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Scott Long, Chairman and CEO
Phone: 952-380-5871
Fax: 952-474-3769
June 17, 2002, Minneapolis, MN - Entrepreneur's Place(tm), Inc. today announced the appointment of Mark G. Christenson to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the company. As CTO, Mr. Christenson will guide the launch of the Entrepreneur's Place comprehensive group of World Wide Web sites for entrepreneurs.
Mr. Christenson's expertise in web application development and deployment, his industry history, as well as his proven business savvy, make him an ideal choice for this position.
"Entrepreneur's Place is very excited to have Mark on board as a key member of our team", said Scott Long, CEO of Entrepreneur's Place. "Mark has a long history of success and the range of skills we need to see our vision become a reality."
Mr. Christenson brings with him nearly twenty-years of experience in the computer industry. Following careers at Control Data Corporation and Cray Research as a Senior Software Engineer, Mr. Christenson founded Orbis Internet Services in 1995. Under Christenson's direction, Orbis grew to be one of the largest and most respected business Internet providers in the Twin Cities. Orbis Internet was sold in January of 2001 to infinetivity, Inc., where Mr. Christenson became Director of Internet Services, until August of 2001. Mr. Christenson has also served as the President and Principal Consultant of The Synaptic Group, Inc., a technology consulting firm providing a broad range of e-commerce, network security and Internet solutions since 1996.
Entrepreneur's Place(tm) is an innovative, broad-based, comprehensive Internet community designed to be "the" business resource on the World Wide Web efficiently providing its membership with the tools, education, information and resources necessary to compete in today's global entrepreneurial arena.
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