FastComm Communications Corporation, a complete signaling, voice and data systems solutions provider, announced the appointment of Michael Harmon as vice president of marketing.

Teltrust, Inc. announced the promotion of Keith Reynolds to the position of senior vice president of Salt Lake City Operations.

Cerillion Technologies, a convergent customer care and billing specialist, has appointed David Edwards as Non Executive Chairman.

ThruPoint, Inc. announced the appointment of Bert Schaap as executive vice president, European Operations.

VSYS, a provider of products and services for the emerging Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) market, has named Patrick Flannery as director of application development and Cheryl Rabideau as marketing manager.

Berkeley Enterprise Partners, a professional services firm helping Fortune 1000 enterprises architect end-to-end, revenue-generating customer care solutions, announced the appointment of Richard Helm as managing director of its newly launched New York branch office.

Luminous Networks Inc., a provider of carrier-class Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber metro access systems, announced the addition of three new marketing directors: Raj Sharma, director of product line management; John Hamburger, director of marketing communications; and Link Verstegen, director of market development.

MessageMedia Inc., a provider of strategic e-messaging solutions and services, announced that Bruce C. Chittenden has joined the company as chief technology officer. He will be responsible for product design and development, strategic planning, as well as integrating the Company's information systems across business units.

Netkey Inc., a provider of Internet kiosk technology, announced the addition of Rajeev Singh as the company's chief product officer.

ViryaNet, a provider of wireless workforce management solutions for field service communities, announced that Jeff Galin, formerly vice president of North American sales, has been promoted to senior vice president of worldwide sales. The company also announced the promotions of three of its key executives: Karen Chetrit to vice president of engineering; Nir Diskin to vice president of product management; and Oded Sofer to vice president, e-product group.

MCK Communications, Inc., a provider of solutions to enable the delivery of business-quality voice over existing and next-generation networks, announced that it has appointed Andrew (Drew) Rockwell to the position of senior vice president of marketing and business development.

Net2Phone Inc. announced that Tony Werner, the president and CEO of Aurora Networks and former CTO of AT&T Broadband, has joined Net2Phone's Board of Directors.

GiantLoop Network, a provider of enterprise optical networking solutions, introduced its engineering leadership team: Tom Aellis, Chief Optical Networking Officer; Kevin Shea, Vice President - Software Engineering; Bob Catalano - Vice President, Technology and Service Management; Jim Clothier, Vice President - Deployment Services; Adruban Mass Barnes, Vice President - Fiber Optic Engineering.

Alliance Systems, Inc. announced the hiring of Link W. Simpson to vice president of professional services. Simpson will oversee the professional and technical services as well as internal information systems for Alliance.

empowerTel Networks announced the appointment of Mark Miller to serve as vice president of Carrier Operations.

Quaero, LLC, a provider of CRM services, announced it has named Paul Becker as president of Quaero msi -- its marketing consulting and systems integration group.

VegaStream, a supplier of voice over IP gateways, announced its new U.S. headquarters in San Francisco. Mike Hafferty, CEO of VegaStream worldwide, will be based in the new office.

Convergent Networks, a provider of broadband voice infrastructure solutions, announced the appointment of Ronald P. Franks as vice president of engineering, Applications Technology Group (ATG).

VirtualCom, Inc., a next-generation collaborative communications solutions provider, announced the appointment of W. H. (Chip) Ellis to its executive management team as vice president of sales. The company also announced the appointment of Milton Volz as chief technology officer

Radiant Photonics, an Austin-based fiber-optics components manufacturer, announced the opening of the companys new headquarters and the appointment of industry veteran Joe Savage as its chief executive officer.

Sonus Networks announced it is continuing its global expansion with the launch of its direct operations in Asia. The company has established its Asian headquarters in Singapore and has named Simon Naylor as vice president to spearhead the growth of Sonus throughout the entire Asia Pacific region, including Japan and China.

