Cox Science Center and Aquarium Appoints Eric Stonestrom as Board Chair
Cox Science Center and Aquarium Appoints Eric Stonestrom as Board Chair
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cox Science Center and Aquarium (CSCA) proudly announced the appointment of Palm Beach resident, Eric Stonestrom, as its new board chair. His position begins immediately following the retirement of his predecessor, Lew Crampton. Stonestrom, comes from a family of engineers and scientists and he is a technology executive with 40 years of experience in the telecommunications field.
2024年6月27日,佛罗里达州西棕榈滩,科克斯科学中心和水族馆(CSCA)自豪地宣布,帕姆滩居民埃里克·斯通斯特罗姆被任命为其新任董事长。他的职位将直接接任前任卢·克莱普顿退休后立即开始。斯通斯特罗姆 来自一家工程师和科学家家庭,是一位拥有40年电信领域经验的技术高管。
"It is a bittersweet moment as we are forever indebted to Lew for his years of service," said Kate Arrizza, President and CEO of CSCA. "However, we very much look forward to this new wave of leadership with Eric, given his distinguished career and passion for sciences. He has managed many complex projects throughout his career, and we have full confidence that he will carry our multimillion-dollar expansion to successful completion with his expertise and foresight."
"对于路易斯多年的服务,我们将永远感激不尽。"CSCA的总裁和首席执行官凯特·阿里扎(Kate Arrizza)说:"然而,鉴于埃里克在他杰出的职业生涯和他对科学的热情,我们非常期待他的领导新风云,他在他的职业生涯中管理了许多复杂的项目,我们完全有信心,他将运用他的专业知识和远见卓识,成功完成我们数百万美元的扩建计划。"
After earning undergraduate and graduate degrees at the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley, Stonestrom joined AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1984. After a decade long stint in the US and Italy, he joined DSC Communications, a telecom infrastructure company, moving to Copenhagen to run various fiber, software and wireless businesses. In 1998, through the creation of Airspan Networks Inc., he led a London based spin out of the fledgling wireless part of DSC by a consortium of Venture Capital stalwarts. He ran the company for 26 years as CEO, and lastly Executive Chairman, delivering billions of dollars of network equipment to a collection of innovative telecom operators in 35 countries. Airspan holds over 200 critical patents and Stonestrom recently had a patent issued for a network device known as "the Magic Box," co-authored with Softbank founder Masayoshi Son.
斯通斯特罗姆在UC伯克利工程学院获得了学士和硕士学位后,于1984年加入了AT&T公司贝尔实验室。在美国和意大利长达十年的工作后,他加入了电信基础设施公司DSC Communications,转而到哥本哈根运营其各种光纤、软件和无线业务。1998年,通过创建Airspan Networks公司,他将DSC的新兴无线部分剥离给风险投资支柱的伦敦联合体。他作为首席执行官领导公司26年,最后是执行主席,并向35个国家的许多创新电信运营商提供了数十亿美元的网络设备。Airspan拥有超过200项重要专利,最近斯通斯特罗姆与软银创始人孙正义共同撰写的一项名为“魔法盒子”的网络设备专利被授权。
He and his family moved to Palm Beach in 2000. His son, Atticus, was a frequent visitor to the Science Museum as a child and also worked briefly as an intern explaining aspects of the Raspberry Pi to visitors. Stonestrom served on the board of the Academy of the Palm Beaches prior to the merger with the Palm Beach Day School before joining the Science Museum board in 2015 and has served as both Treasurer and the Finance Committee chair.
他和他的家人于2000年搬到了棕榈滩。他的儿子阿提卡斯小时候是科学博物馆的常客,也曾在那里短暂地担任实习生,向游客解释树莓派的各个方面。斯通斯特罗姆在加入科学博物馆董事会之前曾在棕榈滩学院的董事会任职,在2015年加入科学博物馆董事会,并担任财务主席和财务委员会主席。
He says he holds the strong belief that science education and early exposure to the "hows and whys" of the natural world can instill youth with problem solving skills and valuable tools throughout adult life.
他说,他坚信科学教育和对自然界的"如何和为什么"的早期了解可以在整个成年人生中灌输青少年的问题解决能力和有价值的工具。
"This is an exciting and pivotal time for the Cox Science Center," said Stonestrom. "In this new leadership role, I look forward to working with the incredible staff and trustee base to continue our mission of opening every mind to science. Our exciting expansion provides a platform to increase the number of young and older people that we can engage. I have seen how childhood exposure to math and science can massively impact lifelong career paths."
"这是科克斯科学中心令人兴奋和关键的时刻,"斯通斯特罗姆说:"在这个新的领导角色中,我期待着与不可思议的员工和受托人基础合作,继续我们开启每个人的科学思维的使命。我们令人兴奋的扩建计划提供了一个平台,可以增加我们能够接触到的年轻人和老年人的数量。我已经看到了从小接触数学和科学如何对一生的职业道路产生巨大影响的例子。"
The planned expansion will now allow CSCA to exponentially grow its attendance to serve nearly 1 million guests annually in new and renovated spaces, including a new science building visible from I-95, new outdoor spaces and one of Florida's largest indoor aquariums. The current indoor/ outdoor campus is expected to double in size from 50,000-square-feet to more than 100,000-square-feet, with the aquarium growing from 10,000 gallons to 130,000 gallons.
计划中的扩建现在将允许CSCA在新的和翻新的空间中呈指数级增长,包括从I-95都能看到的新科学建筑、新的室外空间和佛罗里达州最大的室内水族馆之一。预计现有的室内/室外校园从50,000平方英尺增加到100,000平方英尺以上,并且水族馆从10,000加仑增加到130,000加仑。
In addition to floor-to-ceiling aquariums, CSCA will present an interactive extended reality experience, displaying signature programs from rocket launches to deep sea exploration; a digital arts studio to promote skills that align with high-demand jobs and an expanded biology lab that consolidates the Center's preferred provider status to all schools in Palm Beach County.
除了从地板到天花板的水族馆外,CSCA还将呈现互动的扩展现实体验,展示从火箭发射到深海探索的特色节目;数字艺术工作室,以促进与高需求工作相关的技能;以及一个扩大生物学实验室,巩固该中心在棕榈滩县所有学校的首选供应商地位。
The current traveling exhibit on display is Dinosaur Revolution now through late September 2024.For more information about CSCA's leadership please visit coxsciencecenter.org/board-trustees.
当前正在展出的巡回展览是恐龙革命有关CSCA领导层的更多信息,请访问coxsciencecenter.org/board-trustees。
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