Major Randeep Hundal (Born 7th June 1976) also known as ‘Sunny’ fourth-generation Indian Army Officer, and currently director of Innovision Limited and presently serving with 124 Sikh Territorial Army.
Early life and education
Major Randeep Hundal was born in Batala in Gurdaspur district in the Indian state of Punjab. He is a Fourth Generation Officer. His father was a Colonel in the Indian Army and Grandfather a Major. His Great Grandfather Ressaidar Bur Singh was awarded Military Cross in World War-I while serving with British Army. Hundal was educated at different schools in India and graduated from DAV College, Chandigarh. He graduated from DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh in 1999, received his MBA from Symbiosis International University, Pune in International Business in 2005.
Military career
Hundal was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion of The Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry(Khalid-E-Kashmir) on 2nd Sep 2000. An Alumini of , Chennai was part of Short Service Course(SSC)- 70. He served with 3 JAKLI for 5 years and resigned on 01 Sep 2005 after successfully completing his tenure. During his stint with 3 JAKLI he participated in various counter insurgency operations in Manipur. He had conducted one of the most successful raids on terrorist’s training camp in Manipur and apprehended 14 militants alive. He has participated in Operation Hifazat and Operation Parakaram and has been awarded with Samanya Seva Medal 1965 with clasp Manipur.In Oct 2011 Major Hundal took commission in 124 SIKH(Territorial Army) and is presently posted at New Delhi.
Post-military career
Hundal' after leaving the military did his MBA from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon in 2006. He joined a real estate company as Senior Vice President for Marketing and Sales. In 2007, January he floated his own company SRT Innovision Services Private Limited, based in Gurgaon, which in 2010 became a public limited company known as Innovision Limited.
Awards and recognition
Hundal has recently been conferred with "Young Security Entrepreneur of the Year-2013 National Award".
He is President of All India Ex-Short Service Commission Society (AIESSCOS), and a member of the governing council at the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI)] in India.
Early life and education
Major Randeep Hundal was born in Batala in Gurdaspur district in the Indian state of Punjab. He is a Fourth Generation Officer. His father was a Colonel in the Indian Army and Grandfather a Major. His Great Grandfather Ressaidar Bur Singh was awarded Military Cross in World War-I while serving with British Army. Hundal was educated at different schools in India and graduated from DAV College, Chandigarh. He graduated from DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh in 1999, received his MBA from Symbiosis International University, Pune in International Business in 2005.
Military career
Hundal was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion of The Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry(Khalid-E-Kashmir) on 2nd Sep 2000. An Alumini of , Chennai was part of Short Service Course(SSC)- 70. He served with 3 JAKLI for 5 years and resigned on 01 Sep 2005 after successfully completing his tenure. During his stint with 3 JAKLI he participated in various counter insurgency operations in Manipur. He had conducted one of the most successful raids on terrorist’s training camp in Manipur and apprehended 14 militants alive. He has participated in Operation Hifazat and Operation Parakaram and has been awarded with Samanya Seva Medal 1965 with clasp Manipur.In Oct 2011 Major Hundal took commission in 124 SIKH(Territorial Army) and is presently posted at New Delhi.
Post-military career
Hundal' after leaving the military did his MBA from Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon in 2006. He joined a real estate company as Senior Vice President for Marketing and Sales. In 2007, January he floated his own company SRT Innovision Services Private Limited, based in Gurgaon, which in 2010 became a public limited company known as Innovision Limited.
Awards and recognition
Hundal has recently been conferred with "Young Security Entrepreneur of the Year-2013 National Award".
He is President of All India Ex-Short Service Commission Society (AIESSCOS), and a member of the governing council at the Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI)] in India.
Boris M. Jerkunica is a native of Croatia who lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two daughters. He has founded or co-founded several companies including Software Builders International, NetZIP, ZivVa/Vocalocity and Atlanta Silverbacks Park. He is currently the co-owner and chairman of Atlanta Silverbacks which consists of Atlanta Silverbacks FC, Atlanta Silverbacks Suwanee Indoor and Atlanta Silverbacks Park, a soccer facility consisting of a 5,000 seat stadium plus three international size soccer fields and a restaurant. He is also the largest individual shareholder and Board Member of Vocalocity, Inc.
Jerkunica moved with his family to Atlanta in 1975 while he was still in elementary school. He graduated from Emory University in 1987 with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. While at Emory, he received All-American honors and still holds both the all time scoring and assist records in soccer for the school. From 1987 to 1992, he worked for IBM as a software architect.
In 1992, Jerkunica started his first software business, Software Builders, which developed client/server e-commerce software for companies such as IBM, Thomas Publishing, etc.
He sold the company in 1997.
