[gui-talk] Mosen to Join Freedom Scientific

[David Andrews]

>Interesting announcement!


David Andrews



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>Media Contact: Brad Davis
>Blind/Low Vision Group
>800-444-4443 or 727-803-8000
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>Jonathan Mosen Joins Freedom Scientific
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>(St. Petersburg, Florida, August 31, 2006) - 
>Freedom Scientific’s open platform approach to 
>hardware and software has brought over another 
>major voice in the field of access technology for the blind.
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>Jonathan Mosen, previously of HumanWare, is the 
>new Vice President of Blindness Hardware Product 
>Management at Freedom Scientific’s Blindness/Low Vision Group.
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>“Freedom Scientific’s products emphasize the 
>strengths of an open-platform approach to both 
>hardware and software," Mosen said. "This 
>approach showcases the company’s ability to 
>leverage mainstream applications and technology 
>elements to provide technology solutions for 
>those that are blind in a timely manner.”
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>“I’m excited to be joining the Freedom 
>Scientific team,” Mosen said. “Freedom 
>Scientific products enable blind people world 
>wide to succeed in school, work, and the 
>community. It’s great to have the opportunity to 
>shape the direction of Freedom Scientific’s 
>hardware products in close consultation with 
>customers. I am especially excited to be on 
>board with a company that is so clearly setting 
>the pace for new product introduction and affordability in this industry.”
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>Mosen has been involved with blindness-related 
>issues since the late 1980s and has been in the 
>access technology field since 1999. He worked 
>with the Association of Blind Citizens of New 
>Zealand and the American Council of the Blind. 
>One of his most significant contributions to 
>blindness in New Zealand was his work to reform 
>the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind’s 
>constitutional framework to become the Foundation of the Blind.
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>“It will be great to have the chance to work 
>with some of the sharpest minds in the industry, 
>both blind and sighted, to allow blind people to 
>be more productive, more independent, and more 
>efficient,” Mosen said. “I’ve always admired the 
>fact Freedom Scientific has blind people 
>involved extensively in the company at all 
>levels. This sits well with my own personal 
>philosophy, that we, as blind people, must take 
>control of our own destiny and improve the world.”
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>Brad Davis, Vice President of Hardware Product 
>Management at Freedom Scientific, said he thinks 
>it will be exciting to see Mosen apply his ideas 
>and experiences in the less confining 
>environment made possible by Freedom 
>Scientific’s use of mainstream applications.
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>“Jonathan will help us make best use of both our 
>hardware and software resources to bring 
>solutions to a broader range of users,” Davis said.
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>Lee Hamilton, President and CEO of Freedom 
>Scientific, said that Mosen has great rapport 
>with users and that he looks forward to Mosen 
>bringing his insight to Freedom Scientific’s blindness products.
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>About Freedom Scientific
>Freedom Scientific is the world's leading 
>manufacturer of assistive technology products 
>for those who are blind and vision impaired and 
>products for the special education and learning disability markets.
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>Freedom Scientific® is a registered trademark in 
>the United States and/or other countries.
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