nCUBE Strengthens Management Team To Spearhead Interactive Multimedia Market Drive; Company Promotes Three Top Executives.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1996--nCUBE, the leading provider of servers for interactive multimedia applications, today announced the promotions of three executives. J. Scott Carr was promoted to vice president of marketing, succeeding Gary Rieschel; Paul J. O'Mara to senior vice president of Asia Pacific operations and worldwide customer services; and Dan McGee to vice president of hardware engineering and manufacturing. The promotions further strengthen an nCUBE executive management team that collectively holds industry-leading expertise and experience in the interactive multimedia market. nCUBE's media server products are targeted to the interactive multimedia market, and deliver applications such as video-on- demand, home shopping Home Shopping commonly refers to the electronic retailing / home shopping channels industry, which includes such billion dollar companies as HSN, QVC, eBay, ShopNBC, Buy.com, and Amazon.com. , business training and digital libraries via Oracle's Media Server software. "nCUBE's management team brings together a wealth of experience and talent in the interactive multimedia arena that has made us one of the most focused players in the media server market today," said Ron Dilbeck, 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. of nCUBE. "Scott, Paul Scott, Paul (Mark) (born March 25, 1920, Palmers Green, Eng.—died March 1, 1978, London) British novelist. Scott entered military service in India in the 1940s and later was a director of a London literary agency; he resigned in 1960 to write full-time. and Dan have each demonstrated superior skills in their respective areas that have not only strengthened the company and its product family, but have significantly benefited nCUBE's customers in the form of products that meet their specific needs." Carr was previously director of Interactive Media Programs for nCUBE, responsible for marketing and development of nCUBE's media server products. Before joining nCUBE, Carr was a business manager and product architect for Beaverton, Ore.-based Sequent (Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., Beaverton, OR, www.sequent.com) A computer company founded in 1983 by 17 ex-employees of Intel that specialized in multiprocessing systems for the client/server environment. Computer Systems, where he developed and defined the company's interactive multimedia business as well as its electronic commerce seed line of business. Prior to Sequent, he was project manager for Systematic Designs, Inc., where he developed a database server and messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent for a real-time factory automation system. Carr holds a B.S. in computer science from Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. . O'Mara was previously vice president of worldwide customer service for nCUBE. Before joining nCUBE, he served as vice president and general manager of Sequent's Enterprise Division. While at Sequent, O'Mara also held other positions, including vice president of worldwide customer service and director of UK and European customer services. Prior to Sequent, he held positions at Norsk Data Norsk Data was a (mini-)computer manufacturer located in Oslo, Norway. Existing from 1967 to 1992, it had its most active period in the years from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. At the company's peak in 1987, it employed over 4,500 people. Ltd. and Prime Computer Ltd., both based in the United Kingdom. O'Mara holds a B.S. in electronic engineering from the University of Sussex in Brighton, England. McGee was previously director of hardware engineering for nCUBE, responsible for the architecture and design of the company's server systems. Prior to joining nCUBE, he was a systems engineering manager for Sequent, where he supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin the company's Platform Division product development and developed its product life cycle definition. He was also responsible for the re-engineering of key new product development processes. Before Sequent, McGee held various positions at Floating Point Systems in Beaverton. McGee is currently pursuing an advanced degree in business management. Founded in 1983, nCUBE is a leading supplier of servers for interactive multimedia applications. The company's digital media servers deliver interactive applications such as video-on-demand, home shopping, business training and digital libraries via Oracle's Media Server software. Providing the only solution that will deliver more than 1,000 concurrent video streams, nCUBE has a significant lead in market trials, working with key companies such as Bell Atlantic, BT, Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU. , Telecom Australia Telecom Australia was the trading name of the:
Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. . nCUBE also offers packaged solutions, such as nVISIONt, a complete interactive television development system that provides the same technology delivered in today's large-scale interactive TV trials. For more information, access nCUBE's World Wide Web site at http//:www.ncube.com. CONTACT: Miller/Shandwick Technologies Peter Ross/Richard Burger, 415/962-9550 pross/rburger@millerwest.com |
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