Harold Hambrose Is Featured Speaker on Technology’s Power to Impact Urban Life

November 2, 2007

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Harold Hambrose, CEO and Founder of Electronic Ink, today was the featured speaker at the Digital Transformation of Urban Experiences, a design workshop presented by the Irwin L. Gross Institute for Business and Information Technology of the Fox School of Business at Temple University.

The event convened leading academics and practitioners to analyze, design and describe ways to transform urban communities. Participants included designers, architects, technologists, artists, policymakers, engineers and entrepreneurs, who were joined by academics in management, economics, architecture, communication, history and sociology in an effort to identify visionary design scenarios of future digital urban communities.

Temple University partnered with the City of Philadelphia to envision how a broadband wireless network can transform the lives and experiences of residents and visitors, and workshop participants used the Philadelphia Wireless project as inspiration during sessions.

Hambrose, a longtime resident of Philadelphia, is uniquely qualified on the topic of urban transformation, having chosen the city above all others as the location for his software design company when he founded it 17 years ago, and having attracted and retained world class talent since that time.

For nearly two decades, Hambrose and the staff of more than 90 professionals at Electronic Ink have specialized in helping organizations leverage design, human factors and technology to solve problems and create usable systems.

Hambrose addressed participants at an evening reception following the first full day of workshop activities. He urged them to remember that urban environments were no different than any other design challenge when it comes to discovering solutions. Like all other assignments, Hambrose said, consideration should begin with understanding of the user. He detailed how the user experience should drive urban transformation as it relates to offering any technology solution, including the Philadelphia Wireless Project.

Temple University event organizers captured content of the workshop, which is expected to be published in 2008.

Electronic Ink is a co-sponsor of the Irwin L. Gross IBIT program at Temple, alongside companies such as Lockheed Martin and GlaxoSmithKline. Electronic Ink’s sponsorship will support symposiums for leaders in the IT industry, scholarships for students, and awards throughout the 2007–2008 academic year.

About Electronic Ink

From its headquarters in Philadelphia – and at offices in New York, London and Raleigh – Electronic Ink improves the design and usability of software applications, enterprise software and browser-based applications. The company’s staff of nearly 80 experts is dedicated to conducting groundbreaking work in data visualization, user interface design, usability and human factors, and business process analytics for an elite client roster. For more than 18 years, the company’s solutions have earned superior results for the world’s most notable brands in energy, financial services, health care, media and government. Across all categories, clients continue to select Electronic Ink for its proven ability to impact efficiency and maximize productivity.