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Digium(R) Names David Deaton Vice President of EngineeringHUNTSVILLE, Ala. --(Business Wire)-- Digium(R), Inc., the Asterisk(R) company, today announced the appointment of telecom industry veteran David Deaton as vice president of engineering. Deaton is the latest to join an impressive roster of seasoned executives leading Digium's aggressive charge into new business markets. As vice president of engineering, Deaton will oversee the development of new Digium products, building upon the success of AsteriskNOW(TM) and Asterisk Business Edition(TM). "David rounds out a veteran executive leadership team dedicated to extending Digium's leadership position in the open source telephony market," said Digium CEO Danny J. Windham. "The creation of Asterisk by Digium CTO Mark Spencer revolutionized open source telephony. David's engineering leadership will continue this effort, working alongside Mark and the industry's top open source engineering talent to bring the benefits of open source to business audiences worldwide." Deaton brings 16 years of experience in the telecommunication and technology industries, including as CEO of Teracruz, a database acceleration and security provider. Deaton also served as director of engineering for the Broadband Systems Division of Nokia, where he oversaw the development of DSL products worldwide. Previously, Deaton held multiple engineering management positions at ADTRAN (NASDAQ:ADTN), where he had responsibility for the development of telecommunication products for enterprise customers. Deaton holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University and multiple patents related to the design of telecommunication equipment. Spencer, Digium's founder, said the new management team would strengthen the company's leadership and direction. "Digium's goal is to transform the way businesses operate their communication systems through the application of open source software," said Spencer. "With this new leadership team in place, Digium is on its way to making our vision -- a world based upon open communications -- a reality." About Asterisk Code for Asterisk(R), originally written by Mark Spencer of Digium(R), Inc., has been contributed to from open source software engineers around the world. Currently boasting over 2 million users, Asterisk supports a wide range of TDM protocols for the handling and transmission of voice over traditional telephony interfaces, featuring VoIP packet protocols such as SIP and IAX among others. It supports U.S. and European standard signaling types used in business phone systems, allowing it to bridge between next-generation voice-data integrated networks and existing infrastructure. About Digium Digium(R), Inc., the Asterisk(R) company, is the original creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the industry's first open source telephony platform. Digium provides hardware and software products, including AsteriskNOW(TM), the complete open source software appliance, and Asterisk Business Edition(TM), its professional grade version of Asterisk, to enterprises and telecommunications providers worldwide. Digium also offers a full range of professional services including consulting, technical support and custom software development services. Used in combination with Digium's telephony interface cards, Asterisk offers a strategic, highly cost-effective approach to voice and data transport over IP, TDM, switched and Ethernet architectures. Digium's offerings include VoIP, conferencing, voicemail, legacy PBX, IVR, auto attendant, media servers and gateways, and application servers and gateways. Additional information can be found at www.digium.com. The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
