Mobile Industry Veteran Fred Beckley Joins Quepasa Corporation as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Affa
November 28, 2011 09:22 ET
Mobile Industry Veteran Fred Beckley Joins Quepasa Corporation as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Affairs
Brings More Than 20 Years' Experience in Business Development, M&A and Regulatory Activities
NEW HOPE, PA--(Marketwire - Nov 28, 2011) - Social media technology company Quepasa Corporation (
Most recently, Beckley served as Executive Vice President, Business Development & General Counsel for TruePosition, Inc., a wireless location company owned by Liberty Media Corporation, where he served as head of the Business Development, Legal, Regulatory, and Technical Standards departments. While at TruePosition, he negotiated and drafted the business and legal framework for the first national deployment of the company's new technology and led the company's successful intellectual property litigation and licensing efforts.
"Throughout his career, Fred Beckley has demonstrated the ability to propel businesses to the next level," says John Abbott, CEO of Quepasa Corporation. "As Quepasa Corporation recently merged with myYearbook, we are intent on building the best place to meet new people together. Mr. Beckley brings the talent and experience required to realize that goal, and we are pleased to welcome him to our team."
Prior to TruePosition, Beckley held leadership positions at Verizon Wireless where he served as Senior Counsel for Business Development and at the former Bell Atlantic Corporation in the Mergers and Acquisitions department and as General Counsel for several Bell Atlantic companies. Beckley's expertise will enable him to help drive the future ventures of the company as a leader in meeting new people.
Mr. Beckley graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he served as Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal, and received his M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School.
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