DMC Stratex Networks announced the retirement of president and chief Executive officer, Sam Smookler. The company's chairman, Chuck Kissner, will assume the additional role of chief executive officer effective immediately.

IDT Corporation announced the appointment of Muni Figueres to the Board of Directors of IDT Telecom, the subsidiary in charge of the company's core telecommunications business.

Knowlagent announced that Rusty Gordon will join the company as chief executive officer.

Usha Communications Technology (UshaComm) has appointed Salim A. Mawji to its executive staff as executive vice president and managing director of the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region.

Sockeye Networks announced that Jay Seaton has joined the company as chief marketing officer. In addition, Brandon Ross has been appointed to the position of vice president of operations.

Excell Agent Services (EAS) recently appointed Clint Streit as its new chief executive officer. The company also appointed John Andrews as executive vice president of sales and marketing.

SMARTS announced that David Przeracki has joined SMARTS as the new vice president of legal services. The company also announced that Ed Forker has joined the company as the new vice president of worldwide sales, and welcomes Bruce Bancroft as the new vice president of strategic technology services.

iMedeon, Inc. announced the appointment of Clint Fuller as vice president of business development.

NeTrue Vipersat Networks, a division of NeTrue Communications, announced the appointment of Tim Floerchinger to the position of vice president of sales and marketing.

WaveSmith Networks announced that Robert Doucette, former executive vice president of the Global Supply Chain at Marconi Networks, joins WaveSmith as executive vice president of manufacturing.

The Diagonal Group announced the appointment of Jana Johnson to the position of director of client development.

Quarry Technologies Inc. has named Steve Kohalmi to the position of chief technology officer.

GiantLoop Network, Inc. announced that Bob Davis has joined its Board of Advisors.

Extreme Logic, an e-business solutions provider, announced that Richard Stern joined as vice president and general manager, Northern Region.

TLC Specialties, a provider of outsourced services for the wireless industry throughout the United States and Latin America, announced that Nancy Nieto joined as chief operating officer.

Salesnet announced that Paul Lavallee has been appointed senior vice president and is responsible for the company's market penetration and sales strategy.

ThinkEngine Networks Inc. announced the appointment of Michael G. Mitchell to the position of CEO.

CopperCom announced the appointment of Kenneth W. Horn to the position of senior vice president of worldwide sales and support.

Kanisa Inc. announced the appointment of David Schreffler as vice president of sales. He will assume responsibility for all aspects of worldwide sales including direct, indirect and channel sales.

SilverBack Technologies, Inc. has named Christine Washburn vice president of marketing, and James Hare vice president of business development.

Blue Pumpkin announced it has appointed Nicholas G. Moore to the companys board of directors.

8x8, Inc. announced that Christopher Peters has joined the company as its corporate development officer.

Kirusa has expanded its executive management team with the addition of Michael Sajor as vice president of business development.

iNOVA Corporation, a developer of real-time message and alert systems for call centers and transit environments, announced the appointment of Chris Yordy as director of distribution and partner sales.

AdreAct, a provider of value added mobile marketing solutions, announced that it has appointed Gavin Miller as its UK business development director.

apps4biz.com announced that the company has named Arthur McCray vice president of engineering.

StarBak Communications announced the appointment of Michael Purzycki as director of operations.

WaterCove Networks announced the appointments of two former senior Ericsson executives to help drive the company's pan-European business development, sales and marketing efforts. Niklas Heuveldop and Torbjorn Sandberg have joined as chief operating officer and vice president of sales and marketing, respectively.

Vibrant Solutions announced that Kevin Allodi has been named to the company's board of directors.

Westcon Group, Inc. announced the appointment of Anthony Daley to general manager, Westcon Division. Russ Fein, formerly vice president, business management of Westcon Group, will take on the role of general manager of Westcon's US operations and will report to directly Daley.

iolon, Inc. announced the appointment of Allan Ashmead as vice president of business development. Joining iolon as director of international business development is Michael Hamilton-Smith, who will be based at iolon's new Exeter office in the United Kingdom.