Knovel Director John Patrick Named IEEE Fellow
Published In: Business, New York 
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 5:00 AM
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Knovel (www.knovel.com) today announced
that John R. Patrick, a member of Knovel's board of directors, has been named
an IEEE Fellow in recognition of his leadership in technical and policy
development of the World Wide Web. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of
membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor
and an important career achievement.

Mr. Patrick was a founding member of the World Wide Web Consortium at MIT
in 1994 and of the Global Internet Project in 1995. Mr. Patrick was also
instrumental in the development of e-commerce at IBM in 1997 as vice president
for Internet technology. He is a member of the Internet Society, the
Association for Computing Machinery, and The International Honor Society Beta
Gamma Sigma. His book, Net Attitude, was published in 2001 and helped guide
corporate strategies to leverage the Internet.

Mr. Patrick is a member of the board of directors of Jupitermedia, Knovel,
Danbury Hospital and Danbury Health Systems, as well as a member of the Lehigh
University Engineering Advisory Board.

"It's great to have the IEEE validate the reason we recruited John to our
board," said Chris Forbes, CEO of Knovel. "John is a visionary with deep
understanding of the role the Internet can and should play in helping people
tackle their work efficiently and effectively. His insights meshed perfectly
with the deep domain expertise of our board members who were principal
executives at Thompson and Oxford University Press."


About IEEE

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) - the world's
largest technical professional society - fosters technological innovation and
excellence for the benefit of humanity. Through its more than 370,000 members
in 160 countries, IEEE is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas
ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical
engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the
advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's
literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science
fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards. The
organization also sponsors or co-sponsors nearly 400 international technical
conferences each year.


About Knovel

Knovel (www.knovel.com) is an online resource used by applied scientists
and practicing engineers around the world to quickly locate relevant and
reliable technical information. Knovel's thousands of customers include 75 of
the Fortune 500 companies and 300 leading engineering and science universities
worldwide.

Knovel has uniquely optimized content, search capabilities, and
interactive tools for specific engineering disciplines. Knovel's content
includes material properties, process and design information, standard
procedures, equations, and formulations. Close to 2,000 leading reference
works and databases from over 40 international publishers and professional
societies are integrated to provide a single source of answers to technical
questions.


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Tuesday, February 5, 2008 5:00 AM

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