Riverstone Networks Appoints Vice President of Internal Audit
December 21 2004 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Riverstone Networks Appoints Vice President of Internal Audit SANTA
CLARA, Calif., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Riverstone
Networks (Pink Sheets: RSTN) today announced that Mark Tisdel has
been appointed to serve as its Vice President of Internal Audit. In
this newly created role, Mr. Tisdel is responsible for the on-going
testing of the company's compliance with the internal controls
requirements of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act. He will also
develop audit plans to support the continuous improvement and
scalability of the Riverstone's internal controls. "We consider
Mark an excellent fit with our culture and values, and we believe
that staffing the internal audit role underscores Riverstone's
commitment to enhance our corporate governance processes," said
Roger A. Barnes, Executive Vice President of Global Operations
& Chief Financial Officer. "Mark has extensive financial and
operational experience that will enable him to step in and take
immediate command of the internal audit responsibilities. We are
pleased to have Mark join our team." Prior to joining Riverstone,
Mr. Tisdel served as Senior Director of the Global Shared Service
Center at PeopleSoft, Inc., overseeing all transactional processing
and accounting, and assisting in the financial systems and data
integration of JD Edwards. At PeopleSoft, Mr. Tisdel also held
roles in Financial Planning and as a Business Unit Controller.
Additionally, he has held finance positions at Warpspeed
Communications, Pacific Bell Internet and GTE. Mr. Tisdel is a
Certified Public Accountant and holds a BS in Accounting from
Clarkson University and an MBA in Finance from Wake Forest
University. About Riverstone Networks Riverstone Networks, Inc. is
a leading provider of carrier-class solutions for next generation
metro Ethernet networks. Riverstone's metro routers and
provisioning solutions deliver the ease of use, cost effectiveness,
and flexibility that carriers require in meeting their customers'
networking requirements in support of voice, video, and data
services. Riverstone uniquely permits carriers to offer homogeneous
services across existing revenue-generating networks and new
Ethernet deployments. Contact: Roger A. Barnes Executive Vice
President and CFO Riverstone Networks, Inc. 408-878-6500
DATASOURCE: Riverstone Networks, Inc. CONTACT: Roger A. Barnes,
Executive Vice President and CFO of Riverstone Networks, Inc.,
+1-408-878-6500 Web site: http://www.riverstonenet.com/
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