• WorldPort Communications, Inc. announced the appointment of John T. Hanson, CPA, as chief financial officer. Hanson will have overall executive management responsibility for WorldPort's financial operations with an emphasis on raising capital for the publicly-held company. The company provides international telecommunications and Internet services primarily to ISPs, long distance carriers, medium and large corporate customers in Europe and North America.
  
  
• HarmonyCom, an innovator in broadband service provisioning, named Peter Middleton as Sales Director-Europe and head of the new European office in the UK. Middleton will be responsible for establishing the European headquarters in the UK and using that as a base to extend sales and marketing outreach throughout Europe.
  
  
• Ericsson's Board of Directors announced the resignation of Sven-Christer Nilsson from the position as President and CEO of the company. He is replaced by Kurt Hellstrom as President.
  
  The Board has at the same time asked Lars Ramqvist, in addition to his chairmanship of the Board, to serve as Chief Executive Officer.
  
  
• PairGain Technologies, Inc., a leader in broadband access systems, appointmented Warren Roddy as senior vice president, North American sales. Roddy assumes responsibility for all of the company's North American sales activities, including channel relationships with an ever-expanding customer base. Roddy also will provide strategic sales direction in the region to assure PairGain's success within emerging carrier markets, while cultivating even stronger relationships with the company's traditional customer base.
  
  
• Mockingbird Networks announced the appointment of Gene Daly to the position of vice president of worldwide sales and support. Daly brings extensive executive sales experience and an indepth knowledge of the multinational long distance carrier marketplace.
  
  
• Rhythms NetConnections Inc., a provider of high-performance networking solutions for remote access to private networks and the Internet, announced the appointment of Rick Adams to the position of Chief Marketing Officer.
  
  
• Integrated Telecom Express, Inc. (ITeX), an ADSL solution provider, announced the appointment of Richard H. Forte as President and Chief Executive Officer. Young Liu, former President and Chief Executive Officer, will now assume the position of Vice Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of ITeX.
  
  
• Smart World Technologies, a software and telecommunications company, announced the appointment of Karen Johnson, an experienced telecommunications executive, as vice president of client services. Her responsibilities include account implementation, customer service and ongoing support.
  
  
• VTEL Corporation announced the appointment of Stephen Von Rump as president. The company said Von Rump also would join VTEL's Board of Directors and serve as chairman of a newly formed Executive Committee of the board.
  
  The move came after Jerry S. Benson Jr. resigned his position as president and CEO to complete his doctorate and nurture his other business interests.
  
  
• Wireless communications carrier Leap Wireless International, Inc. announced the election of John Moores to the company’s board of directors. Moores, who founded BMC Software, Inc. in 1980, served as the company’s president until 1987, and as chairman until January 1992. He also serves as chairman for several companies such as Peregrine Systems, Inc. and Neon Systems, Inc.
  
  
• Lucent Technologies announced the appointment of David J. Ayers to the position of vice president of switching hardware development for its Switching and Access Solutions (SAS) business unit. The SAS group develops, manufactures and markets switching and access products and software for network operators and service providers around the world.
  
  
• SoftTek Inc., a leading provider of business-to-business Internet Fax Solutions, changed its name to VillageFax.com which more clearly identifies the company with its business and target market. The name change also works to transition the company from its product legacy to its Internet fax service focus. Along with the name change, VillageFax.com moved its headquarters from Trabuco Canyon to a more expansive facility in Tustin, both in California.

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