• Lipstream, a developer of live voice solutions for e-business, announced that Matthew C. Jones is joining the company as president and CEO. Jones will lead the direction of the company's business plan -- enabling e-businesses to quickly deploy voice communication by providing the back-end networking infrastructure and bandwidth required to deliver multi-person, live voice communication on the Internet -- and will report directly to Lipstream's board of directors.
  
  
• Wireless communications carrier Leap Wireless International, Inc. announced that Susan G. Swenson has been appointed president of Leap Wireless International, Inc. and as CEO for Leap's subsidiary, Cricket Communications, Inc. She will report directly to Harvey White, Leap's chairman and CEO. Swenson joins Leap's office of the chair.
  
  
• Cerent Corporation announced that Michael Ashby has joined the company as CFO. Ashby will report to Cerent President and CEO, Carl Russo. He joins Cerent from Ascend, where he was executive vice president and CFO. Ashby will be responsible for the financial and administrative functions at Cerent, effective immediately.
  
  
• FaceTime Communications, an innovator in Internet-based customer interaction solutions, announced that top IBM e-business executive Kelly Trammell joined the company as President. Trammell joins FaceTime from a IBM's Global Services Division, where he led the e-business services team to market leadership in e-banking, e-brokerage, and electronic bill payment and presentment.
  
  
• MCK Communications, Inc., a provider of remote voice solutions for telecommuters, remote call center agents, executives and branch offices, announced Paul J. Severino was appointed to its Board of Directors. Severino will invest in the company and provide entrepreneurial and technical expertise, assuring MCK's continued role as the leading innovator and provider of remote voice technology solutions. Severino co-founded Bay Networks, Inc. in 1994 and served as the company's chief executive officer and director until November, 1996.
  
  
• Teligent, an integrated communications company, announced that Richard J. Hanna, a 20-year veteran of the communications industry, has been named President of Teligent International. In his new role, Hanna, 43, will report to Teligent Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alex J. Mandl. Hanna formerly served as president of Teligent's domestic field operations unit.
  
  
• Hewlett-Packard Company announced that Carleton (Carly) S. Fiorina has been named president and chief executive officer, succeeding Lewis E. Platt, who previously announced his intention to retire. Fiorina also will join the HP board of directors. Fiorina was president of Lucent Technologies' Global Service Provider Business, Lucent's largest and fastest-growing division, with more than $20 billion in annual revenue. Fiorina brings to HP nearly 20 years of broad technology and telecommunications experience at Lucent and AT&T, and a demonstrated track record of successfully growing large businesses.
  
  
• Universal Access, Inc. (UAI), a provider of end-to-end network connection and high-capacity bandwidth provisioning services, announced the appointment of Kenneth A. Napier to Senior Vice President of Business Development. Napier will report to Patrick Shutt, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, and he will oversee all marketing, business development, and client services and provisioning efforts.
  
  
• Decisionism announced that it has hired Bruce Rylander as Director of Telecommunications Applications to develop and implement the business strategy that will deliver on Decisionism's commitment to the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Decisionism, Rylander was Director of Revenue Information and Data Infrastructure Development at US WEST. He was instrumental in developing in-house OLAP expertise that resulted in the delivery of multiple revenue assurance and marketing solutions. Rylander will be joined by Aaron Grzywinski, also from US WEST's OLAP solutions team.
  
  
• Brooktrout Technology announced the appointment of John Ison as vice president and general manager of its Silicon Valley-based Voice Technologies Division, where he will be responsible for overseeing all day-to-day operations including sales and marketing, engineering, and technical support. Ison joins Brooktrout Technology from Live Picture, Inc., a leading provider of imaging solutions for the Internet based in Campbell, CA, where he served as vice president of marketing.
  
  
• ServiceWare Corporation, a provider of equipment-centric CRM systems, announced the appointment of Gary Gudbranson to Vice President of Marketing. Gudbranson will have direct responsibility for overseeing ServiceWare's worldwide marketing initiatives and partnerships for the ServicePlus family of products. As a key member of the executive leadership team, Gudbranson will develop and execute the company's go-to-market strategy.

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