William C. Weiss, Chairman & CEO, The Promar Group LLC, has been named to The Duke Eye Center Advisory Board. He will be involved in understanding additional strategic opportunities and facilitating discussions among other leaders who share an interest in bringing these opportunities forward.

The Advisory Board includes individuals who:

• possess the vitality, vision and values necessary to address the challenges, issues and opportunities facing eye-related health care and philanthropy;
• have demonstrated leadership skills;
• have demonstrated an interest in the advancement of eye care.

The Promar Group LLC, located in Cary, NC, near the famed Research Triangle Park, has been successfully providing corporate leaders, boards and high-net-work investors with counsel and execution assistance for more than 30 years. Some of Promar’s clients include Discovery Communications, Ericsson, GE, IBM, Qualcomm, SAS Institute, Steelcase, The Travel Channel, Toshiba and others.

Mr. Weiss’s work has been in diverse geographies including Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America with expertise in media, telecommunications, information, environmental and emerging technologies.

CEOs, thought leaders, game-changers, investors, foundations and entrepreneurs will gather March 9-11 at We Media Miami to talk about innovation, reinvention, social media, success stories, funding, online business models, the link economy, new ventures and more. William C. Weiss, Chairman and CEO of The Promar Group LLC and Chairman of the Board of iFOCOS, will be a PitchIt! Challenge Judge at We Media Miami ‘10. Learn more or register for the conference at http://wemedia.com/miami/register/.

William Weiss, Chairman & CEO of The Promar Group LLC in Cary, NC has been appointed as the Chairman, Board of Directors for iFOCOS, The Institute for the Connected Society. iFOCOS is located in Reston, VA and is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to enabling a better-informed society. Mr. Weiss was also a co-founder of iFOCOS. More information about iFOCOS can be found at www.ifocos.org.

Mr. William C. Weiss, Chairman & CEO of The Promar Group LLC headquartered in Cary NC since 1972, has just been appointed Chairman of VOCEL’s Board of Directors. VOCEL, headquartered in San Diego, California, provides opt-in, permission based communications and promotion software for the mobile market worldwide. It is used for mobile content, education, health and a variety of other key initiatives. VOCEL’s key investors include Bertelsmann, Motorola and Torstar. More information on the company may be found at their website, http://www.vocel.com. Mr. Weiss previously served as Vice-Chairman of VOCEL’s Board, in addition to his duties as Chairman and CEO of The Promar Group (http://www.promar.com).