Harry Pettit Leads Charge as New CEO of Scientigo(TM)
30 November 2006 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Scientigo�, Inc. (OTCBB:SCNG), a technological innovator in
local/mobile search, enhanced directory assistance solutions and a
wide array of location based services, today announced that Harry
Pettit, respected veteran of the telecom and directory assistance
industries, will provide new leadership and vision as Chief
Executive Officer. �Our primary focus is to provide a better way to
FIND and deliver relevant information,� Pettit stated. �FIND.com,
our local search destination portal, facilitates access to valuable
Internet-based information for all telephone, mobile and Internet
users.� Prior to the Board of Directors appointing Mr. Pettit as
CEO, the position had been vacant. The Board of Directors also
announced that Cynthia White will be taking a temporary personal
leave of absence and will step down as President and Chief
Operating Officer during that period. Commenting on the appointment
of Mr. Pettit as CEO, Ms. White stated: �I am delighted that Harry
Pettit is coming on board at Scientigo and I am looking forward to
a quick return to the Company and working with Harry.� Under
Pettit�s direction, the Company will continue to leverage
proprietary and patented intellectual properties to establish
FIND.com as a robust local search platform supporting both consumer
internet local search and Enhanced Directory Assistance (EDA)
services, and to deliver the Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR)
product for enterprise content management. �Harry brings proven
leadership and strategic vision to this position, as well as a
depth of expertise and knowledge of the telecommunications and
directory assistance industries that will catapult FIND.com as a
universal local search destination for consumers, businesses, and
information service providers,� reports Stuart Yarbrough, Chairman
of the Board for Scientigo. Yarborough continues, �We are pleased
to have someone of Mr. Pettit�s caliber and experience lead the
charge in delivering next generation search solutions.� Mr. Pettit
was a key contributor in the development of the existing 411
Directory Assistance platform. He has served as president, and or
Director of several successful companies, including Global
Directory Solutions, and InfoCall, an international company engaged
in providing comprehensive Directory Assistance services for
telephone, cellphone and Internet users. He was a founder of LSSi,
the world's leading provider of telephony-sourced national
databases of telephone listings. He has also served as Vice
President of Bell Atlantic International, where he started and led
Bell Atlantic's global business operations. Mr. Pettit, as CEO and
Chairman of Bell Atlantic Asia Pacific, was responsible for the
creation of over $120 million in new business in the Far East.
Pettit also led Bell Atlantic's effort to acquire New Zealand
Telecom. Prior to his tenure at Bell Atlantic, he spent nearly 30
years serving in numerous executive positions at IBM. Mr. Pettit
has extensive board experience, having served as a director of SKY
TV (New Zealand), Pacific Star (Australia), Mobiltel (Indonesia),
CSM (Indonesia), as well as various internal and external companies
related to IBM and Bell Atlantic. About Scientigo� Scientigo�
(pronounced "see-ENH-Tigo"), owner of the powerful URL FIND.com,
provides innovative software solutions and media services to
capitalize on emerging local search opportunities, leveraging its
multi-patented next generation search technology. The Company is
focused in mobile and local search, with initial concentration in
the Enhanced Directory Assistance market. Scientigo� also provides
enterprises the ability to capture, organize, store and find any
type of information. Scientigo�'s patented Tigo� technology boosts
productivity and corporate agility, reduces document management and
research costs, and delivers ROI to the customer. Important
third-party independent software and solution providers are
licensing Scientigo�'s technologies to improve the capabilities,
benefits and market appeal of their offerings; and to accelerate
their time-to-market for the next-generation of intelligent
information acquisition and retrieval systems. To learn more,
please visit www.scientigo.com. This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
indicated by words such as "expects," "intends," "anticipates,"
"believes" and similar expressions. Our ability to achieve the
results anticipated in such forward-looking statements is subject
to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the
potential interest of third parties in our intellectual property
portfolio, any potential growth of our company, our ability to
successfully maximize the value of our intellectual property
assets, in addition to general economic conditions, operating
results, market acceptance of our solutions and other risks
detailed from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made
in accordance with "safe harbor" provided by the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and no assurance can be given that
the future results that are the subject of such forward-looking
statements will be achieved. The Company undertakes no obligation
to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise. Scientigo(TM), Inc. (OTCBB:SCNG), a technological
innovator in local/mobile search, enhanced directory assistance
solutions and a wide array of location based services, today
announced that Harry Pettit, respected veteran of the telecom and
directory assistance industries, will provide new leadership and
vision as Chief Executive Officer. "Our primary focus is to provide
a better way to FIND and deliver relevant information," Pettit
stated. "FIND.com, our local search destination portal, facilitates
access to valuable Internet-based information for all telephone,
mobile and Internet users." Prior to the Board of Directors
appointing Mr. Pettit as CEO, the position had been vacant. The
Board of Directors also announced that Cynthia White will be taking
a temporary personal leave of absence and will step down as
President and Chief Operating Officer during that period.
