Fedora appoints board member Ron Erickson
Fedora Industries Inc
FED
Shares issued 1,139,087
2000-01-25 close $0.75
Wednesday Jan 26 2000
Mr. David Houston reports
Ron Erickson has been appointed to the board of directors. Mr.
Erickson is currently the chairman of the board of eCharge, a
global leader in next-generation convenient and secure on-line
payments. eCharge is headquartered in Seattle with offices in
Vancouver, London and Tokyo.
Prior to joining eCharge Mr. Erickson was the chairman,
vice-chairman, president, chief executive officer of Egghead
Software Inc. He was the co-founder, chairman and CEO of
GlobalTel Inc., an international provider of telecommunications
services. He was the co-founder of Microrim Inc., a relational
database development and systems integration company, and was
also the chairman and CEO of NBI, Inc., a software development
and systems integration company.
Mr. Erickson has also served as a director and investor in a
number of other technology companies. Currently Mr. Erickson
sits on the board of directors of Upgrade International Corp., a
hardware and software information technology company,
Freei.net, a free Internet service provider, IBNet, a
business-to-business Internet company, and Newsgrade.com, an
Internet financial information company.
"I have two passions, cycling, and building businesses," stated
Mr. Erickson. "Airbomb allows me to actively engage in, and
enjoy, both of them. I like the challenge of being instrumental in a
company's rapid growth."
Mr. Erickson has worked extensively with the U.S. investment
banking community and has been directly involved in the financing
and listing of numerous companies on the Nasdaq Stock
Exchange. He is a principal and partner in Meydenbauer Capital,
his own venture capital fund.
He is active in community affairs and charitable organizations,
having sat on the board of the Seattle Kingdome, and the advisory
board of the University of California, at Davis, Law School. He
served in Washington as a White House staff member as well as in
New York with the Rockefeller Commission on Critical Choices.
Mr. Erickson holds a JD (juris doctor) from the University of
California, an MA from the University of Wyoming, and a BA
from Central Washington University. Admitted to practice law in
Washington and the District of Columbia, he did so from 1975
until the late 1980s.
David Houston stated: "Mr. Erickson is a cycling enthusiast and
understands our business opportunity. Mr. Erickson joining
Airbomb's board is a tremendous endorsement of Airbomb and
its business model. His knowledge and understanding of
e-commerce will be invaluable in guiding us through the continued
and rapid growth of Airbomb.com."
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