[nfbwatlk] [Promotion-technology] Mosen to Join Freedom Scientific (fwd)

[Mike Freeman]

Holy Mother!

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Subject: [Promotion-technology] Mosen to Join Freedom Scientific


>Interesting announcement!


David Andrews



>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>Media Contact: Brad Davis
>Blind/Low Vision Group
>800-444-4443 or 727-803-8000
><http://www.FreedomScientific.com>www.FreedomScientific.com
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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.
>
>Freedom Scientific® is a registered trademark in
>the United States and/or other countries.
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David Andrews and white cane Harry.


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