29th Nov 2006 14:23
ANGLE Technology Ventures LLC, the U.S. technologycommercialization arm of ANGLE plc (LSE:AGL) an international venturesmanagement and consulting company listed on the AIM Market of theLondon Stock Exchange, has named industry veteran Jothy Rosenberg,Ph.D. to its Ventures team as Director of Information TechnologyVentures, giving the company a strong presence in the fertile Bostonhigh tech region. £ "The addition of Jothy to the ANGLE Ventures team broadens oursoftware and IT expertise and establishes our presence in the Bostonarea," said Gary Evans, Ph.D., CEO of ANGLE's US Operations. "Hisproven track record in forming, funding and growing companies based onuniversity, national laboratory and corporate intellectual propertywill play a key role in ANGLE's continued growth and expansion," Evanscontinued. £ Dr. Rosenberg will be based in Newton, Massachusetts near theRoute 128 technology corridor and within minutes of all theBoston-based research laboratories and universities. He will spearheadANGLE's efforts to commercialize early-stage technologies in software,semiconductors, communications and other IT technologies and services.Dr. Rosenberg will work closely with the technology transfer staffs atNew England area universities to help identify commercializabletechnologies and enable start-up formation. £ "ANGLE sees a growing and unserved need for early stage companyformation," said Rosenberg. "We address this critical need and veryfew other organizations do." £ Working through his extensive networks in the entrepreneur andventure capital communities, Dr. Rosenberg has founded five companiessince 1988, with two companies having greater than $100 million exits.Prior to his string of successful startups, Rosenberg held severalexecutive positions at Borland International where he oversaw softwaredevelopment and delivery activities, for Delphi, C++ and JBuilder. £ Dr. Rosenberg earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Kalamazoo Collegeand a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University, where he servedas an assistant professor of computer science for five yearspost-Ph.D. He is the author of the successful technical books HowDebuggers Work (1996) and Securing Web Services with WS-Security(2004). Dr. Rosenberg is also the founder of the Boston ChiefTechnology Officer (CTO) Forum, a technology and idea interchangeforum among CTOs of leading Boston technology firms. £ About ANGLE Technology Group £ Founded in 1994, ANGLE is an international venture management andconsulting company. ANGLE focuses on the commercialization oftechnology and the development of technology-based businesses, fromcreating new companies to the planning, managing and marketing ofresearch parks, incubators, and other initiatives. ANGLE operates inthe United States, Europe and the Middle East. ANGLE has U.S. officesin Charlottesville, VA, Vienna, VA, Rockville, MD, Philadelphia, PA,Pittsburgh, PA and Minneapolis, MN. For more information about ANGLETechnology visit: www.angletechnologyventures.com andwww.ANGLEplc.com. Copyright Business Wire 2006Related Shares:
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