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Presto Services Inc. Expands Board of Directors
Tuesday 12. February 2008 - Former HP Senior Vice President, Pradeep Jotwani, Joins Presto Board
Presto Services Inc. today announced that former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) executive, Pradeep Jotwani, has joined Presto’s Board of Directors.
Pradeep joins Presto after a 25-year career at HP, where he served most recently as senior vice president for the $16 billion global Imaging and Printing Supplies business. He currently serves as an advisor to a handful of start-up companies in Silicon Valley and is on the advisory board of the Markkula Center of Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.
“I am thrilled to be a part of Presto and have been quite passionate about the company since they first partnered with HP,” said Mr. Jotwani. “I am very interested in exploring how Presto’s technology can be incorporated into other wide-ranging consumer and business applications and look forward to being a part of the company’s evolution.”
In 1996, Pradeep founded HP’s Consumer Business Organization, the company’s first formal go-to-market effort focused specifically on the consumer segment. The business grew dramatically, and by 2002 HP was a $15 billion supplier of consumer products ranging from home PCs and printers to digital entertainment and photography products. Prior to this, Pradeep held a number of general management, channel marketing and category marketing positions at HP, both in the U.S. and Germany.
“While at HP, Pradeep worked closely with the Presto team prior to and following the company’s inception and has always been a great supporter,” said Raymond Stern, Presto CEO. “His deep knowledge of the printer industry and impressive experience building consumer businesses and retail strategies will add tremendous value to the Presto team, and we are excited to work with him.”
The Presto Service and HP Printing Mailbox allows individuals or businesses without a PC or Internet connection to receive email, digital photos or PDF documents sent from any email-capable mobile phone, PDA or computer. These electronic transmissions are sent via a Presto-provided email address to the Presto Service, which prepares them for retrieval by the HP Printing Mailbox using an existing phone line. Email and attached photos or PDF documents are then automatically printed allowing Presto users to connect to the digital world without the complexity or cost of a computer or Internet connection.