Media Release
IDELIX Software Inc. Appoints Bijan Sanii as President & CEOFormer head of Infowave Software Inc. to lead IDELIX
VANCOUVER, BC, February 26, 2002 IDELIX Software Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Bijan Sanii as President and Chief Executive Officer. Sanii comes to IDELIX from Infowave Software Inc., a TSE-listed wireless software company, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Sanii will be taking over as CEO from company founder and visionary Dr. David Baar, who will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer to further advance IDELIX's technology leadership within the information visualization software space.
"Bijan is a world-class business leader with a proven track record of success in the technology industry," said Dr. Baar. "He brings with him established relationships with many of our top industry prospects and noteworthy success in guiding companies to market leadership positions. His knowledge and expertise will be an enormous asset to IDELIX as we enter into the next phase of market-focused company development."
Sanii has a twenty-year history as a technology industry executive. He joined Infowave Software in 1997 as General Manager of the Imaging Division, and under his leadership, he successfully restructured the business and generated a record operating profit of 2.2M on revenues of $14.4 M in 1998. Sanii was appointed Infowave's Chief Operating Officer in October of 1998, and was responsible for inking strategic partnership agreements with Intel Corp, Compaq Computer Corporation, and other technology industry leaders. Before joining Infowave, Sanii was the Vice-President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for INETCO Systems Limited. Prior to that, he founded Infomax Computers Ltd., which he grew to one of the largest independent VARs in British Columbia. Sanii currently serves on the Board of Directors for Infowave, NewMedia BC, BC Technology Social Venture Partners, Wireless Innovations Network BC (WINBC), and will be joining the Board of Directors at IDELIX.
"The team of computer scientists at IDELIX with the leadership of Dr. Baar have demonstrated great vision in creating compelling intellectual property providing an innovative solution to the data visualization problem faced by enterprise users in the GIS, CAD, Graphics, the emerging handheld device and other related markets. I am pleased to be joining IDELIX as the company prepares to translate its technology leadership to market success," remarks Sanii. "IDELIX's Pliable Display Technology (PDT) is an innovative solution that provides efficiency gains that will have a dramatic impact on productivity and the bottom line."
"Bijan will be a great asset to IDELIX as the company is now poised to capitalize on significant market opportunities," says Randy Garg, Executive Vice-President of Discovery Capital, and a Director of IDELIX. "As IDELIX prepares for its next round of financing, investor confidence is high. The development team at IDELIX has created truly innovative technologies and they are now bringing in the leadership needed to ensure market and financial success."
About IDELIX
IDELIX Software Inc., www.idelix.com, is a Vancouver-based software company focused on improving the presentation of data and images on computing devices through innovations in Information Visualization and Computer Graphics. Its core technology, Pliable Display Technology ("PDT"), offers an innovative solution to the "screen real estate" problem experienced when viewing large amounts of information on a limited size display.- end -






