Press Releases

Bob Groppo named OQO VP of Engineering

SAN FRANCISCO– November 13, 2007 – OQO Inc., creator of the world’s smallest fully functional Windows Vista® PC, today announced that Bob Groppo has joined the company as vice president of engineering reporting to Dennis Moore, OQO’s CEO. Taking on responsibility for OQO’s product development, Groppo will oversee the engineering organization including electrical, mechanical, software and wireless teams.

Prior to joining OQO, Groppo was Senior Fellow at Flextronics reporting to the CTO, responsible for driving engineering of new design initiatives and component businesses within Flextronics’ Mobile Handset and Consumer Digital business units. Groppo brings more than 20 years of experience working on PC systems, including mainstream desktop, notebook, appliance and server platforms with expertise spanning from chip-level and system-level architecture at Intel Corporation, to high-availability, scalable server designs at Sun Microsystems.

In addition to his work with PC architecture, Groppo has developed smartphones, digital still cameras, camera modules, portable media players, wireless modules, MIMO antennas and various nontraditional computing platforms.

“I am pleased to welcome Bob to the team. His proven track record for delivering complex engineering programs on schedule, his deep experience in PC and mobile device technologies, and great reputation growing world-class technical teams will be invaluable as OQO continues to advance and expand development of its ultra mobile PC product line and to lead the industry in the creation of this exciting new category,” said Dennis Moore, CEO of OQO.

About OQO

Based in San Francisco, OQO Inc. has redefined mobile computing with its groundbreaking products, including the new ultra-small, powerful, ergonomic, and connected model 02 released in 2007. The OQO model 02 is a full-featured computer running standard Windows XP or Vista® in a pocketable, dockable form factor that gives the mobile individual or workforce true Anytime/Anywhere Productivity™.

Press Contacts:

Matt Phillips
Bite Communications
matt.phillips@bitepr.com
415-939-4185


“OQO”, the OQO logo, and “Anytime/Anywhere Productivity” are trademarks of OQO, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.