Knowlagent, a provider in scheduled earning for customer contact centers, has appointed Thomas Laudisi as vice president of sales. Prior to his appointment, Laudisi enjoyed a successful career in the marketing and sales of telephony solutions for eShare/Melita. In his new position Laudisi is responsible for the development of the direct sales organization and telemarketing/telesales group.

Williams Communications, a carrier-focused broadband network and independent business communications integrator, announced key appointments to support their expanding growth opportunities. 

Gordon Martin is promoted to president of carrier services. A leader in the broadband industry, Martin has been with Williams since 1984 and in communications since 1986, shortly after Williams launched its first network under the WilTel brand. 

Laura Kenny, president of Vyvx services, is expanding Williams' digital broadband media services to include hosting and the MediaXtranet. She joined Williams in 1995 as vice president of marketing for Vyvx and served as senior vice president and general manager for two years before becoming president. 

Jeff Storey was promoted to vice president of access services, extending Williams' network from 125 existing and planned data centers to high-density buildings, carrier hotels and selected central offices across the United States. 

Sharon Crow, vice president of bandwidth markets, has been assigned to lead the company and the industry in developing a market model for managing bandwidth capacity. Crow was a pioneer in creating markets for natural gas and electricity at Williams Energy Services. 

Greg Floerke was promoted to senior vice president of fiber operations, responsible for the construction and engineering of Williams' broadband domestic network.

Larry Satterfield has been appointed senior vice president and general manager responsible for U.S. sales profit centers. Satterfield is a veteran of the telecommunications industry with 18 years of experience working with Williams Communications and companies like Bell Atlantic and Nortel Networks.

Dan Miller has been promoted to senior vice president and chief operations officer, in charge of the company's operations and the delivery of a unified service platform to enterprise customers. Miller has more than 25 years of industry experience, including management positions at Ericsson and General Electric.

Roska Direct, a full-service direct marketing agency, continues its 1999 trend in employment expansion during the first six weeks of the new millennium. Most recently, three significant roles were filled.

In the Technology Department, Philadelphia, PA resident Natalia Yelsukova signed on as an Internet developer. Ms. Yelsukova came to Roska Direct from iTurf, Inc., where she also worked as an Internet developer.

Christian Bauman joined the agency's creative department as proofreader. Mr. Bauman formerly served as copy editor for Viking/Penguin in New York City.

The Creative Department also welcomes Mary Beth Conti, of Springfield Township, NJ, who joined the agency as senior copywriter. Ms. Conti has won several advertising awards in her career, including a Philadelphia Addy Award.

Vsys, a provider of products and services for the Internet telephony market, has named Greg Baltzer as chief executive officer. Baltzer is a telecom veteran and an industry visionary. Most recently, he was vice president of public network marketing at Dialogic, an Intel company. 

Teltran International announced that Melanie Gordon; former LANSource Executive, and member of the executive team during its acquisition by 3COM has joined the company as director of marketing. Melanie will be responsible for marketing and public pelations for Teltran International and Teltran.com, and will assume the roll of executive producer of ChatOverIP.com -- the company co-created by Teltran vp operations, Mitchell Hershkowitz.

Novazen is very excited to announce that it has added James McCormick and Don Gips to its board of directors.  John Hansen will be its president and chief executive officer. Perry Nelson will be the vice president of engineering; Helen Tueffel becomes the vice president of marketing; and Fred Holt will oversee human resources as its new vice president.

David Rand, co-founder of AboveNet.com, and Internet pioneer and co-author of the Internet industry standard for the MultiRouter Traffic Grapher (MRTG), has joined the board of directors of Worldwide Corporate Network, Inc. (WCN), the Internet business development company based on Wall Street in New York

Franklin Telecommunications Corp. announced the appointment of Lynn Muzik to the position of vice president, corporate development. Muzik will lead a new, global marketing initiative to address the communications needs of non-telecom enterprises.

Rapid Link, a worldwide provider of international Internet-based communications services, elected Caleb C. Freeman, founding partner of the South Carolina-based private equity fund Vaxa Capital Partners, LP, as the newest member of its board of directors. Freeman will contribute Vaxa Capital's investment knowledge to help Rapid Link further expand its global IP-based network with its funding from Vaxa Capital.

Dave Goeppner has been hired as vice president/general manager of prepaid card services to manage the greatly expanding prepaid division of Rapid Link.

KSCL, a provider of total end-to-end business management solutions to the world's telecoms markets, announced the appointment of Ash Marston to the position of divisional managing director (DMD) to spearhead its rapidly expanding international wireless division.

Broadview Networks, a network-based integrated communications provider to businesses and residential consumers, today announced that it has named William Balsham to the new position of vice president, investor relations.

Sam Iuvino, regional sales director, has been selected to receive a Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from the Buffalo/Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives (B/NSME).

Austin Logistics Inc., a provider of collections, marketing and risk management solutions, announced that it adds more experience to its executive management team as Carl Ramey has been appointed head of its Latin American and Asian efforts. Ramey will be responsible for running Austin Logistics customer relationships and business development operations in the Latin American and Asian countries.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. has named Heidi Kunz to its board of directors, bringing to seven the number of board members at the diversified technology company formed last year by Hewlett-Packard's plan to realign itself into two fully independent companies.

ObjectSwitch Corporation, the emerging leader in fault-tolerant infrastructure software for scalable e-Services and e-Business solutions announced today that Rodger Weismann has joined as its new chief financial officer.

Convergent Software Limited, of Bangalore, India is pleased to announce the formation of a US subsidiary. CSI combines strategic consulting, IT strategy, process innovation and implementation, custom and package software deployment, network integration services and training to rapidly deliver end-to-end business systems that create immediate bottom line impact for their clients.

Maxspeed Corporation, a provider in Linux desktop devices, announced the election of Joseph G. Fogg III to Maxspeed's board of directors. Mr. Fogg is chairman and chief executive officer of Westbury Equity Partners, a Westbury Long Island-based private equity investment partnership and is also an advisory director of Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter & Co.

e-Net, Inc., a pioneer in developing technology that revolutionizes the way consumers and businesses transmit voice over the over the Internet, announced that it has changed its name to zeroplus.com, Inc.. The trading symbol on NASDAQ has converted from ETEL to ZPLS immediately as well. a e-Net's wholly owned subsidiary, formerly known as ZeroPlus.com, Incorporated, will cease to exist as a separate entity.