Encounter Collaborative CEO Bruce Frydenlund Tapped for Presentation at Collaborate East Conference and Trade Show

Bruce Frydenlund, Pres. and CEO is presenting at the Collaborate 2002 Conference next week. His expertise in the collaboration industry makes him a perfect candidate to speak on the "Convergence of telephony and web and how it has changed business".

Portland, Ore. -- Bruce Frydenlund, chief executive officer and president of Encounter Collaborative, a 16-year-old collaboration service provider, has been tapped to speak at the upcoming Collaborate East 2002 Conference and Trade Show. Frydenlund, an acknowledged expert in the convergence of web conferencing and telephony will address executives from small start-ups to large Fortune 100 organizations and government and educational agencies who are taking advantage of the enormous benefits of collaborative tools and services.
Frydenlund will speak on web conferencing technologies of today and what the industry might expect tomorrow for business, personal and governmental applications in real-time collaborative communication among dispersed parties, domestic and international. Frydenlund will address trends in voice-over Internet protocol, convergence of telephony and web, remote and multi-point presentations and meetings, rich media enhancements, organization and project management with geographically dispersed teams.
Frydenlund, the acknowledged expert on the adaptation of telephony with web conferencing technology, is a visionary with extensive accomplishments and experience in the communications industry. Mr. Frydenlund has been instrumental in the development of four successful high-tech companies that set out to enable dispersed communities to share mission-critical information. They include Alpine Data Systems, a pioneer in data collaboration tools; Apogee 2000, the developer of the early model for inter-voice mail platform technology; Envoy Icon, purchased by PlaceWare in 2000, and Envoy Global, which now has become Encounter Collaborative Corporation

According to Collaborate East event coordinators, some of the other important industry issues that will be discussed and presented at the Collaborate East event include*:
Why a collaborative workplace must be a strategic priority for your organization;
How a collaborative workplace saves money and increases profits
How collaborative teams lead to effective results
How to forge collaborative partnerships to get favorable pricing
How collaboration is revolutionizing CRM and supply-chain management
The best collaborative solutions for your organization
How to measure collaborative tools' ROI
Who are the leading suppliers of collaborative tools

About Encounter Collaborative Corporation
Encounter Collaborative Corporation is a leader in real time collaborative audio and web-based conferencing. Headquartered in Portland, Ore., Encounter Collaborative offers interactive business communications services worldwide that enable end-users to share content and applications before, during and after a conference call for a spontaneous, seamless environment. All tools integrate audio and web content to ensure predictability, reliability and security. For additional information, please visit www.e2c.com or call 800.290.5900.

*From the Collaborate East website.