• Managing director of Telstra Payphone and Card Services, John Stanton, has been elected to the board of the Global Chipcard Alliance (GCA), an international organisation which is developing global standards for smart card technology. Telstra is a principal member of the GCA.
  
  
• V-SPAN, a privately-held videoconferencing network service provider, has opened a San Francisco, California office. The additional expansion will enable V-SPAN to further serve the West Coast market.
  
  
• Bluestone Software, Inc., a leader in enterprise interaction management with its Sapphire/Web Application Server Framework, announced the appointment of P. Kevin Kilroy as president of the company. Kilroy succeeds founder, Mel Baiada, who will continue as chairman of the board. Kilroy most recently served as senior vice president of sales for Bluestone.
  
  
• NetSpeak Corporation announced that Lane M. Bess has joined the company as senior vice president of sales. Previously director of product marketing at AT&T WorldNet Service, Bess will direct the sales and channel strategy for NetSpeak.Bess brings a 15-year background in business   development, channel strategy and sales management to NetSpeak with extensive experience in emerging technologies.
  
  
• Contigo Software, developers of the award-winning Internet Conferencing System for marketing and training applications, announced the appointment of Dennis Morin to its Board of Directors. This appointment was made in response to the company's accelerated growth and its ongoing strategy to strengthen both its presence in the financial community and its leadership position within the Web-based presentation and conferencing market.
  
  
• Portal Software, Inc., a leading provider of software for Internet and next-generation communications services, announced the appointment of Jack Acosta as chief financial officer and vice president of finance, effective February 1, 1999. In his new position, Acosta will assume global responsibility for all financial planning, reporting, analysis, investor relations, and oversee all financial systems, facilities and legal operations.
  
  
• IMA, a global provider of enterprise-wide customer interaction software used for sales, marketing and customer service, announced expansion of its sales operations into Canada, directly offering its products for comprehensive relationship management through the customer interaction center. Eric Montgomery, vice president of North American sales, will assume the additional responsibility for IMA's new direct sales operations in Canada.
  
  The company also announced several sales executive appointments: Jim Anderson has been named senior vice president of worldwide sales; Rich Morrison has been appointed vice president of international operations; and Barbara Lanci has been named to the newly created position of vice president of channel sales, where she will be responsible for developing indirect sales channels for IMA through partnerships with resellers.
  
  
• MUSIC Telecom, Inc., a division of MUSIC Corporation, promoted two prominent executives. Moshe Tal, formerly managing director, has been promoted to the new position of executive vice president and general manager and is responsible for worldwide operations. John P. Alexander recently joined MUSIC Telecom last November as the director of business development. He has since been advanced to the director of sales and marketing, responsible for worldwide sales, marketing and support.

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