SiriCOMM Announces Appointment of President/CEO
February 12 2007 - 5:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Mark Grannell, Veteran Telco Executive, Named to Top Post JOPLIN,
Mo., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SiriCOMM Inc., (OTC:SIRC)
(BULLETIN BOARD: SIRC) today announced that Mark L. Grannell has
been named as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer,
effective immediately. Mr. Grannell succeeds Mr. William Graham who
resigned January 31, 2007. "We are extremely pleased to have an
executive with such extraordinary breadth of experience leading the
SiriCOMM organization," said Hank Hoffman, Chairman. "Mark's highly
successful career includes broadband business development, IP-based
applications deployment, and network management -- all key
components of our organization's strategy. We believe that Mark
possesses the skills to enable SiriCOMM to realize its vision to be
the transportation industry standard for wireless data
communication." "SiriCOMM has an exciting and innovative business
model," said Mark Grannell. "I look forward to using my
telecommunications leadership experience to move the Company toward
the full realization of its vision as an applications services and
wireless network provider." Most recently Mr. Grannell was Senior
Director of Account Development for Level 3 Communications, Inc.,
an international provider of IP voice and data communications
services. Previously he was Vice President of Business Development
for Wireless Facilities, Inc. and for over ten years held various
management positions with Sprint. Mr. Grannell earned his Bachelor
of Science degree from Kansas State University and his MS
Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of
Missouri. 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 utilize and leverage information. The
company uses Wi-Fi and radio-frequency technologies to create hot
spots at locations convenient to highway travel. 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: Matt McKenzie, Chief Financial Officer 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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