VICINITY CORPORATION APPOINTS STEVEN WEINSTEIN AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - June 19, 2002 - Vicinity Corporation (Nasdaq: VCNT), the
leading provider of Web, wireless and speech-based enterprise location-based
services, today named Steven Weinstein as chief technology officer.
Weinstein, with more than 25 years of experience at many leading technology
companies, will be responsible for determining the technology strategy and
expanding the core intellectual property of the company.
“Steven has extensive experience at planning and developing successful new
products and services and providing strategic direction,” said Chuck Berger,
president and CEO of Vicinity. “He will be a valuable addition to our
executive team, helping to focus our in-house technology efforts as well as
providing technology vision to our corporate development activities.”
Weinstein was most recently the president of Backstage Pass, a business
focused on digital identities and online communities for major music talent.
Prior to that he spent over four years at Liberate Technologies, joining the
company as a founding executive and chief visionary. While there he played a
pivotal role in managing product development, added a worldwide 24x7 support
staff, and executed strategic acquisitions. From 1993 to 1996, Weinstein was
the studio head/general manager of gaming company Microprose, Inc. (now
Hasbro Interactive), and before that served as the VP of software
engineering at Electronics for Imaging, Inc. Other career experience
includes leadership roles in engineering at Media Cybernetics, Inc. and Ship
Analytics, Inc.
“I look forward to applying my years of experience in a variety of core
technology fields to expand the technology vision for the company,” said
Weinstein. “As personal devices and vehicles of all types become
increasingly location aware as a result of more compact and inexpensive GPS
technology, the opportunities for location-based marketing grow
significantly. Expanding Vicinity’s business by extending their technology
reach is a truly exciting opportunity.”
Weinstein has one issued and four patents pending in the appliance/broadband
space, and serves on the advisory board of several companies. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Vanderbilt University.
About Vicinity Corporation
Vicinity Corporation is a leading provider of Enterprise Location Services
to Global 2000 companies across Web, wireless and speech platforms. Backed
by patented technology, Vicinity`s suite of services includes the Vicinity
Location ServerSM along with a comprehensive portfolio of application
services and application programming interfaces (APIs) that embed location
intelligence deep within existing enterprise applications.
Vicinity’s customers include Bank of America, Best Western International,
FedEx, Gap Inc., Hilton Hotels Corporation, Lexus, McDonald`s, Pizza Hut,
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, and The Home Depot. Vicinity was
established in 1995 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
VicinitySM and Vicinity Location ServerSM are service marks of Vicinity
Corporation. All other names or product names are trademarks or service
marks of their respective companies.
This news release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating
to the future events or the future financial results of Vicinity
Corporation. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only
predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In
evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the
various factors that could cause actual events or results to differ
materially from those indicated from forward-looking statements. Including
the matters set forth in Vicinity Corporation`s reports and documents filed
from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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