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Buzzwire(TM) Names Motorola Veteran Rob Strong Vice President of Consumer Design
| Source: Buzzwire, Inc.
BOSTON, MA and DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - October 31, 2007) - Buzzwire, Inc., a mobile media
company, today announced the addition of Rob Strong as Vice President of
Consumer Design. A well-respected veteran in platform and product design,
Strong's addition to Buzzwire's management team further enhances the
company's focus on unique customization and innovative content services for
the mobile consumer. Strong will be based out of Buzzwire's Denver office.
Strong, an accomplished interactive designer and product developer, joined
Buzzwire from Motorola, where he served as director of user interface (UI).
Throughout his tenure at Motorola, Strong held several senior positions,
including senior manager of Asia user interface & interactive media where
he was responsible for managing both Asian and North American interactive
design teams and the core UI of Motorola. He also created deep design
opportunities with internal and external design partners, which fostered
innovation within the UI presentation layer and the physical handset. Prior
to Motorola, Strong served as interactive design lead for Thomson
Multimedia. In this role, he was responsible for creating the media
experience as well as developing and implementing the information
architecture for the electronic program guide, browser and interactive
setup system.
"A rich consumer experience is crucial to reaching the mobile community,
and Rob's technical and industry experience will help us continuously
improve Buzzwire's design, user interface and overall functionality," said
Andrew MacFarlane, CEO of Buzzwire. "Additionally, Rob's wealth of
knowledge in trend analysis, design research and consumer insights for
several global initiatives will help us strike the right mix for carriers
and consumers. We are delighted to have him as a member of the team."
"The mobile media market is exploding and Buzzwire is developing the right
design, platform and partnerships to gain significant momentum," said
Strong. "I am honored to work with such a powerful group of wireless and
consumer experts and look forward to leveraging my passion and background
in design integration and development to provide an innovative and superior
customer experience to Buzzwire's streaming mobile media fans."
Buzzwire lets mobile fans find and personalize content from an extensive
audio and video library, including live Internet radio streams. They can
also add feeds from virtually anywhere on the Internet, create playlists
and share them with friends. Buzzwire's library includes over 5,000 media
sources encompassing national content, as well as content from local
communities so users can have information most important to them delivered
in real time on the mobile phone.
About Buzzwire
Online streaming content has never been easily accessible on mobile phones,
until now. With Buzzwire, people can select from one of the largest
libraries of audio and video shorts -- and then have them seamlessly
delivered to their mobile phones, in real time. It offers personalized
content in the palm of the user's hand -- they simply create their own
customized playlists, and experience them anywhere, anytime. Backed by
Matrix Partners and Spark Capital, the founding team combines its deep
Internet and mobile services expertise to give on-the-go people quick and
easy access to the audio and video content that they choose. Buzzwire is
jointly headquartered in Denver, Colorado and Boston, Massachusetts.
Discover, create and share anytime. Experience anywhere. www.buzzwire.com.