditional games. Mpath is working with several leading game developers to help them bring their top multiplayer games to enthusiasts on the World Wide Web. The company offers developers tools and technical support that make it easy to launch existing games on the Web -- or create new on-line multiplayer games. Founded in 1995, Mpath Interactive combines technical and management talent from a variety of industry disciplines, including UNIX system Noun 1. UNIX system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX operating system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services software design, multimedia, personal computer I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , networking, online services and game development. Mpath is located in Cupertino, Calif.; its major investors include Institutional Venture Partners, Accel Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures and SegaSoft, Inc. CONTACT: Edelman Worldwide Marivi Lerdo or Paula Fujimoto, 415/968-4033 marivi@sv.edelman.com pfujimoto@sv.edelman.com |
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