MURRAY HILL, N.J., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Glowpoint,
Inc. (NYSE MKT: GLOW), a leading global provider of cloud managed
video services, today announced that Steven
Peri, a former executive at Tandberg and Cisco, will join
the company as Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
starting September 4, 2012.
"Steve will play a key role at Glowpoint supporting legal and HR
related functions, and he will be a key contributor to our
corporate strategy and development initiatives, as part of the
senior executive council," stated Joe
Laezza, president and CEO of Glowpoint. "He is joining the
company as we focus on accelerating growth and building on our
momentum to capture market share for cloud and managed services for
video communications. We are thrilled to have Steve on board and
look forward to his contributions."
Peri comes to Glowpoint with a strong history in the
videoconferencing and telepresence industry. He has served as
General Counsel-Telepresence at Cisco where he oversaw the
worldwide legal aspects of that business, including sales support,
management of intellectual property, and all contract matters.
Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President General Counsel
at TANDBERG where he was a member of the senior management team,
which led the company through rapid growth and change,culminating
with Cisco acquiring the company in 2010.
"Glowpoint is uniquely situated to take advantage of the
substantial changes now taking place in the video conferencing
industry," stated Peri. "I am very pleased to have the opportunity
to join the Glowpoint management team at this exciting time in the
evolution of the company."
Prior to his time at Cisco and TANDBERG, Peri held senior legal
positions at two Fortune 500 companies and was a partner in a
New York area law firm private
practice where he represented a large number of privately held and
foreign-based companies in their US legal affairs. Peri holds a JD
degree from the University of
Pennsylvania law school and an AB in History, cum
laude, from Princeton University.
About Glowpoint
Glowpoint, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GLOW) provides cloud managed video
services that make the delivery of consistently high-quality
videoconferencing and telepresence service as simple as using the
internet, between any technology, network and business. Using our
OpenVideo® cloud architecture, Glowpoint enables organizations of
all sizes to adopt business-class video easily, scale instantly and
collaborate openly, yet securely across technology boundaries – to
realize the full value of visual communications. To learn more
please visit www.glowpoint.com.
Forward looking and cautionary statements
The information in this release may contain statements that are
or may be deemed to be forward-looking statements and involve
factors, risks, and uncertainties that may cause actual results in
future periods to differ materially from such statements. These
factors, risks, and uncertainties include market acceptance and
availability of new video communications services; the
non-exclusive and terminable-at-will nature of sales agreements;
rapid technological change affecting demand for our services;
competition from other video communication service providers; and
the availability of sufficient financial resources to enable us to
expand our operations, as well as other risks detailed from time to
time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We
make no representation or warranty that the information contained
herein is complete and accurate; we have no duty to correct or
update any information.
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