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Mr. Larry Weber is widely recognized as one of the industry's foremost visionaries in applying technology to the practice of public relations. His philosophy is aggressively adopting today's technology to drive the improvement of communications.For more than 20 years, Mr. Weber has provided counsel to a variety of clients such as Lotus Development, Marshalls, Bell Atlantic Mobile, and 3Com.He founded The Weber Group in 1987 and within ten years his company had become one of the nation's largest and most established technology public relations firms. In 1996, The Weber Group was sold to Interpublic Group of Cos., and he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Weber Public Relations Worldwide and chartered with creating one of the world's top agencies.Mr. Weber serves on the board of several leading institutions and emerging organizations. Mr. Weber is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council (MIMC), an organization created to promote Massachusetts as a center for interactive media leadership and to provide a powerful economic engine for New England. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Computer Museum in June 1996. He is committed to helping the Museum provide more sophisticated online offerings, develop a larger presence on the west and east coasts, and expand the institution's presence in Boston. He sits on the board of Curl Corporation, a start-up developer of Web application development platforms. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Councilors of the Integrated Media Systems Center at the University of Southern California, a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center specializing in the area of multimedia and creative technologies. Mr. Weber also serves on the editorial board of Lawrence Ragan Communications' PR Journal.Mr. Weber holds a bachelor's degree from Denison University in Ohio, including a semester spent at the London School of Economics. He also holds a master's degree from Antioch College in Oxford, England. | 