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SIMtone Corporation Expands Management Team with Appointment of Telecommunications Veteran to Executive Vice President of Engineering
(PRLEAP.COM) Durham, NC (January 16, 2008) – SIMtone Corporation, a privately held company delivering the next virtual computing paradigm, today announced it has upgraded its executive management team by naming Philip Thompson the company’s Executive Vice President (EVP) of Engineering. Mr. Thompson brings to SIMtone more than 30 years of telecommunications, telephony and application development experience from a number of senior technical leadership and executive management positions throughout his career.
In his new position with SIMtone Corporation, Mr. Thompson will be responsible for all product and service platform development for the company’s SIMtone universal dialtone technology.
Prior to joining SIMtone, he was EVP of Product Management and Engineering at mPhase Technologies where he developed the company’s IPTV product line. Prior to mPhase, Mr. Thompson served as Lucent Technologies’ R&D Director and was responsible for spearheading an initiative in EPON (Ethernet-based Passive Optical Network), QOS (Quality of Service) services, VOIP and created the concept of Application Driven Networking.
Prior to Lucent, Mr. Thompson was SVP of Engineering for GeoVideo Networks where he led R&D for large scale video networking, storage and management projects. Before GeoVideo, he held engineering and management roles at Lucent and Bell Labs focused on enterprise and service provider products ranging from PBXs, voice mail, and customer premises equipment (CPE) to MPLS switch development.
“We are pleased to welcome Philip Thompson to SIMtone to lead the engineering and development team that deliver our technology vision and strategy,” said Mario Dal Canto, Chairman of the Board and CEO of SIMtone Corporation. “Philip’s vast telecommunications and engineering leadership experience will be instrumental in making the SIMtone technology platforms the next wave of virtualization.”
“SIMtone is well-positioned to deliver a range of virtual desktop services utilizing its paradigm-shifting universal dialtone technology,” explained Mr. Thompson. “Having worked with start-ups and Fortune 100 companies, the culture of the organization and caliber of talent within SIMtone is very exciting, and I am enthusiastic to be a part of this team.”
About SIMtone Corporation
SIMtone Corporation transforms computing into low cost, network provisionable services, pervasively accessible by everyone. SIMtone Corporation has developed and commercialized the patent-pending SIMtone, a Simple, DialTone-like network service that can deliver on-demand services such as virtual desktop environments, applications, and media content seamlessly to a wide variety of devices including PCs, thin clients, mobile devices, set-top-boxes, and non-processing devices. Its flagship SIMtone VDU is the first of several services that leverage the SIMtone, providing enterprises and government agencies with an innovative model for personal computing that combines unprecedented security, cost savings, and plug-and-play ease of deployment. From an end-user perspective, the SIMtone VDU provides a full desktop experience that can be seamlessly accessed inside and outside the office. SIMtone Corporation is a privately-held company backed by Kodiak Venture Partners and Motorola Ventures. For more information, please visit: www.SIMtoneVDU.com.
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