SOURCE: Frame Media, Inc.
April 22, 2008 14:09 ET
Frame Media Hires User Experience Leader and MIT Media Lab Alumna Karen Donoghue as Vice President of Product
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - April 22, 2008) - Frame Media, Inc. (www.framemedia.com), the
leading platform provider for content aggregation and delivery to wireless
picture frames and information appliances, today announced the addition of
an established expert in the field of user experience design, MIT Media Lab
alumna Karen Donoghue as its Vice President of Product. Donoghue will be
responsible for both leading the design of the user experience for Frame
Media's FrameChannel platform as well as helping Frame Media's
semiconductor, ODM, OEM and brand partners define unique user experiences
on networked devices and appliances that are tightly integrated with
FrameChannel content.
"We're thrilled to have Karen join our leadership team," said Jon Finegold,
Chief Operating Officer of Frame Media. "She brings a wealth of experience
in developing cutting edge user experiences for the web as well as for
mobile devices like the Apple iPhone and Motorola RAZR2. Her
connected-device experience and unique skillset will help keep FrameChannel
as the predominant platform for the selection and delivery of content to
today's wireless photo frame and tomorrow's next generation information
appliances."
Along with her work at the MIT Media Lab, Donoghue has led user experience
design for Linux devices at Motorola, led the user experience design for
the SavaJe mobile platform (acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2007, and
rebranded JavaFX Mobile platform) and founded and ran a consulting practice
for several years focused on user experience. She is a published author on
the topic with her book: "Built for Use: Driving Profitability Through the
User Experience" published by McGraw Hill and an inventor on several U.S.
patents related to user experience for devices. In 2006, Donoghue was
honored as one of ten women in technology named to the Mass High Tech
Newspaper's "Women to Watch" list.
ABOUT FRAME MEDIA, INC.
Frame Media is the leading platform provider for content delivery to
wireless digital picture frames and connected gadgets. Its flagship
product, FrameChannel, can be branded and tightly integrated to work with
any Wi-Fi enabled photo frame or connected gadget, transforming these
devices into dynamic information appliances. With FrameChannel, a frame
owner can program a unique stream of content that is updated dynamically,
marrying their own photos with fresh content from a library of hundreds of
channels including news, sports, weather, traffic, stock quotes, horoscopes
and imagery from leading photographic collections. For more information
please visit www.framemedia.com. Frame Media can be reached at
info@framemedia.com or 718-235-3006.