AFFINA Corp., a customer relationship management (CRM) service provider, announced that Steven Gonzalez has assumed the position of executive vice president of Sales and Marketing.

Alopa, a broadband solutions provider, announced the appointment of Michael Foley as president and CEO.

Avici Systems, Inc., a carrier-class routing solutions provider, announced that Chris Simpson has joined as head of the company's worldwide sales, marketing, and services efforts.

Bluesocket Inc., a wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions developer, has announced that Philip Bates has taken the role of executive vice president and general manager, UK.

Call_Solutions, Inc., a business communication services provider, announced the appointment of Jeanette Laquintano as president and COO of its GLS TeleServices Unit.

Clear, a supplier of optical, broadband, and digital transport network management software, announced the appointment of Peter J. Altieri as vice president of Business Development and Strategic Alliances.

ClientLogic Corporation, a provider of customer management services, has elected Harvey Golub as chairman of its board of directors.

empowerTel Networks, a network solutions provider, announced the appointment of Roland Soohoo as vice president of marketing.

Enition, a provider an IP-based currency exchange platform, announced the appointment of Normand Tremblay as chairman and CEO.

eStrategy3, LLC, a consulting and brokerage firm, has made Sid Scott a partner in the organization.

Glow Networks, an emerging managed services provider, announced that Ross Kelly has been named CEO.

Hyperwave Information Management, Inc., a provider of collaborative knowledge management systems, announced the appointment of John Prego as general manager of North American operations.

ITXC Corp., an Internet voice services provider, announced the promotions of Carolyn Shirley to Network Operations vice president, Mark Style to Business Management vice president, WWeXchange Service, and Lee Cascio to Development vice president.

MessageMachines, an application server developer, named Doug Levin as its president and CEO.

Octave Communications, Inc., a voice conferencing service provider, announced the appointment of Roger Matus as its chief marketing officer.

Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc., a voice and data network provider, announced that Mark A. Floyd was elected president and CEO of Siemens ICN U.S.

Sigma Systems, a provider of service management operations support systems (OSS), announced the appointment of Jeff Bernard as vice president, Global Marketing.

SS8 Networks, an IP signaling and services provider, announced the appointment of Grant Wakelin as CEO.

Starfish Software, a provider of wireless Internet solutions, announced that Herb Woodward has joined the company as vice president of Professional Services.

Storm Telecommunications, an Internet and Ethernet services provider, has named Bruno d'Avanzo as chairman.

Thinmail, Inc., a e-mail management services developer, announced that it has hired David F. Dines as CEO and elected Jeffrey M. Stibel to the board of directors.

Voda One Corp., a provider of voice, data, and video-integrated technology products, has announced the appointment of Bernhard Erb to vice president of Operations.