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Passionate Research & Innovation

Mediabee was founded in 2002 by Saro Saravanan, the chief architect who launched Fidelity NetBenefits while he was at Fidelity Investments.* A software industry veteran and serial entrepreneur, Saro's unique focus on user experience helped him produce award-winning world-class products used by over 10 million users today.

Prior to Mediabee, Saro was the founder-CTO of a Emplanet, an acclaimed 401(k) administration services provider that sold retirement services technology to Metlife and PNC Bank. Prior to Emplanet and Fidelity, Saro was a principal engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation, where, among other things, he co-authored OpenVMS AXP Internals and Data Structures. Saro obtained his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from State University of New York at Buffalo.

A late 2003 study commissioned by Mediabee and conducted by Cogent Research shows that 87% of households with PCs and PDAs still use wall calendars and day planners for coordinating their daily activities.

Mediabee's mission is to bring to life the 21st century Wall Planner — an alternative solution that consumers would love to adopt — on PCs, cell phones, Internet TVs, plasma displays, security panels, set-top boxes, media centers, home gateways — whatever devices customers choose. To that end, we have created a platform-independent system with a flexible architecture.

Mediabee's passion to bring this product to market is driven by research, real-life user feedback, and rapid innovation.

* Fidelity NetBenefits is a benefits portal where employees of Fidelity's customers can manage their 401(k), pension, and other benefits information. (Fidelity has no relationship with Mediabee as of this writing. Fidelity NetBenefits is a service mark of Fidelity Investments.)