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Kris Kolodziej Named Vice President of Location Services at aisle411aisle411, the premier mobile retail navigation service, today announced the appointment of Kris Kolodziej as vice president of location services. In this role, Kolodziej will lead all location-based services development to support aisle411’s rapid growth as it continues to deliver on its promise to provide the most convenient in-store shopping experience for customers. Kris Kolodziej has been in the mobile, location services and geospatial fields for over a decade, during which he was responsible for product development and business innovation for startups as well as large companies. Kris was the CTO of Spime Inc., which was acquired by Trimble Navigation. Additionally, Kris was part of the Verizon Wireless product management team related to cloud and location services. “As a seasoned executive who specializes in indoor mapping, indoor positioning and mobile location services, Kris brings invaluable expertise and leadership to aisle411,” said Nathan Pettyjohn, CEO, aisle411. “Having authored a book on indoor location services, Kris will bring strength and vision to aisle411 that will enhance the mobile user experience.” aisle411 empowers anyone with a mobile phone to find products and promotions quickly and easily in retail stores with a unique in-store search and comprehensive mobile retail shopping solution. “I have been thoroughly impressed with aisle411’s approach to developing a simple and efficient way to help its customers enhance the shopping experience with searchable indoor maps and indoor wayfinding,” said Kolodziej. “I am thrilled to be part of this team and look forward to supporting aisle411 as it changes the in-store shopping experience forever.” Kris wrote the book on indoor location services: “Local Positioning Systems: LBS Services and Applications.” He holds graduate degrees from MIT. Supporting Resources: • Google Play/Android Market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details id=com.aisle411 • iPhone App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aisle411/id394218369 mt=8 • Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/aisle411 • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/aisle411Inc As a community-building service, TMCnet allows user submitted content which is not always proofed by TMCnet editors. If you feel this entry is of inferior quality or wish to report it for some reason, please forward the URL to "webedit [AT] tmcnet [DOT] com" with your comments. |