In 1996, Jerkunica co-founded Netzip, Inc. (however, the netzip.com website identified the company name as Software Builders International until 1999). The company developed the NetZIP product that pioneered the download market. Netzip, Inc. was purchased by RealNetworks in January 2000. NetZIP download technology and its development team was spun out into MusicNet, a joint venture between RealNetworks, AOL, Sony, and BMG, whose charter was to distribute music legally over the internet. Boris served as CTO of MusicNet from 2000 to 2001.
In September 2003, Jerkunica co-founded Zivva (now Vocalocity, Inc.), where Jerkunica served as CEO from 2005 through 2009. ZivVa/Vocalocity helped pioneer the VoIP Hosted PBX market and is one of the leaders in that market today. Vocalocity was named to Inc 500 fastest growing companies two years in a row - 2011 & 2012.
Jerkunica moved with his family to Atlanta in 1975 while he was still in elementary school. He graduated from Emory University in 1987 with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. While at Emory, he received All-American honors and still holds both the all time scoring and assist records in soccer for the school. From 1987 to 1992, he worked for IBM as a software architect.
In 1992, Jerkunica started his first software business, Software Builders, which developed client/server e-commerce software for companies such as IBM, Thomas Publishing, etc.
He sold the company in 1997.
In 1996, Jerkunica co-founded Netzip, Inc. (however, the netzip.com website identified the company name as Software Builders International until 1999). The company developed the NetZIP product that pioneered the download market. Netzip, Inc. was purchased by RealNetworks in January 2000. NetZIP download technology and its development team was spun out into MusicNet, a joint venture between RealNetworks, AOL, Sony, and BMG, whose charter was to distribute music legally over the internet. Boris served as CTO of MusicNet from 2000 to 2001.
In September 2003, Jerkunica co-founded Zivva (now Vocalocity, Inc.), where Jerkunica served as CEO from 2005 through 2009. ZivVa/Vocalocity helped pioneer the VoIP Hosted PBX market and is one of the leaders in that market today. Vocalocity was named to Inc 500 fastest growing companies two years in a row - 2011 & 2012.
"Out of Peekskill" is the two-part eighth season premiere of the American sitcom The Facts of Life that served as the 154th and 155th episodes of the series which originally aired as a one-hour episode on Saturday, September 27, 1986 from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. EST on NBC. The episode was directed by John Bowab and written by Michael Maurer and Paul Haggis. The first part was videotaped on July 22 and the second on July 29, 1986 in front of a live audience at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, California.
This was also the final episode to feature Charlotte Rae in her role as Mrs. Edna Garrett. Rae initially reduced her role in seasons six and seven, and later decided to leave the series altogether to pursue other projects. In this episode, Rae received a special credit in the show's opening as a "Special Guest Appearance". In addition to Rae's departure, Cloris Leachman joined the cast as Mrs. Garrett's sister, Beverly Ann Stickle, who took over her responsibilities as property owner for Mrs. Garrett's house and the boutique store called Over Our Heads, and looked after the girls. Mackenzie Astin also became the series' main cast regular as Andy Moffett.
Synopsis
Part 1
Natalie attempts to write a story and decides to explore a "personal and intimate" experience from her recent past. The girls return from summer vacation and Tootie reveals that Edna has been spending a lot of time with Dr. Bruce Gaines, an old flame from her Peace Corps days. The happy couple returns from a date and, once alone, they reminisce about their early days together overseas. Bruce proposes and Edna happily accepts, but he then reveals that he is returning to Africa with the Corps in two weeks and wants her to come along with him. She regretfully tells him that she has built a life in Peekskill and cannot leave, but she then suffers a strange nightmare depicting her own dull funeral. Blair admits that she killed her because she was "boring her to death," and the girls ignore her protests that her life had meaning.
Edna awakens and tells the girls about Bruce's proposal, deciding that she will marry him and head off to Africa after all. The girls are stunned, but admit that they too will eventually leave and, in "a flashback within a flashback," think back to the many ways that Edna has helped and supported them over the years. They begin to plan the wedding, but Edna then tells them that their departure date has been moved up and that she is leaving on the following day. She frets that she cannot marry without her sister Beverly Ann present, but Blair remains determined to give her a proper wedding and hands out assignments for assembling the late-night ceremony, badgering a city clerk for a license as Tootie attempts to pack Edna's belongings. When the scatterbrained Beverly Ann finally arrives, things go from bad to worse when they realize that she has accidentally run over the minister with her car.
Part 2
The minister is found to be relatively uninjured from his encounter with Beverly Ann's terrible driving, but Edna declares that she cannot get married "on a whim" after all and Bruce leaves, upset. Beverly Ann frets that she "always ruins things" for her sister, and Tootie and Blair attempt to convince Edna to go through with the wedding after all as Beverly Ann awkwardly talks to Jo and Natalie, revealing that she has always been jealous of her sister's close bond with the four of them. She sadly retreats to her trailer park and is surprised when all four girls arrive at her mobile home, agreeing that they did not give her a fair chance as their new "mother" because of their sadness over Edna leaving. Edna herself arrives and explains that she was nervous about the wedding and unfairly blamed Beverly, guessing that she and Bruce are not truly meant to be.
