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New IST Management Team
Orono, ME – August 30, 2007 – Intelligent Spatial Technologies, Inc. (iST), a technology leader in Location-based Services for mobile users, is pleased to announce the expansion of its management team.
Ted Broers will be joining iST as our new CEO. Ted brings experience working with developing businesses as Managing Partner, MentorVest LLC and international business experience as Director of Corporate Business Development at National Semiconductor. Additionally he has experience in middle market mergers and acquisitions while a Principal at Silicon Valley Bank's Alliant Partners.
Senate Honors Intelligent Spatial Technologies
Washington, DC – July 19, 2007 – United States Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) submits a statement in the Congressional Record of the 110th United States Congress honoring Intelligent Spatial Technologies. The Congressional Record is the official register of the proceedings of both the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. All floor speeches, debates, statements, and messages are printed in this document to detail the Congress' work.
Honoring Intelligent Spatial Technologies
Ms. Snowe. Madam President, I wish to congratulate Intelligent Spatial Technologies, a company founded by a tremendously innovative young entrepreneur for my home State of Maine. Intelligent Spatial Technologies of Orono is a software and data company that was launched in 2003 by Christopher Frank.
Innovative Point and Learn Technology Receives Patent
Orono, ME – August 20, 2007 – Intelligent Spatial Technologies, Inc. (iST), a technology leader in Location-based Services for mobile users, has been granted its first patent for the iPointer™ Mobile Search and Content Delivery Platform.
According to iST's CTO & Founder Chris Frank, “This new patent solidifies the iPointer's™ presence in the market as an innovative mobile local search and content delivery platform. It also affirms our position in enabling wireless operators and content providers to offer mobile local search solutions for cell phones.”
Read more: Innovative Point and Learn Technology Receives Patent
Student Innovation Center Open House
Do you have an idea?
Are you an inventor?
Do you like to be creative?
Do you like to make things happen?
Then the Student Innovation Center is the place for you! Come learn about the new Student Innovation Center at the Open House on Thursday, September 28th. This new building will be a place where students obtain the knowledge, tools inspiration to become innovators and entrepreneurs. We'll help you create your own future!
UMaine Students Win Libra Grants to Boost Business Launches
Join us in congratulating Target Tenants: Rory Eckardt and Will Sulinski!
News release - May 24, 2006
Contacts: Rory Eckardt, (207) 949-4401; William Sulinski, 866-6562; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO -- Two UMaine business students who have started their own businesses through the university's Target Technology Innovation Center received $5,000 seed grants from the Portland-based Libra Future Fund earlier this month.
Rory Eckardt of Orono, beginning his third semester in the Maine Business School MBA program, received a grant to assist with the development of his year-old forestry consulting business. William Sulinski of Dedham, with business partner Matthew Rodrigue, a 2004 engineering graduate from Wilton, devised conceptual plans for producing and marketing a new device to improve the efficiency of home heating oil delivery. Sulinski will graduate in December with an undergraduate degree in financial economics.
Read more: UMaine Students Win Libra Grants to Boost Business Launches
Chris Frank: SBA's Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Intelligent Spatial Technology (iST) founder and president, Chris Frank, has been awarded with Maine’s 2006 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Association (SBA). Because of his work with the iPointer, Chris will be honored with this award at the SBA celebration dinner on May 24th at the Spectacular Events Center in Bangor. For more information about Chris Frank's award, check out the Maine District Office’s official news release below as well as the article posted by the Bangor Daily News at: http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/templates/?a=131442
NEWS RELEASE
MAINE DISTRICT OFFICE
Release Date 3/22/06 Contact: Bonnie Erickson, PIO
Release Number: ME-06-20 bonnie.erickson@sba.gov
Internet Address: www.sba.gov/me 207-622-8275
SBA NAMES CHRISTOPHER FRANK
MAINE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Augusta, ME - Chris Frank has been named Maine’s 2006 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). A leader in the Bangor community, Frank is the president and founder of Orono-based Intelligent Spatial Technologies (iST). He is a recent graduate of the Bangor Region Leadership Institute and is a founding member of FUSION Bangor, an organization formed to engage young people in community leadership.
Read more: Chris Frank: SBA's Young Entrepreneur of the Year
IST published in the March 2006 issue of GPSWorld magazine
Intelligent Spatial Technologies (IST) has recently been published by GPSWorld magazine in the March 2006 issue for the iPointer project. This late-breaking GPS technology allows information about specific sites to be displayed on a handheld computer and was developed by IST at the University of Maine. Read more at the following site:
GPSworld article, "Point and Learn" dated 3/1/2006
Congratulations to Chris Frank and his team!
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