• ECI Telecom Ltd. announced that David Rubner, president and CEO of the company, has notified the Board of Directors of his intention to retire from his position in the company by March 5, 2000. The Board has appointed Doron Inbar as president, effective immediately, and will name him CEO upon Rubner's retirement.
  
  
• SpeechWorks International, Inc., a provider of conversational speech recognition technology and products for e-business solutions, announced that Roberto Pieraccini, a world leader in speech systems research, has joined the company to head the new SpeechWorks Natural Dialog Group, a dedicated team of dialog experts whose mission is to facilitate the creation of next-generation, spoken interface telephony systems.
  
  
• Former Pinacor director of sales and finance Mike Lima has joined Tempe-based Cablesoft as chief operating officer, to assist the company with its continued expansion and new product strategy. Lima will oversee the running of Cablesoft's day to day business.
  
  
• Stevens Communications Inc., a systems integrator of performance management solutions for contact centers, announced the appointment of Patrick G. McKune as chief financial officer. Patrick joins Stevens from Blistex Inc. where he served as vice president of finance. He will report directly to Steve Kaiser, president and CEO of Stevens.
  
  
• VSI (V-Systems, Inc.), a company dedicated to "Bridging the Gap between Business and E-Business," announced the appointment of Terence P. McClelland as director of sales. In his new position, McClelland will drive VSI's multi-product and multi-platform sales efforts, and spearhead the corporate directive of providing powerful and reliable network fax and e-business solutions for today's corporations.
  
  
• SITEL Technology Services (STS), a business unit of Baltimore-based SITEL Corp., the global customer relationship management (CRM) services company, announced the appointment of James P. Dunn as chief operating officer. Based at STS headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, Dunn will be responsible for all operational issues involved in the day-to-day delivery of services.
  
  
• SCB Computer Technology, Inc. announced that Michael J. Boling, CPA, has joined the company as executive vice president, Finance and chief financial officer. Boling brings over 24 years of "Big Six" accounting and financial experience to SCB.
  
  
• PictureTel Corporation announced that Dr. Carl S. Ledbetter has joined the company's board of directors. Ledbetter has more than 20 years of technical and managerial experience in computers, networking and telecommunications. He is senior vice president of business and corporate development for Novell, Inc., and chairman of the board of Hybrid Networks, Inc., an innovative leader in the wireless broadband industry.
  
  
• Matthews Communications, Inc., a developer of small office, home office and family communications technologies, announced that it has changed its name to PremiseNET, Inc. The new name refers to the technology, patented by the company, that will revolutionize the way small offices and busy families are able to leverage their telecommunications needs.

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