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Kevin Corson
Kevin Corson
Born	April 10, 1957 (age 67); United States
Education	Eastern Washington University
Occupation(s)	CEO, founder and Chief Vision Officer of Marketing Engineers, Inc.
Website	marketingengineers.com

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Kevin Corson[edit]

Kevin Corson (born April 10, 1957) is a developer, inventor and marketing specialist.

Life and career[edit]

Over the last 25 years, Kevin Corson has developed or brought to market a number of popular cutting-edge, computer-based technologies. They include several worlds’ firsts, such as the first soundcard and voice-recognition products, which include The Sound Master, Voice Blaster, Modem Blaster and Sound Blaster (COVOX, Creative Labs).^[1]

Kevin also brought to market the popular Windows audio-editing software Sound Forge, (Sonic Foundry/SONY), and created DigiPhone,^[2] the world’s first full-duplex Internet phone for the PC and MAC, enabling two or more people to speak over the Internet to each other at the same time. He was also responsible for bringing to market the first handheld software products, Pilot Goodies and The Breeze for Palm Pilots,^[3] picked by Comp-USA and Staples as an OEM product for use with their own support packages. As an inventor Kevin invented the Finger Beamz, a multi-media controller configured to generate MIDI signals which may be worn on a finger of a user.^[4]

Kevin has been a technical and product marketing consultant for companies such as The Dallas Cowboys, Delco, Dial, Ford, Honda, The J. Paul Getty Center and Titan & Wrigley. He founded the High-Tech Broadcasting Network (HBN Inc.) in 1999 to develop The Network Guide,^[5] the world’s first “web-free guide” to online digital content, and a new generation of Web-Free Internet broadcasting, content management and secure peer-to-peer networking technologies.

Kevin is also credited for writing two chapters on “Internet Downloading and Peer-fo-Peer” networking in “ONLINE – THE BOOK ^[6] by John Dvorak and Chris Pirillo.

Kevin lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife Donna.

References[edit]

^ The Free Library, "COVOX SELLS TRADEMARKS TO CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, NAMES NEW PRESIDENT; SETTLEMENT ALLOWS CREATIVE TO REGISTER SOUND BLASTER MARK", TheFreeLibrary.com, 1994
^ Miriam Rozen, "It's the stock price, stupid!' Dallas Observer News, January 1996
^ J. D. Biersdorfer, "LIBRARY/PALM PILOT SOFTWARE; Making Downloads a Breeze", New York Times, 1996
^ Patentdocs, "Kevin Corson, Springfield, OR US", FAQS.org, August 2013
^ Instant Messaging Planet, “New Network Guide Includes P2P, IM,” July, 2002
^ High Beam Business,"Kevin Corson, CEO of HBN, Inc., Is a Key Contributor to "Online! The Book" by Internet Gurus John C. Dvorak and Chris Pirillo..." HighBeam.com, November 2003

[1] The Free Library, "COVOX SELLS TRADEMARKS TO CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY, NAMES NEW PRESIDENT; SETTLEMENT ALLOWS CREATIVE TO REGISTER SOUND BLASTER MARK", TheFreeLibrary.com, 1994

[2] Miriam Rozen, "It's the stock price, stupid!' Dallas Observer News, January 1996

[3] J. D. Biersdorfer, "LIBRARY/PALM PILOT SOFTWARE; Making Downloads a Breeze", New York Times, 1996

[4] Patentdocs, "Kevin Corson, Springfield, OR US", FAQS.org, August 2013

[5] Instant Messaging Planet, “New Network Guide Includes P2P, IM,” July, 2002

[6] High Beam Business,"Kevin Corson, CEO of HBN, Inc., Is a Key Contributor to "Online! The Book" by Internet Gurus John C. Dvorak and Chris Pirillo..." HighBeam.com, November 2003

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