VETERAN NETSCAPE EXEC JOINS MY WEB
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appointment of Deepak Puri to executive vice president of strategic
development.
In his new position, Puri will help myWebOS.com establish strategic business
alliances and broaden distribution of myWebOS, the company's primary product
and the world's first Web-based operating system.
Prior to joining myWebOS.com, Puri was employee number 68 at Netscape where he
played a crucial role in the early development of the company by holding key
management positions in product management, Original Equipment Manufacturer
(OEM) sales and strategic development. He also filed for two patents on behalf
of Netscape.
"We're very excited to have Puri on board," said Shervin Pishevar, co-founder,
president and chief executive officer of myWebOS.com. "His solid experience in
OEM sales and product management at Netscape when it was going through
explosive growth will be instrumental in helping myWebOS form strategic
alliances and attract development partners to offer innovative applications to
end-users."
One of Puri's greatest achievements while at Netscape was building and
directing the company's OEM Product Management Group that nurtured Netscape's
relationship with OEM and distribution partners worldwide.
Puri's responsibilities included designing and managing Netscape's Partner
Engineering Center, which served as a facility for over 80 engineering and
marketing professionals from partner firms to work cooperatively with Netscape.
Puri also closed numerous business agreements with companies such as Critical
Path, Checkpoint Software, Bay Networks and Annuncio.
"myWebOS is very reminiscent of the early days of Netscape - a smart, young
leader and a groundbreaking technology with broad applications," said Deepak
Puri. "Like Netscape, myWebOS has the potential to partner with many firms for
distribution and development. I'm thrilled to be involved in building another
great business."
Before Netscape, Puri spent five years at Oracle where he managed the release
of UNIX products on different platforms and later was the alliance manager for
the Oracle-IBM relationship, which involved training IBM's worldwide sales
force.
Puri holds a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from the University of
Delphi in India.
In addition to his professional accomplishments, Puri is also active in a
number of not-for-profit organizations including OpNetWork.org, which helps
bridge the digital divide by helping the disadvantaged get training and jobs in
the high tech industry, and Ashoka.org, which supports leading social
entrepreneurs with seed capital in 40 countries.
About myWebOS.com
Based in Baltimore, Md., myWebOS.com was founded in February 1998 by Shervin
Pishevar and Drew Morris, chief technology officer. myWebOS.com has developed a
web-based next generation operating system that has taken the concept of
"network computing" to the next level.
myWebOS.com's primary product is myWebOS, which will be the first operating
platform that makes the World Wide Web the application and data network for
personal users, small to mid-size businesses, and the enterprise. As a web
operating system, myWebOS is the platform upon which applications can be built
by developers to suit the needs of millions of users. For more information,
please visit www.mywebos.com.