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Advanced Carrier Services Provider Metaswitch Appoints Google and Former NetApp Execs to Board of Directors

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April 05, 2011

Advanced Carrier Services Provider Metaswitch Appoints Google and Former NetApp Execs to Board of Directors

By Jamie Epstein, TMCnet Web Editor


Metaswitch, a provider of advanced carrier services and communications software solutions, today announced the appointment of Dr. William M. Coughran, Jr. and Jeffry R. Allen as independent members of its board of directors.


Dr. Coughran, is currently senior vice president of Engineering at Google (News - Alert). He boasts over 20 years of experience in building computer systems and cloud-based services with a huge level of scalability. Besides previously holding the titles of industry technologist, a researcher at various institutions including Stanford and Duke Universities and the head of Bell Labs' Computing Science Research Center, Dr. Coughran brings a great level of start-up CEO experience with Entrisphere (a company he helped to co-found), and continues to serve on the board of Clearwell Systems.

Allen, who will take on the title of audit committee chair, most recently was executive vice president of Business Operations for NetApp, and as chief financial officer from 1996 to 2002. Allen has a lengthy amount of telecom and computing industry experience from Bay Networks, SynOptics and a career with Hewlett-Packard (News - Alert) that spanned over 17 years. He currently serves on several boards, including NetApp.

"Our industry is moving rapidly, and it is vital that we continue to innovate and accelerate our growth into new markets and new technologies," added Kevin DeNuccio (News - Alert), Metaswitch CEO. "We are therefore thrilled that Bill and Jeff, who have navigated many such shifts in their highly successful careers, have agreed to join the board and share their experience, guidance and advice."

Referring to the appointments, John Lazar (News - Alert), chairman of the board, said: "It would be a significant step for Metaswitch to add either one of these leading industry figures to its board. Securing the benefit of both Bill's technology insight and Jeff's financial and strategic acumen will be a key advantage for Metaswitch as we strengthen our leadership position in the telecom industry."


Jamie Epstein is a TMCnet Web Editor. Previously she interned at News 12 Long Island as a reporter's assistant. After working as an administrative assistant for a year, she joined TMC (News - Alert) as a Web editor for TMCnet. Jamie grew up on the North Shore of Long Island and holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication with a concentration in broadcasting from Five Towns College. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Janice McDuffee







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