Welcome,
As we kick off 2010, it is with a strong sense of opportunity and potential. On the horizon are an extraordinary range of involvements that will enable KCOMM to make new contributions to both clients and community in the new year. Here are a few highlights:
Sincerely, 
Sinan Kanatsiz Chairman / CEO KCOMM 
PS...Mentor someone transitioning from college to the real world, they need you! |
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Key Contacts:
Sinan Kanatsiz Chairman and CEO sinan@kcomm.com (949) 443-9300 Jeff Montejano President of Public Affairs jeff@kcomm.com (949) 542-8954 Dave Holscher VP of Public Relations dave@kcomm.com (949) 295-5515 Resources: Kingston on Facebook facebook.com/KingstonSSD Insight Schools www.insightschools.net KCOMM www.kcomm.com |
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Orange County Reception to Honor U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert Elon Musk Will Join Local Business Leaders KCOMM is excited to join Orange County business leaders for a reception in honor of Congressman Ken Calvert taking place on Monday, February 22, at the new Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, CA. The Lyon Air Museum has on exhibit some of the most rare operational aircraft and vehicles one will find anywhere. General William Lyon will give a special report at the event on World War II aircraft and on the machines and artifacts that helped define the 20th century.  Co-hosted by Willa Dean and General William Lyon with Christina and Bill H. Lyon, this event will feature special guest Elon Musk, Founder, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, and Co-Founder, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors. Musk will speak on electric transportation and space travel. Congressman Calvert will provide an exclusive Capitol Hill update and a forecast on what can be expected as we embark on 2010. A VIP photo-op and reception will take place from 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. with the general reception from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Tickets to this exclusive event are still available. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Sinan Kanatsiz at sinan@kcomm.com.
Focus Group Helps Insight Schools Serve Students in L.A. County Session Gathered Key Information on At-Risk Youth 
Given the current state of education in California, many high school students are in need of alternative solutions for their education. KCOMM facilitated a focus group session for Insight School of California - Los Angeles in Sherman Oaks, CA to gauge public opinion on education and education alternatives.
Twenty-four students and parents from the greater Los Angeles area were recruited at random to participate in a discussion on current education pros and cons, alternative solutions and online education. The results will be analyzed by Insight Schools to further improve their outreach to the community and to youth who could benefit from an online approach. KCOMM will also launch an online survey for Insight Schools based on the focus group results to gather further results. Insight School of California - Los Angeles is the premier full-time, diploma-granting, online, public high school offered tuition-free for California residents in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura and Kern counties. Insight is educating a broad group of high-school-age youth who, for a variety of reasons, need an alternative to the traditional high school experience. Insight students earn their diploma in a personalized, student-led, teacher-facilitated program where they can complete their studies at their own speed and in their own setting using a school-supplied laptop computer. For more information on Insight School of California - Los Angeles, visit www.insightca.net.
Kingston and KCOMM Roll Out Strategic Social Media Program 
Kingston Technology, the world's leading provider of memory products, has embarked on an aggressive social media strategy designed to build a unique community focused initially on its innovative SSDNow solid-state drives.
KCOMM is helping Kingston achieve its social media goals with assistance in social media strategy; site building on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and blogs; content development; and fan outreach. Since the program's recent introduction, the Kingston Facebook site has attracted over 2,000 fans and is continually growing. The latest aspect of the Kingston social media effort is a giveaway of 60 Kingston flash-memory based products, including SSDNow drives. The giveaway is designed to provide an incentive for people to join the Kingston Facebook community where they can learn about the latest in IT technology and memory while sharing information of benefit to other members of the community. Click here to become a Fan of Kingston on Facebook and be entered to win free memory products.
Emmy-Winning Journalist and Attorney To Serve KCOMM 
Manny Medrano, a well-known Southern California television journalist and attorney, is serving as an independent contractor and Vice President of Corporate and Legal Marketing for KCOMM. In addition to his Emmy and Golden Mike Award-winning career as a journalist, Medrano is an experienced and highly respected attorney with an extraordinary record as a federal prosecutor.
A graduate of Harvard Law School and Adjunct Professor of Law, Medrano conducted complex business litigation and white collar criminal defense in state and federal courts for the law firms Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Cox Castle & Nicholson. He also served as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles, where he tried 60 cases to verdict, never losing a jury trial. Medrano tried numerous precedent-setting cases. He received the prestigious Department of Justice Director's Award for Superior Performance for his work on the explosive trial in the murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena. He has distinguished himself as an Emmy and Golden Mike award-winning reporter/anchor for KTLA News and KNBC News in Los Angeles and is a former member of the prestigious ranks of the U.S. Supreme Court press corps, where he served as a Supreme Court/Legal Affairs correspondent for ABC News in Washington, D.C. He appears regularly as a legal commentator on network and local television and radio programs, including ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, E! Entertainment and NPR. |
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