TalkingNets announced that James W. Price has joined as vice president of sales.

Alterian announced the appointment of Brett S. Kilpatrick as chief executive officer of North American operations.

IEX, a Tekelec company, announced that it has named Jim Della Chiesa as director of sales.

SS8 Networks has hired James G. Stewart to serve as chief financial officer. The company has also selected Richard Moran as chief marketing officer.

Taqua, Inc. announced the appointment of Charles Vogt to the position of president and chief executive officer.

Telution, Inc. announced the appointment of two telecommunications industry veterans to its Board of Advisors. The new advisors are Gregg Sutherland, senior vice president -- corporate strategy, Qwest Communications; and Rob Rich, executive vice president, The Yankee Group.

GN Netcom, Inc. announced they have appointed David Snow vice president of sales for its Americas operations.

Call_Solutions announced the appointment of Frank R. Martire as president and chief operating officer of the corporation. Martire joined Call_Solutions in July of 2001 as executive vice president and chief administrative officer.

Occam Networks Inc. announced the appointment of former Occam board member Nick Whelan to the position of vice president of international sales and the appointment of Howard M. Bailey to the position of chief financial officer. In addition, the company's board has appointed director Thomas C. McConnell to its audit committee.

Convergys Corporation announced the appointment of Stephen L. Robertson to the position of president - Convergys International. At the same time, the company announced the appointment of Stephen Newton to the position of president - Convergys Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).

ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. announced that Ran Mokady, entrepreneur and pioneer in the area of software for mobile devices, has been appointed to ART's Advisory Board.

Info Touch Technologies announced the appointment of James Sanders as chief operating officer.

ITXC Corp. announced that former Intel executive John Landau has joined the company in the newly created position of executive vice president of product management.

ThinkEngine Networks announced the appointment of David Ahee as vice president of sales.

ePHONE Telecom, Inc. announced the appointment of Robert W. Stuart to the company's Board of Directors.

VanguardMS announced the appointment of Michael Connors to vice president of service operations.

WaterCove Networks expanded its management team with the appointment of former Ericsson executive Dominique Jodoin to the position of executive vice president of business development and sales North America.

NextiraOne, LLC announced that David Stearns has been named vice president of marketing.

CopperCom announced the appointment of Michael J. Myers to the position of president and chief executive officer. Myers will also serve as a member of the CopperCom board of directors.

NICE Systems announced that it has appointed Doron Ben-Sira as president of NICE operations in APAC (Asia Pacific).

RMH Teleservices, Inc. announced that Clint Streit has been appointed chief operating officer.

Improv Technologies announced that Rena Thorsen has joined the sales/business development team and Glenn Rose has been appointed to the advisory board.