Oct. 20, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Varsity Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Varsity Media Group Inc, announced today that IT Veteran Ian Pringle has joined the Company to serve as the Senior Vice President, Software Engineering. Mr. Pringle was a key principal of France Telecom's Technology Research team, specializing in the identification and development of disruptive emerging technologies. Mr. Pringle's work covered many domains including Grid Computing, Home networking, End User creativity, Interfacing, Social networks, Search and Information Management. Mr. Pringle also served in an executive capacity with market-leading new entrant UK ISP, Freeserve (later acquired by France Telecom) where he directed the Technical Production team before moving into a strategic R&D role. Mr. Pringle has managed multi-disciplined engineering and production teams and acted as technology strategy consultant to start-ups. Mr. Pringle started as an analyst/programmer developing distributed database and Internet and multimedia production systems. Mr. Pringle holds a M.S. degree with Distinction in Internet Application development. Mr. Pringle will head WGC's global software engineering team, which will have development centers in the US and Manchester, United Kingdom. Ian stated, "I am very excited to be joining the dynamic WGC team, helping them further build their Software Engineering and Development capabilities which will be focused on commercializing the disruptive technology from the recent merger."
As we announced earlier in the month, Varsity Acquisition Corporation completed its merger with The Wireless Grid Corporation, which was spun out of Syracuse University to commercialize the research concepts and intellectual property produced in its labs. The WGC software based solution, is a next generation application that transforms computer networking and wireless infrastructures (all devices) ability to interact seamlessly with zero to little configuration. WGC has been recognized as one of the '9 Wireless Companies to Watch' (Network World, 8/2008). Along with its four pending patents, WGC's planned software products will allow devices to function interchangeably and some of the most recent highlights include:
-- Intel® Certified Program Partner
-- Nokia - Academic Research Support Partner
-- Syracuse University - Academic Research Partner
-- National Science Foundation (NSF)- Academic Research Support Partner
WGC is also very close to finalizing several additional announcements as it relates to leadership, product development and other significant relationships.
