Jon Monsarrat brings “General Electric and Citigroup Power” to Expose Cyberbullies

[genesayssitdown.livejournal.com]

Posted May 17th, 2012:

"Cambridge, MA ( prsync ) May 17, 2013 - Jon Monsarrat is bring the same consulting services to fight cybercrime that he has used to advise top executives from General Electric and Citigroup. Through previous consulting jobs, he helped executives at GE Trade put together an import / export offset program to help them make sales worldwide. And for Citigroup he worked to design for them an "active bank system". Now he is bringing that power to expose cyberbullies, with a twist: two new patented technologies. The previous press release "Jon Monsarrat, $160 Million DotCom Icon, to Expose 100 Cyberbullies" dated May 8, 2013, was sent out with incorrect information. First, due to a miscommunication when the press release was being written, the venture is not part of Monsarrat's Hard Data Factory, and Rickland Powel l is not a contact. Instead the service is part of Monsarrat Consulting, his private consulting practice, and does not involve Rickland Powell. Second, due to a separate miscommunication, the press release stated that the new venture launched with partnerships. That was in error. The new venture does not launch with any partnerships."

Read the full press release here: http://prsync.com/monsarrat/jon-monsarrat-brings-general-electric-and-citigroup-power-to-expose-cyberbullies-542401/

Comments

[audioboy.livejournal.com]

*blink* Uh...

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

Um, I thought his lawyer said there would be no more press releases (in the letter to Ron's lawyer Cos recently posted). Is it possible that this one was in the pipeline already and couldn't be reversed, or does the May 17th date imply that JonMon decided not to listen to his legal counsel in this regard?

-Sor

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

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[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Jon Monsarrat is bring the same consulting services

He is also bring the grammar lulz.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

I really think the recipients of these press releases are losing something by seeing them in HTML form rather than in the original crayon.

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

Third, due to an unrelated typeing error, "Blackmail 100 snarky people" was misspelled as "Expose 100 Cyberbullies". Poor typing and autocorrect have been blamed.

[blk]

oh look, monsarrat.com got a whole new facelift! Now with all new classic stock photos!

[ron_newman]

Even though I have no sympathy whatsoever for Citigroup or General Electric, they don't deserve to have their names dragged into this. The right side of http://Monsarrat.com now has the GE logo on it. Can you say Lanham Act ?

[samcoren.livejournal.com]

Serious question: Why not just try to change your name instead of going through all this and further dragging the one you were given in the dirt? It doesn't seem too difficult in MA at least, and considering this guy has enough money for an attorney for all this stuff couldn't he just focus their attention on getting a really good petition for name change together? http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/subject/about/name.html

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Second, due to a separate miscommunication, the press release stated that the new venture launched with partnerships.

Holy God, Jonmon has claimed to have partnerships with companies that it does not, including his lawyer? That's not good for business...

two new patented technologies

Jonmon doesn't assert that he is the inventor of these technologies, but I looked, and Jonmon does have two patents, 8,352,419 and 7,647,351, which are currently licensed to Stragent. Stragent seems to be in the business of acquiring patents and litigating about them: http://www.law360.com/articles/165367/stragent-targets-slew-of-tech-car-cos-in-ip-suits

[sairaali.livejournal.com]

I'm glad for the confirmation that Rickland wasn't actually involved or aware of any of this mess, although I'm still curious how on earth the person (jonmon? someone working for him?) who wrote the first pr screwed up that spectacularly.

You'd think with his $160 million he could afford a copy editor though. The errors are almost painful to read.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

Is this a Viking funeral or something?

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting that his website states about his work with GE: "Project is confidential" yet he is apparently using that project as a tie in with the subject line of a press release. Is there a definition of the word "confidential" that I misunderstand?

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Oh my!

Usually when someone goes into damage control mode, they know the gig is up.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

You know, something that struck me about this service...

You've really got to do deep, deep background checks on your clients to make sure you're not breaking the law. P.I.s can get into some fairly deep fecal matter if they, say, fork over a private address to somebody with a no-contact order against them or otherwise facilitate the breaking of the law. I can't imagine making somebody pay for a full detailed background check is a popular way to start a client introduction.

[ron_newman]

by the way, Rickland put a second public post on his Facebook page last Friday:

A bit of an update on that lawsuit thing...

I am not involved in the lawsuit in any way and am not participating in it in any way. I have asked to be kept out of it and to not discuss it, and this has been honored for the most part. I understand that my name and address have since been removed, but the Internet, as they say, is forever.

I have a long-standing business relationship with the primary person. Previously, this has included using my address as a maildrop for a company, but that's no longer the case. (Delivery of this business mail at my home address is no longer accepted.)
Because I am not an interested party, and because I am dealing with personal family issues, a family friend (And awesome person!), Regis, has agreed to handle inquries related to this via email and various social media outlets.

Mail sent to me on this subject will be forwarded to Regis, unread. If there is something of importance I need to know, please relay it through Regis - she will be in contact with me as needed and can follow up with people if necessary.

[ifotismeni]

Unfuckingbelievable.

[agharta75.livejournal.com]

As it's been a stressful week for many of us, here are some peaceful bird sounds to help people relax:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU