SiriCOMM Appoints Matthew McKenzie Chief Financial Officer and Bill Graham as Permanent Chief Executive Officer
September 05 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
JOPLIN, Mo., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SiriCOMM, Inc.
(OTC:SIRC) (BULLETIN BOARD: SIRC) today announced that Matthew R.
McKenzie has been named as the Company's Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer effective today. Additionally, Bill Graham, who was
appointed Chief Executive Officer for an interim period in July,
will remain in his role on a permanent basis. "We are pleased to
welcome Matt to our executive management team, and very happy that
Bill has agreed to stay on permanently. With our senior team now in
place, we can move forward in executing our strategic plan," said
Hank Hoffman, Chairman. "We continue to be optimistic about the
opportunities that exist for SiriCOMM, and with Bill's managerial
leadership and Matt's financial expertise, we believe we can
further our position as the communications standard for the
trucking industry." Mr. McKenzie, a Certified Public Accountant,
has over twelve years of financial and operational management
experience. He initially joined SiriCOMM in February 2005 and
served as Controller and Director of Customer Support until
September 2005. Prior to rejoining SiriCOMM, Mr. McKenzie was the
Director of Financial Services for The Empire District Electric
Company (NYSE:EDE) where he was instrumental in completing several
debt and equity transactions as well as the acquisition of a
natural gas distribution operation. From 2001 until 2005, Mr.
McKenzie was with Fast Freedom, Inc., a subsidiary of The Empire
District Electric Company, serving as President and Chief Financial
Officer beginning in 2002. During his tenure at Fast Freedom, Mr.
McKenzie oversaw all operations and successfully completed an
acquisition, building Fast Freedom from a start-up company into the
largest Internet Service Provider in the Joplin area. Mr. McKenzie
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration
from Missouri Southern State University. About SiriCOMM SiriCOMM is
an application service provider specializing in wireless Internet
connectivity and productivity applications tailored to the
transportation industry. By providing both network access and a
robust application host platform, SiriCOMM delivers a responsive
and convenient way for all industry stakeholders to interact with
information needed on a regular basis. The company uses Wi-Fi
technologies to create HotSpots at locations convenient to highway
travel. More information including network locations is available
at http://www.siricomm.com/ Statements about the future performance
of SiriCOMM, economic trends, and other forward-looking statements
in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors
are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties, including without limitation, continued
acceptance of SiriCOMM's products, increased levels of competition
for the company, new products and technological changes, SiriCOMM's
dependence on third-party suppliers, and other risks detailed from
time to time in SiriCOMM's periodic reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. SiriCOMM provides no assurance
regarding the actual outcome of the events contemplated by any
forward-looking statements included in this release. DATASOURCE:
SiriCOMM, Inc. CONTACT: Hank Hoffman, Chairman of SiriCOMM, Inc.,
+1-417-626-9971, ; or Allyson Pooley of Integrated Corporate
Relations, +1-310-954-1100, for SiriCOMM, Inc. Web site:
http://www.siricomm.com/
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