KITCHENER, ON, March 15, 2010 – PrinterOn Corporation, the world leader in mobile Internet printing through its PrintSpots® printing service, today announced that Jim Estill has re-joined PrinterOn's board of directors. Jim Estill has experience running companies from zero to $2 Billion in sales, is an author, speaker, freelance marketer and business consultant, an avid reader, Blogger and Social Media Expert. www.jimestill.com. Mr. Estill sits on the board of several companies, including Research In Motion (RIM) which he joined before the company went public in 1997. Glen Wright, PrinterOn Chairman, says, "We are excited to have Jim Estill return to the Board to help propel PrinterOn to the next level as the mobile Internet experiences explosive growth."
"The growth of the mobile Internet has no doubt been driven largely by massive adoption of smartphones, like the Blackberry® and by the ubiquitous availability of 3G wireless networks. And of course, the need for printing documents is still there as it has always been. Now the two are converging which result in a need for all those smartphone users to be able to print something while on the move.The PrintSpots® service from PrinterOn perfectly fits the need created by this convergence", Jim said. He went on to say, "I am delighted to be able to bring my skills and experience to PrinterOn to help it drive adoption of the PrintSpots service to the next level."
Jim joins existing board members:
Glen Wright, Chairman, sits on a number of boards including serving as Chairman Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for Environmental Co-operation, Council for Clean & Reliable Electricity, MedManager, LeanCor LLC and GPark Consulting.
Gary Pooley is a chartered accountant and a retired partner of Ernst & Young, involved with PrinterOn for over 20 years.
Richard Hammett is President and owner of Hamstone Holdings, LLC, an investment company with interests in industrial, technology, and real estate companies.
Angus Cunningham, CEO, has approximately 25 years high tech experience in the Waterloo Region.
The PrintSpots service currently supplies reliable and secure document printing to mobile users at nearly 4,000 locations in 23 countries around the world including hotels, airport clubs, cafes, corporate offices, libraries, and college campuses. PrinterOn expects this to grow significantly in 2010 and beyond due to the rapid growth of the mobile Internet and an ongoing need to print.
The PrintSpots service is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) -based system which leverages a cloud computing architecture. Mobile Internet users simply submit documents to the PrintSpots service over the Internet using their smartphone or laptop computer.The PrintSpots service then renders the document in the cloud and securely delivers it to the user's PrintSpot of choice where it is then printed after the user types in their secure release code.
About PrinterOn Corporation
PrinterOn is a 27 year old Canadian hi-tech company specializing in mobile Internet printing. Print Simply Anywhere® is PrinterOn's vision. PrinterOn's mobile-user printing services let users print documents to any networked printer anywhere in the world. PrinterOn solves the problems of incompatible hardware and software by moving print data securely and accurately across the Internet from any PC, laptop, smartphone or PDA to any network-connected printer. PrinterOn's mission is to provide secure, easy-to-use, mobile printing products and solutions to businesses and mobile professionals.
Contact: Holly Snider, Corporate Secretary, PrinterOn Corporation, 1.519.748.2462
PrintSpots® and Print Simply Anywhere® are registered trademarks of PrinterOn. BlackBerry® is registered trademark of Research in Motion.