SoonR Names Patrick McVeigh CEO
SoonR, a global leader in delivering access to computer files and applications across converged networks, today announced that Patrick McVeigh has joined the company as its CEO. In addition, SoonR founder Martin Frid-Nielsen has been appointed Chairman and Chief Product Officer.
According to Frid-Nielsen, “SoonR is now perfectly positioned to leap even further ahead in the area of providing mobile services to businesses around the world. Patrick McVeigh has been on the board of directors and intimately involved with SoonR the past 18 months and brings over 25 years experience in the telecommunications, personal computing, and software industries, and I look forward to working with him to solidify SoonR’s reach and impact.”
Prior to joining SoonR, McVeigh was the CEO of PalmSource, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSRC), a global leader in mobile handset operating systems. While at PalmSource, he repositioned the company and transformed it from being a provider of proprietary operating systems to a leadership position in providing open source based Linux operating systems for mobile phones. He led the company through a competitive bidding process, which resulted in the company’s acquisition by ACCESS Company, Ltd. He also served as the CEO of Aliph Corporation, a developer of next-generation audio and speech technologies for mobile communications devices.
As founder, Chairman, and CEO of OmniSky Corporation, McVeigh led the development and execution of a service launch that provided wireless data services to carriers such as AT&T Wireless and Verizon within one year of the founding of the business. He raised over $250MM in funding through private offerings and a successful IPO, and subsequently sold the business to Earthlink. Prior to that, he served in a variety of executive sales and marketing roles at both Palm Inc. and Apple Computer.
“SoonR has developed an extensible global application platform that delivers unique solutions across converged networks and devices,” said Patrick McVeigh, CEO of SoonR. “SoonR’s innovative technology enables SoonR’s partners to extend to their customers the ability to access critical data and applications across fixed, cellular, and WiFi networks. Additionally, SoonR’s ability to display critical content across a variety of devices including mobile handsets, PC’s, and UMPC’s, enables the mobile business professional to remain productive anytime, anywhere regardless of the state of their computer.”
“Patrick is a terrific addition to the company. He has been on the SoonR board for over a year and has deep relationships in the mobile industry from his days as CEO of PalmSource,” said William Quigley, Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners. “The SoonR board is delighted to have such an accomplished industry veteran assume the CEO role.” Clearstone Venture Partners was the lead investor in the Series A round.
About SoonR
The SoonR service links any Internet-capable mobile device to applications and data on any computer anywhere in the world, across any network and without the requirement of servers or expensive software. People can remotely access SoonR Desktop to search and access documents and images; SoonR Organizer for email, scheduling and contacts; and SoonR Talk for mobile VoIP. SoonR integrates with Google Desktop Search, Yahoo! Desktop Search, X1, Spotlight, MSN Desktop Search, Outlook Office 2007 and Skype. PC-based data is automatically formatted for any mobile device and without any SoonR software on the handset. SoonR is built on a secure and extensible, open standards based application platform and works across carriers and handset operating systems including Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm and others. The basic SoonR service is free.
Since internet access is necessary to use SoonR, the user must have data service from their carrier and some carrier SMS charges may apply.
SoonR was founded in 2005 and is based in both Silicon Valley and Denmark. For more information, visit www.soonr.com
SoonR is a registered trademark of SoonR, Inc., PalmSource, Omnisky, ACCESS, Earthlink, Apple, Skype, Google, Spotlight, Yahoo!, X1, Windows Vista, Microsoft, MSN, Office 2007, Outlook, Mac OS, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, Palm are trademarks of their respective owners.