VZillion Hires Yves Bergquist to Serve as Company's Chief Strategy Officer
Formerly an Academic Advisor at Singularity University, Bergquist Brings Extensive Experience to Company
MIAMI, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VZillion, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VZIL), innovator of the virtual Internet, has announced that Yves Bergquist will Join VZillion as the company's Chief Strategy Officer.
In this role, Bergquist will work to create on-and-offline strategies to help accomplish VZillion's goals, launching Virtu-Real apartments (real entity with virtual representation) to entrepreneurs seeking to create marketing and advertising opportunities that will allow their brand partners to reach their target audience in truly unique ways.
VZillion utilizes 3D Virtu-Real apartment concept to deliver exclusive content in the form of live concerts, virtual shopping networks, sports & television programming and many other engaging and immersive experiences. VZillion will offer freemium services and collaborative environments and provide content and the monetization strategies needed to succeed on the Web.
"We are excited to have Yves join our executive team," said Antonio Collier, VZillion's founder and CEO. "With Yves's extensive experience in strategic marketing, deep media, gaming and entertainment, we are focusing our attention to our innovative revenue and business models."
Prior to VZillion, Bergquist was an Academic Advisor at Singularity University, a partnership between NASA, Google and ePlanet Ventures, which aims to "assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity's grand challenges."
At Singularity University, Bergquist's roles included co-managing curriculum and strategic development. Additionally, Bergquist spent several years as a consultant, designing business models and competitive strategies in high-velocity environments for clients including the Walt Disney Corporation, Ubisoft Entertainment, the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and the Japan External Trade Organization.
He received his MBA from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, with which he is currently developing "Slum University." Opening in Mumbai, India in 2011, "Slum University" is the world's first academic program focused on the microeconomics of slums. Bergquist lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
About VZillion, Inc.
VZillion, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VZIL) is a virtual social utility and technology company. From The Apartment, the disruptive consumer virtual environment, to their innovative Virtu-Real applications VZillion aims to transform the internet experience. A pioneer in the New Virtual Internet space VZillion utilizes virtual platforms, new media technologies and the power of the crowd to offer a truly immersive experience for their users. From VZillion's revolutionary consumer architecture (I.C.O.R.E.) to their (Pull) philosophy the company is developing a more intimate and personalized Internet experience. For more information, visit www.VZillion.com,
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