Commenting on the appointment of Mr. Pettit as CEO, Ms. White
stated: "I am delighted that Harry Pettit is coming on board at
Scientigo and I am looking forward to a quick return to the Company
and working with Harry." Under Pettit's direction, the Company will
continue to leverage proprietary and patented intellectual
properties to establish FIND.com as a robust local search platform
supporting both consumer internet local search and Enhanced
Directory Assistance (EDA) services, and to deliver the Intelligent
Document Recognition (IDR) product for enterprise content
management. "Harry brings proven leadership and strategic vision to
this position, as well as a depth of expertise and knowledge of the
telecommunications and directory assistance industries that will
catapult FIND.com as a universal local search destination for
consumers, businesses, and information service providers," reports
Stuart Yarbrough, Chairman of the Board for Scientigo. Yarborough
continues, "We are pleased to have someone of Mr. Pettit's caliber
and experience lead the charge in delivering next generation search
solutions." Mr. Pettit was a key contributor in the development of
the existing 411 Directory Assistance platform. He has served as
president, and or Director of several successful companies,
including Global Directory Solutions, and InfoCall, an
international company engaged in providing comprehensive Directory
Assistance services for telephone, cellphone and Internet users. He
was a founder of LSSi, the world's leading provider of
telephony-sourced national databases of telephone listings. He has
also served as Vice President of Bell Atlantic International, where
he started and led Bell Atlantic's global business operations. Mr.
Pettit, as CEO and Chairman of Bell Atlantic Asia Pacific, was
responsible for the creation of over $120 million in new business
in the Far East. Pettit also led Bell Atlantic's effort to acquire
New Zealand Telecom. Prior to his tenure at Bell Atlantic, he spent
nearly 30 years serving in numerous executive positions at IBM. Mr.
Pettit has extensive board experience, having served as a director
of SKY TV (New Zealand), Pacific Star (Australia), Mobiltel
(Indonesia), CSM (Indonesia), as well as various internal and
external companies related to IBM and Bell Atlantic. About
Scientigo(TM) Scientigo(TM) (pronounced "see-ENH-Tigo"), owner of
the powerful URL FIND.com, provides innovative software solutions
and media services to capitalize on emerging local search
opportunities, leveraging its multi-patented next generation search
technology. The Company is focused in mobile and local search, with
initial concentration in the Enhanced Directory Assistance market.
Scientigo(TM) also provides enterprises the ability to capture,
organize, store and find any type of information. Scientigo(TM)'s
patented Tigo(TM) technology boosts productivity and corporate
agility, reduces document management and research costs, and
delivers ROI to the customer. Important third-party independent
software and solution providers are licensing Scientigo(TM)'s
technologies to improve the capabilities, benefits and market
appeal of their offerings; and to accelerate their time-to-market
for the next-generation of intelligent information acquisition and
retrieval systems. To learn more, please visit www.scientigo.com.
This news release may contain forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are indicated by words such as
"expects," "intends," "anticipates," "believes" and similar
expressions. Our ability to achieve the results anticipated in such
forward-looking statements is subject to risks and uncertainties,
including, without limitation, the potential interest of third
parties in our intellectual property portfolio, any potential
growth of our company, our ability to successfully maximize the
value of our intellectual property assets, in addition to general
economic conditions, operating results, market acceptance of our
solutions and other risks detailed from time to time in our reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
forward-looking statements are made in accordance with "safe
harbor" provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and no assurance can be given that the future results that are
the subject of such forward-looking statements will be achieved.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise
the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
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