As Vice President of New Service Development, Hirschman will continue to launch enhanced voice-enabled services over ITXC’s global network, ITXC.net(TM), foster product and technology partnerships, and provide iNOW! and interoperability leadership. He reports to Tom Shoemaker, ITXC’s new Executive Vice President of Business Development.

Market mining leader AbTech Corporation announced it has changed its corporate name to MarketMiner Inc., a nod to its most successful product to date, MarketMiner Express 3.0, a highly automated data mining tool for direct marketers.

Millennium Teleservices, a provider of inbound and outbound teleservices, announced the appointment of Daniel Mashburn as the site director for the newly constructed Logan, WV facility. This new center will integrate telemarketing with Internet-based services to provide their clients with leading edge service.

Voxware, Inc., a leading provider of integrated voice-based solutions for e-logistics, is pleased to announce that Ken Finkel has joined Voxware's executive management team as vice president of new business development.

Open Port Technology announced that it has named James B. Tucker, Jr., vice president of global business development. In this newly created position, Tucker is responsible for developing strategic relationships with other companies in the IP services industry that will allow Open Port to expand its global presence.

NICE Systems announced the appointment of Koby Huberman, former vice president of marketing for the Enterprise Internetworking Systems Group (EIS) of Lucent Technologies, as NICE's new senior vice president of global marketing.

VocalTec Communications Ltd., the Internet Protocol communications company, announced Douglas M. Dunn has joined its Board of Directors.

Nuance, a leader in natural voice interface software for telecommunications, enterprise and Web-based systems, announced the appointment of Vinton Gray Cerf, Ph.D. to its board of directors. Dr. Cerf is a pioneer in the development of the TCP/IP protocol and the foundation of the Internet.

AccessLan Communications, Inc., pioneer of PacketLoop and supplier of carrier-class, multi-service DSL solutions, announced the appointment of telecommunications industry executive Michael Pisterzi as its new president and chief executive officer.

Tachion Networks, innovators of the Collapsed Central Office, announced that John Colton has joined the company as senior vice president of engineering and manufacturing. Colton comes to Tachion from the Optical Networking and DWDM group of Lucent Technologies.

Arbinet Communications, Inc., an exchange for trading and delivering telecommunications capacity, announced that Robert S. Vaters has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Broadview Networks, a facilities-based integrated communications provider (ICP) in the Northeast, announced the appointment of three vice presidents of sales. The three executives, all assuming newly created positions, are: Richard D. Rothman, vice president, sales - agent and affiliate channels; Louis A. Severine Jr., vice president, sales - data services; and David R. Thomas, vice president, sales - new market development.

Silknet Software, Inc. announced that Michael O'Brien has been promoted to vice president of products and that Brian Aron has been promoted to vice president of strategic partnerships. Silknet is a leading developer of customer-centric e-business software solutions.

TSI International Software Ltd. announced its new identity as Mercator Software, the e-business transformation company. This new corporate identity marks a significant milestone in the company's strategy to extend its leadership in the e-business integration market.

ArrayComm Inc. announced that Dr. Nitin J. Shah, formerly vice president in charge of Wireless Internet Applications for the Wireless Networks Group of Lucent Technologies, has joined the company as executive vice president and general manager of the company's Internet Products Business Unit.

Unisphere Solutions Inc., a leader in Service Ready Networking for Internet service providers and carriers, announced the appointment of respected global telecommunications industry analyst Virginia Brooks as director of the company's strategic solutions team.

RightNow Technologies, a provider of Internet customer care systems, and RealMarket Research, a market research firm dedicated to advancing the customer relationship management (CRM) market, announced that Greg Gianforte, RightNow Technologies founder and CEO, has been named to RealMarket Research's CRM Board of Advocates. The Board of Advocates consists of forward-looking industry leaders who share a commitment to grow the CRM market through education and research.

Davox Corporation announced the promotion of Jeffrey Anderholm to senior vice president of marketing. Anderholm is responsible for establishing product direction, bolstering partner initiatives, and creating marketing programs to increase awareness for the company's recently launched Ensemble customer contact solution. Davox also announced announced the promotion of Rusty Coleman to senior vice president of North American sales.

Telution, a provider of applications and services which foster enterprise-wide interactions for next-generation communications providers, announces the appointment of John Konczal as vice president of business development. Konczal is responsible for building overall market awareness of Telution and its Communication Exchange application suite software that fuses the commonly disparate front-to-back office triad of customer care, order management, and billing.

ITT Industries, Network Systems & Services (NS&S) has appointed Carmen Jara as area manager of its Atlanta, GA, customer support facility. Atlanta is the first of six offices that ITT Industries, NS&S is opening in 2000 throughout the United States.

Alcatel announced that Patrick Liot has been appointed president of its Internetworking business division based in Calabasas, California. Liot replaces Steve Y. Kim, who will become the managing partner of Alcatel Ventures, a newly created venture capital fund backed by Alcatel.

Solect Technology Group, a leader in IP billing and customer care software, announced the promotion of Kevin Kimsa to vice chairman and chief strategy officer, and the appointment of Howard Gwin as president and chief operating officer for Solect.

MediaRing.com Ltd., a global leading provider of Internet voice communication services, announced that Dr. Hwang Kuo-Wei has joined the group as its new chief technology officer.

LivePerson, Inc. announced the appointment of three key professionals to its senior management team, including chief technology officer, J.R. Reagan; senior vice president of finance Ann Henry; and vice president of client services Stephen A. McCoy.

3Com Corporation announced the latest step in the company's move to become the networking industry's leading customer service and network consulting company by appointing Dennis Connors as senior vice president of its global Customer Service Organization.

Siemens Information and Communications Networks, one of the world's premiere voice/data network solutions integrators, announced the promotions of Dennis Kiefer and Ron Nicholson to area vice president positions, in the customer support and service business.

United Customer Management Solutions (UCMS), a worldwide leader in customer relationship management (CRM) outsourcing services, announced it has bolstered its worldwide and U.S. operations with the appointment of three senior executives: Sharon Matthews, chief executive officer for UCMS worldwide; Edward Norton, president of UCMS, Inc. (U.S.); and Mandeep Khera, vice president of UCMS worldwide marketing.

Lara Technology, Inc. announced the creation of EmpowerTel Networks, a separate company that has taken over Lara's voice over IP (VoIP) systems business. Lara Technology will continue to support the development of its high-performance silicon-based search engines.

Sierra Wireless announced the appointment of Glen M. Brownlee as executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company is a leading provider of wireless data communications hardware and software products.

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