Cisco Veteran Appointed President of Xten
June 22 2005 - 12:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cisco Veteran Appointed President of Xten SANTA CLARA, CA, June 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xten Networks, Inc. (OTCBB: XNWK), a
provider of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), Video over IP,
Instant Messaging (IM), and Presence SIP softphones, today
announced that Mr. Larry Timlick has been appointed as President
and a Director of the company, effective June 17, 2005. "Larry
brings experienced leadership and management expertise to Xten. His
vision combined with over two decades of sales and management
experience will be a great asset to our team, our shareholders and
our customers," said Mark Bruk, co founder and Chairman of Xten.
"Larry brings a keen understanding of the global communications
industry, as well as the right combination of strategic insight and
operational discipline to Xten." With over 22 years of technical
sales and management experience, the last 13 years of which was at
Cisco Systems Canada, Larry brings extensive knowledge of the
Enterprise and Service Provider markets. Larry was responsible for
developing a sales region for Telus, a major telecommunications
carrier in Canada, which was named Region of the Year, Americas
International FY 2004. Under his leadership in this region, sales
and technical teams increased accounts from $25 million to over
$115 million in two years. Larry had many accomplishments with
Cisco Systems, including: Top Americas International Performer -
Regional Manager FY 2000; Highest Regional Percentage of Goal -
Americas International FY 2000 (152% of Goal); Top Canadian
Regional Performance FY 2001 - Western Region Service Providers
(120% of Goal); and Top Customer Satisfaction Americas
International FY 2002. As the first Cisco Systems Employee in
Western Canada, Larry expanded the business and opened offices in
Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg. Larry has also
held management positions with AT&T Canada and Telex/Tulsa
Computer Products. "Xten has an outstanding team that has developed
award-winning technologies in one of the hottest sectors in
communications, as is shown by Xten's customer and partner base. I
look forward to strengthening relationships with our current
customers, building relationships with future customers, delivering
new products and services to the market, and capturing maximum
value for Xten from our industry alliances," said Larry Timlick,
President and a Director of Xten. In the near term, we will focus
on driving value by developing new products and services for
service providers, cable operators, MSOs, Internet telephony
service providers, ISPs, IP PBX manufacturers and OEMs, including
set-top box manufacturers and VoIP device manufacturers." About
Xten Networks, Inc. Xten Networks is a developer of award-winning,
high-quality, carrier- grade VoIP (Voice over IP) and Video over IP
SIP softphones for service providers, cable operators, Internet
telephony service providers, IP PBX manufacturers and OEMs. Xten's
SIP softphones are available either pre-configured or as a software
development kit (SDK), and provide VoIP (Voice over IP), Video over
IP, IM (Instant Messaging), and Presence functionality. eyeBeam -
Xten's feature-rich SIP Video over IP softphone with IM and
Presence - recently received both Communications Solutions(R)
Magazine's and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's "Product of the
Year" Award for 2004. Xten's Pocket PC SIP Softphone was recently
named a 2005 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET TELEPHONY(R)
magazine. Through deployments with leading service providers, Xten
technology is deployed in more than 5,400,000 IP endpoints
worldwide. For more information please visit http://www.xten.com/.
For more information on Xten, please contact Investor Relations -
KCSA Worldwide: Todd Fromer +1.212.896.1215 Michael Cimini
+1.212.896.1233 For more information on Xten products, please
contact Media Relations: Tiffany Zinck +1.604.628.2127 DATASOURCE:
Xten Networks CONTACT: on Xten, please contact Investor Relations -
KCSA Worldwide: Todd Fromer, (212) 896-1215, ; Michael Cimini,
(212) 896-1233, ; on Xten products, please contact Media Relations:
Tiffany Zinck, (604) 628-2127,
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