Bruce then joins them, however, declaring that he will give up Africa to be with her. She assures him that she wants to go with him, but as they attempt to head back to the house for the wedding, they accidentally drive partway over a cliff. Beverly Ann proves herself as she helps the girls to safety one by one, despite Jo's fear of heights, and then rescues the couple. They decide to hold the ceremony in the trailer park, and Edna takes a moment to tell each of the girls what they have taught her over the years. Beverly Ann promises to be as good of a leader to the girls as Edna has been, though Edna encourages her to be herself in doing so, and Bruce and Edna are finally married. Natalie finishes writing her story, noting that it is a new beginning for their family rather than an ending.
Cast
*Cloris Leachman as Beverly Ann Stickle
*Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner
*Kim Fields as Tootie Ramsey
*Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green
*Mackenzie Astin as Andy Moffett
*Nancy McKeon as Jo Polniaczek
Production notes
*"Out of Peekskill" originally aired as a one-hour episode. When the series went into syndication, it was aired as a two-part episode.
*Brandon Tartikoff, who was the president of NBC Entertainment at the time, described the new changes to season 8 of The Facts of Life saying he "was surprised that The Facts of Life performed well this season, as, with a major cast change and all, I thought it might not perform as it had in the past. Facts has been renewed for next season."
*Cloris Leachman wasn't signed until two weeks before production began when she replaced Charlotte Rae who wanted to go on to other projects.
*The role of Beverly Ann was quite similar to Leachman's character of Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Phyllis from the 1970s. Unfortunately, the character of Beverly Ann was not as popular with viewers as Mrs. Garrett had been. Nevertheless, Leachman remained with the show until it was canceled in 1988.
*The character of Beverly Ann was named after Charlotte Rae's real-life sister Beverly Ann.
*Of her departure, Charlotte Rae explained: "I wanted to move on to do different things. They wanted me to stay a couple more years, they offered me millions to continue."
This was also the final episode to feature Charlotte Rae in her role as Mrs. Edna Garrett. Rae initially reduced her role in seasons six and seven, and later decided to leave the series altogether to pursue other projects. In this episode, Rae received a special credit in the show's opening as a "Special Guest Appearance". In addition to Rae's departure, Cloris Leachman joined the cast as Mrs. Garrett's sister, Beverly Ann Stickle, who took over her responsibilities as property owner for Mrs. Garrett's house and the boutique store called Over Our Heads, and looked after the girls. Mackenzie Astin also became the series' main cast regular as Andy Moffett.
Synopsis
Part 1
Natalie attempts to write a story and decides to explore a "personal and intimate" experience from her recent past. The girls return from summer vacation and Tootie reveals that Edna has been spending a lot of time with Dr. Bruce Gaines, an old flame from her Peace Corps days. The happy couple returns from a date and, once alone, they reminisce about their early days together overseas. Bruce proposes and Edna happily accepts, but he then reveals that he is returning to Africa with the Corps in two weeks and wants her to come along with him. She regretfully tells him that she has built a life in Peekskill and cannot leave, but she then suffers a strange nightmare depicting her own dull funeral. Blair admits that she killed her because she was "boring her to death," and the girls ignore her protests that her life had meaning.
Edna awakens and tells the girls about Bruce's proposal, deciding that she will marry him and head off to Africa after all. The girls are stunned, but admit that they too will eventually leave and, in "a flashback within a flashback," think back to the many ways that Edna has helped and supported them over the years. They begin to plan the wedding, but Edna then tells them that their departure date has been moved up and that she is leaving on the following day. She frets that she cannot marry without her sister Beverly Ann present, but Blair remains determined to give her a proper wedding and hands out assignments for assembling the late-night ceremony, badgering a city clerk for a license as Tootie attempts to pack Edna's belongings. When the scatterbrained Beverly Ann finally arrives, things go from bad to worse when they realize that she has accidentally run over the minister with her car.
Part 2
The minister is found to be relatively uninjured from his encounter with Beverly Ann's terrible driving, but Edna declares that she cannot get married "on a whim" after all and Bruce leaves, upset. Beverly Ann frets that she "always ruins things" for her sister, and Tootie and Blair attempt to convince Edna to go through with the wedding after all as Beverly Ann awkwardly talks to Jo and Natalie, revealing that she has always been jealous of her sister's close bond with the four of them. She sadly retreats to her trailer park and is surprised when all four girls arrive at her mobile home, agreeing that they did not give her a fair chance as their new "mother" because of their sadness over Edna leaving. Edna herself arrives and explains that she was nervous about the wedding and unfairly blamed Beverly, guessing that she and Bruce are not truly meant to be.
