Events at ITP on Friday, Feb 1
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Here is a rundown of events at ITP tomorrow!
** 11am OISS Workshop with Jackie Chin room 445 – for May 08 graduating international students – F-1 Post Completion Practical Training
** 12pm Vindigo recruitment – conference room. All are invited and they are ordering pizza!!!
** 6:30pm Ellen Morris from Sustainable Energy Solutions – Room 447
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—> Please RSVP to midori.yasuda@nyu.edu <—
VINDIGO AT NYU
Time: 12 noon
Date: Friday, February 1, 2008
Location: ITP, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor (take South elevators)
Leading mobile media company, Vindigo, to hold informational session for ITP students. Meet & Greet and Q&A session to follow presentation. Vindigo’s Internship Program will be discussed, as well as other F/T positions within the company for 2008.
In an industry that is revolutionizing how we communicate with one another, Vindigo is one of the best-known and most experienced mobile media brands in the U.S. Leveraging partnerships with wireless carriers and media companies, Vindigo offers more than 20 different products across every major category of mobile data services. Today, wireless subscribers amount up to 2.3 billion people within a $ 646 billion marketplace. In this competitive market space, Vindigo has won more than 20 awards.
COME MEET:
Scott Jensen, CEO & President
Kathryne Ralph, Head of Human Resources
Mark Litwin, Business Development Manager
Thomas Tracey, Director, Product Management
Krisine van Dillen, Director, Product Management
Rami Bechara, Associate Director, Quality Assurance
Giannina Miranda, Sales & Marketing Coordinator
WHO WE ARE:
Vindigo is a leading developer and distributor of mobile applications and mobile advertising solutions and has one of the largest carrier distribution networks in the world, including all U.S. mobile operators. Vindigo publishes award-winning BREW and J2ME products, including the top revenue-generating applications MapQuest Mobile, and top location based application Vindigo City Guide. Vindigo’s platform-agnostic suite of mobile marketing and advertising solutions include sponsored branded applications, ad-supported mobile web sites, and messaging capabilities such as PSMS sweepstakes, and alerts. Successful marketing campaigns have been developed for leading brands including Cadillac, Marriott, MasterCard, Nike and WWE.
Vindigo is a wholly-owned subsidiary of For-Side.
LOOKING FOR:
Technology and Product-based Interns
Graphic Design Interns
New hires
COMPENSATION:
Will offer school credit and/or a paid internship
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Special Event
Come to a lecture given by Ellen Morris, PhD, President of Sustainable Energy Solutions.
February 1, 2008
6:30pm – 8pm
Ellen has been promoting modern energy as a means to reduce poverty for over 10 years and is leading our efforts to link energy enterprises and microfinance institutions in developing countries. Ellen is also an Adjunct Professor at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs
Bio:
Ellen Morris started her consulting firm, Sustainable Energy Solutions, in 1996, where she is engaged in international development, policy analysis, and research on energy issues for national governments, development agencies, foundations, and the private sector. Ellen has been a senior consultant for the United Nations Development Programme in the sustainable energy program for the last nine years. Her work at UNDP has focused on technical and programmatic support for countries seeking to advance energy as a means for poverty reduction. Most recently, Dr. Morris has done pioneering work on consumer lending and microfinance to expand access to energy services by engaging with the private sector and microfinance institutions in developing countries. Prior to starting her own firm, she worked for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, in the international and geothermal groups. In the early part of her career, she worked as a Science Advisor for the U. S. Congress and as an
exploration geophysicist for Texaco. Dr. Morris has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and a doctoral degree in Marine Geophysics from the University of Rhode Island.
www.sustainable-solutions.com