Wave Issue 9703 2/17/97 Article 4-01

***Transom – New Company in Human Modeling and Simulation
by John Latta

A new company has been launched with $3m in capitalization from a
private first round investment. Transom’s charter is to “enhance,
support and commercialize” the Jack software originally developed at
the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). The company has received the
worldwide exclusive perpetual rights to Jack. Over $14.5m has been
invested in the development of Jack, in the form of grants and
contracts, to the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation under Dr.
Normal Badler at Penn. The software has been renamed Transom Jack.
James Price is President, CEO and Director and Michael Young is VP for
Product Management. Joining these founders are John Granieri and
Michael Hollick from the Penn who have been responsible for
architecting and developing the software for the last 5 years.

Transom Technologies, Inc.
201 South Main Street
Suite 1000
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(313)761-6001
(313)761-7003 FAX

info@transom.com

www.transom.com