Bruce then joins them, however, declaring that he will give up Africa to be with her. She assures him that she wants to go with him, but as they attempt to head back to the house for the wedding, they accidentally drive partway over a cliff. Beverly Ann proves herself as she helps the girls to safety one by one, despite Jo's fear of heights, and then rescues the couple. They decide to hold the ceremony in the trailer park, and Edna takes a moment to tell each of the girls what they have taught her over the years. Beverly Ann promises to be as good of a leader to the girls as Edna has been, though Edna encourages her to be herself in doing so, and Bruce and Edna are finally married. Natalie finishes writing her story, noting that it is a new beginning for their family rather than an ending.
Cast
*Cloris Leachman as Beverly Ann Stickle
*Lisa Whelchel as Blair Warner
*Kim Fields as Tootie Ramsey
*Mindy Cohn as Natalie Green
*Mackenzie Astin as Andy Moffett
*Nancy McKeon as Jo Polniaczek
Production notes
*"Out of Peekskill" originally aired as a one-hour episode. When the series went into syndication, it was aired as a two-part episode.
*Brandon Tartikoff, who was the president of NBC Entertainment at the time, described the new changes to season 8 of The Facts of Life saying he "was surprised that The Facts of Life performed well this season, as, with a major cast change and all, I thought it might not perform as it had in the past. Facts has been renewed for next season."
*Cloris Leachman wasn't signed until two weeks before production began when she replaced Charlotte Rae who wanted to go on to other projects.
*The role of Beverly Ann was quite similar to Leachman's character of Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Phyllis from the 1970s. Unfortunately, the character of Beverly Ann was not as popular with viewers as Mrs. Garrett had been. Nevertheless, Leachman remained with the show until it was canceled in 1988.
*The character of Beverly Ann was named after Charlotte Rae's real-life sister Beverly Ann.
*Of her departure, Charlotte Rae explained: "I wanted to move on to do different things. They wanted me to stay a couple more years, they offered me millions to continue."
Thinxtra is an Australian company that deploys an Internet of Things network based on Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technology in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Thinxtra was founded in June 2015.
Thinxtra’s network is based on Sigfox technology that connects low cost, low energy and long range devices on its network. Sensors such as electricity, humidity, temperature and movement metering, geolocation can be connected to the network.
Devices usually send data to base stations that are then transferred onto Sigfox internet of things platform and can be redirected to any platform via API. The sensing devices are identified on Sigfox gateway through their ID and PAC address.
The Sigfox network covers or is in the process of covering 24 countries. Thinxtra has raised $11 million in capital in the series A, with Rakon as a main investor. Recently, Thinxtra has put a great deal of efforts into developing end-to-end solutions for its customers. It is now expanding in South East Asia in this regard.
Location
Thinxtra’s headquarter is located in Sydney, Australia where its team made of 20 employees deploys the Sigfox network, develops and codevelops products, sells connectivity and value-added services. Thinxtra has opened subsidiaries in Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Hong Kong in the course of its worldwide expansion.
Technology
Thinxtra relies on Sigfox technology to deploy a long range, low cost, low power and secure network.
Sectors
Thinxtra is targeting every market segment from buildings, smart agriculture, cities, living, environment monitoring, e-health, smart utilities to smart industry. Thinxtra’s solutions for these market segments include without limitation: GPS tracking solutions, smoke alarm monitoring, crop management, water irrigation, smart lighting, smart parking, care button command, water and gas metering, etc.
Thinxtra’s network is based on Sigfox technology that connects low cost, low energy and long range devices on its network. Sensors such as electricity, humidity, temperature and movement metering, geolocation can be connected to the network.
Devices usually send data to base stations that are then transferred onto Sigfox internet of things platform and can be redirected to any platform via API. The sensing devices are identified on Sigfox gateway through their ID and PAC address.
The Sigfox network covers or is in the process of covering 24 countries. Thinxtra has raised $11 million in capital in the series A, with Rakon as a main investor. Recently, Thinxtra has put a great deal of efforts into developing end-to-end solutions for its customers. It is now expanding in South East Asia in this regard.
Location
Thinxtra’s headquarter is located in Sydney, Australia where its team made of 20 employees deploys the Sigfox network, develops and codevelops products, sells connectivity and value-added services. Thinxtra has opened subsidiaries in Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Hong Kong in the course of its worldwide expansion.
Technology
Thinxtra relies on Sigfox technology to deploy a long range, low cost, low power and secure network.
Sectors
Thinxtra is targeting every market segment from buildings, smart agriculture, cities, living, environment monitoring, e-health, smart utilities to smart industry. Thinxtra’s solutions for these market segments include without limitation: GPS tracking solutions, smoke alarm monitoring, crop management, water irrigation, smart lighting, smart parking, care button command, water and gas metering, etc.