NetCurrents Names Michael O'Hara as V.P. Product Strategy; Veteran Technology Executive to Oversee Business and Product Development, Technology.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 NetCurrents Inc. (Nasdaq:NTCS), The Premier Internet Intelligence Agency, Monday announced that proven technology executive Michael J. O'Hara has been named vice president product strategy, effective immediately. O'Hara will oversee the company's product and business development efforts and all new applications of its proprietary, real time Internet intelligence technologies. He will report directly to 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. Irwin Meyer. O'Hara, a long-time executive at El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.-based Hughes Information Technology Systems and Hughes Space and Communications was most recently senior vice president business development of eSat Inc., working out of its offices in Universal City, Calif. "Prior to joining us," Meyer said, "Michael consulted with NetCurrents on several key projects including a number of market research and product focused studies on how best to apply our innovative technologies and expand our markets with new products and services. "He is thoroughly familiar with our technology and is completely up to speed adding significant immediate value to the company. In addition, his commitment to the company's strategy and future has been clearly demonstrated by his purchase of NetCurrents' shares in the open market." "Michael's background in Internet technology, business development and communications is exactly the mix of expertise we need to take full advantage of the increasing demand for our services," Meyer said. "He has proven skills in working with large and mid-size corporate clients and has shown the ability to develop and manage strategic relationships like those we currently enjoy with our partners around the U.S. and Canada." At eSat, O'Hara developed and negotiated contracts with domestic and international strategic partners, was the lead presenter for all investor and analyst presentations, worked with the CEO of eSat on company re-branding and investor communications and served as chief technology officer. From 1996 to January 2000, O'Hara was chief systems engineer for Hughes Space and Communications. Among his duties was responsibility for the overall technical effort for a $4 billion polar orbiting environmental satellite system. He also successfully managed a three-year $5.4 million risk-reduction study for a joint program office of the U.S. Air Force, NOAA NOAA abbr. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Noun 1. NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and he worked on a number of critical international programs where he interfaced with and gave technology presentations to officials in Japan and Germany. He also made numerous technology presentations to Hughes customers and users in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and internationally. From 1991 to 1996, O'Hara was with Hughes Information Technology Systems in El Segundo and in Landover, Md., where his last position was a senior systems engineer. While at Hughes he supported a number of new business initiatives to reuse a remote sensing Deriving digital models of an area on the earth. Using special cameras from airplanes or satellites, either the sun's reflections or the earth's temperature is turned into digital maps of the area. ground data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a system (ECS See eComStation. ) developed under an $800 million contract to NASA. He managed proposal efforts for RFPs involving the reuse of ECS and was one of only four people in a 400-plus person organization authorized to give presentations on ECS to prospective customers. O'Hara worked with potential customers to tailor the functional, interface and performance parameters of ECS to their environment and applications. His other responsibilities at Hughes included conducting technology assessments of commercial software, including high-level programming languages, Web-based user interfaces, client/server architectures, database management systems and terabyte robotic archive systems. In 1993, O'Hara independently helped establish Southern California-based CyberScape Inc., an Internet start-up that focused on virtual reality multi-player entertainment. He co-authored the new company's business plan with two others and assisted in establishing software and technology alliances with established companies for the new venture. He also developed a demonstration prototype of the entertainment concept. O'Hara began his career at Hughes Aircraft Hughes Aircraft Company was a major aerospace and defense company founded by Howard Hughes. The group was based near Ballona Creek, in Culver City, California, USA, on the Pacific Coast. Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors in 1985. Co. in El Segundo in 1984 as an engineer developing software programs to automate a far-field test antenna test range and to determine signal crosstalk within multi-conductor shielded cable A shielded cable is an electrical cable of one or more insulated conductors enclosed by a common conductive layer. The shield may be composed of braided strands of copper (or other metal), a non-braided spiral winding of copper tape, or a layer of conducting polymer. harnesses. In 1987 he was named study leader and directed and co-authored a comprehensive study that examined state-of-the-art technologies of interest to the Defense Communications Agency Defense Communications Agency - (DCA) Now called Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). . He then rose steadily through the ranks as a communications systems engineer, lead communications systems engineer and software project manager. O'Hara has a bachelor's degree in physics (magna cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. at Lowell, and master's degrees in physics and computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880 The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific . About NetCurrents NetCurrents, The Premier Internet Intelligence Agency, analyzes communications from more than 60,000 targeted Internet locations in real-time. The company provides clients critical information and counsel to protect their corporate image, measure consumers' perceptions and counter misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis on the Internet. Due to the sensitivity of businesses that require this type of technology and analysis, the confidentiality of NetCurrents' clients is assured. For more information about the company and its products and services visit its Web site at www.netcurrents.com. |
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