EWAN News
eWAN Appoints Craig Erickson as Director of Technology
May 1, 2006 6:30:00 AM
Copyright Business Wire 2006
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2006--
eWAN1, Inc. (Pink Sheets: EWAN) has appointed Craig S. Erickson as the company's new Director of Technology. Mr. Erickson joins eWAN from Nyko Technologies, Inc., where he has served as that company's Director of Research & Development & Product Development for the past five years. Based in West Los Angeles, CA, Nyko Technologies is a leading manufacturer of innovative peripherals and accessories for such platforms as Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 2(TM) and PSP(TM) gaming platforms, Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox(TM) and Xbox 360(TM) gaming platforms, Nintendo's (Pink Sheets: NTDOY) GameCube(TM), GameBoy(TM), and Nintendo DS(TM) gaming platforms and Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod(TM) platform. At Nyko, Mr. Erickson was responsible for new product ideas, implementation, production management, innovations and technology for a wide array of products, including many that he himself created such as the WormCam(TM) (a digital camera for Gameboy Advance), the DigiCam(TM), the SpeakerCom(TM) (a controller-mounted speaker and microphone system for Xbox Live), the iPod MoviePlayer(TM), the PSP Charger Case(TM) and Theater Experience(TM), the UMD MagnaCase(TM), the Intercooler(TM) (a cooling fan array for Xbox 360), the Game Face(TM) (Xbox Personalization) and the AirFlo(TM) Mouse (an optical mouse with 'Airflow' technology for PC gaming) as well as many others.
Prior to his tenure at Nyko, Erickson served as Director of Research & Development for global game developer, Namco Hometek, as well as in a number of executive positions within other leading consumer electronic and game platform manufacturers and designers. Prior to Namco Hometek, Mr. Erickson worked for Sega of North America as Director of Technical Systems & Software Development and was responsible for founding Sega's Midwest Development Division and creating the original products for Sega's Saturn(TM) & 32X(TM). Prior to his position at Sega, Erickson worked at Atari Corporation as Vice President of Software Development, producing in excess of 50 titles for the Atari Lynx(TM) game system while managing all worldwide software planning, acquisition and contracting. Earlier in his career, Mr. Erickson also worked as a Product Manager for NEC Corporation where he helped launch three new computer systems (the PC6001, PC8001and PC8201).
Following his appointment, Erickson commented, "I have spent many years in research and product development for leading-edge companies such at Atari, Sega, NEC, Mindscape and others, but in my experience I have never encountered such an innovative and open approach to advanced hard and software development." He continued, "The affirmative reception eWAN's technology received at the 'IPTV & Beyond Expo' in San Diego demonstrated how far eWAN is ahead of the competition and I am excited at the prospect of participating in further development of eWAN's best-of-breed IPTV products and services."
About eWan1, Inc.
eWan1 is a global provider of equipment and content delivery technology for the broadcasting of television over internet protocol (IPTV) and is a provider of broadband network solutions, including high-speed Internet access, data, gaming, voice and video services. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Cocom Ltd., ClearWave Communications and Direct Connect, Inc., eWAN is marketing the most technologically advanced and complete bundled global IPtv service available. eWAN's wireless "Triple Play" Digital Media Center set-top box connects directly to a television to enable viewing of broadcast and cable television (IPtv) and video-on-demand of movies and documentaries while featuring traditional Internet access, telephone service (VOIP) and data and video capability including video conferencing. The boxes' new IPtv cache also features music channels with corresponding video (when available), as well as "time shifted" services such as the ability to record one program while watching another, similar to the offering of TiVo(TM). The set-top box is pre-bundled with a monthly subscription to eWAN's new Global Internet Television service, which enables subscribers to access their local TV stations, plus traditional broadcast television and content delivered in 36 major languages, anywhere on the planet and all on an "Ala Carte" pricing model, allowing subscribers the ability to pick and choose only those channels they are willing to pay for.
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Source: eWAN1, Inc.