Cablesoft Technologies announced the appointments of Robert Vanecko and Kevin Considine as vice president of corporate development and vice president of sales, respectively.

HarmonyCom announced that David Sibbald of Cisco Systems has joined HarmonyCom's Board of Directors. Sibbald currently holds the position of senior director/general manager at Cisco Systems Communications, Software Group.

ServiceWare Technologies, Inc., a provider of Web-based solutions for enterprise service and support, announced the appointment of Scott Schwartzman to the position of vice president of global enterprise services.

Astute, Inc., a provider of eCRM solutions for Global 1000 companies, announced that Susan K. Culkar has been named chief financial officer.

Trigent Software announced that Charles Rehberg has joined the company as chief technology officer.

Belle Systems' founder, Hasse Rasmussen, announced the promotion of Erik Froberg to chief executive officer of Belle Systems A/S. Rasmussen himself has been named chairman of the board and chief technology officer.

SITEL Corporation announced the addition of two new members to the company's Executive Committee. Dale Schuster, who has served as senior vice president and the strategic client relationship manager for SITEL's General Motors business since May 1999, will be promoted to executive vice president, Strategic Clients. Dale Saville has joined the company as executive vice president, Corporate Development.

AltiGen Communications, Inc., a provider of next generation telecom servers and IP-based computer telephony solutions, announced the appointment of Sherman Silverman to vice president of sales.

Informio, a developer of voice Web infrastructure, has appointed former Yankee Group executive Mark Lowenstein as chief industry strategist.

Onix Microsystems, a developer and manufacturer of all-optical switching engines for communications networks, announces the appointment of Carla Feldman as vice president of marketing.

MessageTime.com, a provider of unified messaging solutions for K-12 school districts, announced the appointment of Jessica Thach as director of business development, and also announced that Phillip Roush has been appointed chief financial officer.

Echopass Corporation, a Business Service Provider (BSP) offering integrated Internet and telephone contact center communication services, announced that Steve Miller has been appointed as executive vice president of marketing and business development.

Agilera, a full-service, pure-play application service provider (ASP), announced the addition of Larissa Herda, president and CEO of Time Warner Telecom Inc, to its Board of Directors. The company also announced that James Wright has joined Agilera as vice president of marketing.

Delta Ventures LP has recruited David Schwartz as senior investment manager. For the past seven years, Schwartz was director of business development at ECI Telecom Ltd.

Davox Corporation announced the appointment of Anthony A. Colangelo as executive vice president. In this newly created role, Colangelo will be responsible for worldwide sales and international operations.

Cincom Systems, Inc. announced the appointment of S. Kyle Moll as director of U.S. Field Operations for the company's contact center technology group, Cincom Encompass.

GeoVideo Networks has appointed Brian Allain, former Lucent vice president for Internet business systems, as chief operating officer for product development and operations.

Abridge Inc. announced that David Mittelmann has joined the company as senior vice president, operations and service, bringing with him over 20 years experience in mission-critical operations management and customer service.

Artesyn Communication Products, LLC, a subsidiary of Artesyn Technologies and a supplier of communication controllers and high-speed WAN interfaces, has announced that Michael Sullivan has been promoted to vice president of quality assurance. Sullivan previously held the position of quality director.

Blue Pumpkin Software announced the appointment of William Seawick as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.

Neteos announced that Bill Varga has joined the customer relationship management (eCRM) solution provider, as vice president of worldwide sales.

Rapid Link Communications announced Thomas C. Scott as executive vice president of Wholesale Services responsible for all of the functions of the carrier services group, including the growth of the Global Clearinghouse and other wholesale programs.

Jetstream Communications announced the appointment of a European managing director as part of its growing international operation. Keith Stentiford joins Jetstream to establish and extend business interests in the region and take advantage of imminent local loop unbundling.

QUALCOMM Incorporated announced the appointment of Jeffrey K. Belk to senior vice president of marketing.