Member of XML founding team will bring more than 25 years experience to role
BOSTON, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ --
Charles Frankston has been named chief technology officer of Isovia, a global provider of m-business solutions and wireless applications that enable supply chain and customer relationship management in a mobile environment. Bringing more than 25 years of software development experience to the company, Frankston is charged with continuing to solidify Isovia's position in the enterprise application space. Drawing on his extensive management skills, strength in application development and software globalization experience, Frankston will drive the technology leadership and vision for the company.
"Charles brings an extraordinary background in both software development and management in technology companies," said Isovia's Founder and CEO, Hemant Taneja. "I'm pleased to have Charles join our management team, as his extensive XML and software globalization background will enable Isovia to expand our current applications and continue to fulfill our goals for future growth in other vertical markets."
"I was drawn to Isovia because I'm impressed with the quality of their team and their innovative technology is filling a real need in the wireless marketplace," said Charles Frankston. "I'm excited to be coming on board with a company which is pioneering the use of XML and is so poised to become a leader in this space."
Prior to joining Isovia, Frankston worked for Microsoft Research and Microsoft Component Applications Group, where he worked on component software technology. During his three years spent at Microsoft, Frankston also held various other positions, where his work included participating in the definition of XML, serving as Microsoft's representative to several World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML working groups, and developing the client-side data binding features of Internet Explorer 4. Frankston defined the XML schema language (XML Data Reduced) currently used by several Microsoft products including Biztalk Server, and SQL Server 2000. Frankston co-authored "Document Content Description for XML," a submission to the W3C XML schema working group.
In addition to his experience at Microsoft, Frankston was the CEO and founder of Charles View Software, Inc., a software company specializing in contract software development and software internationalization. In 1996, Charles View Software was acquired by Microsoft. Frankston received a bachelor's of science in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
About Isovia
Isovia provides wireless applications that enable supply chain and customer relationship management in a mobile environment. Isovia has assembled a core team of experts in enterprise applications, wireless technologies and speech recognition to deliver a comprehensive set of m- business applications that maintain operability in today's market. Isovia's application suite, which leverages wireless connectivity and intelligent sync- based technologies, extends mobility to all devices, including smart phones, PDAs, two-way pagers and voice interfaces. For more information, visit Isovia's web site at www.isovia.com.
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