Patrick McQuown Joins DOTGO as CEO

NEW YORK, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- New York-based mobile technology start-up company DOTGO today announced that mobile industry pioneer Patrick McQuown has joined the company as CEO. In his new position, McQuown will be responsible for leading the growth of DOTGO's revolutionary mobile business.

"To be part of the DOTGO team is an exciting opportunity for me," said McQuown. "The company's technology is unique, simple and powerful and it allows any company to tap into the marketing potential of a device that almost everyone has—the mobile phone. It truly represents the biggest revolution to text messaging based marketing since Short Message Services (SMS) began. My goal is to bring DOTGO to the forefront of the mobile messaging and marketing business."

McQuown has been at the forefront of mobile marketing business since the mid 1990s and has a consistent track record of success. McQuown comes from SMS services provider SinglePoint, where he developed an entire new line of business serving ad campaigns and other promotions for major media outlets, including NBC, ABC, CBS and MTV Networks. In his role as Vice President for Media, he quickly established SinglePoint as industry leader in that highly competitive space.

Prior to SinglePoint, Patrick was President, CEO and cofounder of Proteus, a leading mobile media company based out of Washington DC. Proteus' design, technology, and strategic services include high-profile organizations such as Fox Sports, MLB, NFL, NASCAR, NCAA College Football, ABC Television, Discovery Communications, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Motorola, Newsweek, Sony, BMW, and The Washington Post. Under McQuown's leadership, Proteus was a pioneer in the mobile space with a number of industry firsts, including the first working Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) website, and the first application that allowed a user to send an SMS from a website to a handset. In addition to wireless application development, Patrick collaborated on the launch of the Speedpass Network for ExxonMobil, the largest and most successful contactless payment technology using RFID. Proteus was sold in January 2004 to Telitas, AS a Scandinavian concern.

McQuown also is a graduate professor at Georgetown University where he instructs "Implications of Ubiquitous Network Devices", an original course he created specifically for their Communication, Culture and Technology department.

"Patrick is a recognized leader in the rapidly growing mobile media services world, and we are proud to have him on board," said Stefan Gromoll, President of Technology and co-founder of DOTGO. "His real-world experience will help guide DOTGO to the next level of success."

About DOTGO

DOTGO is a powerful new mobile publishing company that allows any company, brand, or web site to quickly, easily, and cheaply offer mobile services, with particular emphasis on text messaging. DOTGO was founded in 2007 by Kenneth M. Lanzetta, a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, and Stefan Gromoll, a former graduate student in astrophysics at Stony Brook University. DOTGO has been partially funded by the National Science Foundation and recently received investment from TomorrowVentures and EPIC Ventures.

SOURCE DOTGO