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Press Release
Instant Messaging Pioneer FaceTime Communications Names VoIP Luminary Jeff Pulver to Advisory Board
FOSTER CITY, Calif., Nov. 18, 2004 -- Furthering its leadership as the premier provider of security, management and control solutions for instant messaging (IM) and other forms of real-time communications in the enterprise, FaceTime Communications today announced that illustrious VoIP publisher and renowned conference thought leader Jeff Pulver will assist the company as a member of the Advisory Board.
"FaceTime's four years of sequential revenue growth and industry leadership in the high growth instant messaging market continues to attract some of the industry's most influential pacesetters to its boards and executive ranks," said FaceTime CEO Glen D. Vondrick. "After conducting an extensive search for additions to our boards, we are very fortunate to have Jeff Pulver accept our invitation to join us. Mr. Pulver is a well-known technology visionary who will provide distinct technological guidance as we continue to expand our product line."
Jeff Pulver, president and CEO of pulver.com, Inc., is a globally respected visionary with more than a decade of experience in Internet and IP communications. He is the author of "Internet Telephone Toolkit" (1996/Wiley), publisher of "The Pulver Report" and creator of the widely attended and influential Voice on the Net (VON) conferences. Mr. Pulver is also founder of The VON Coalition, Free World Dialup and LibreTel as well as co-founder of Vonage, WHP Wireless, pulverInnovations, VON Magazine and Digisip. A true Internet Telephony pioneer, Mr. Pulver's expertise is widely utilized within the IP communications and telecommunications industries, where he provides advisory services to start-ups and industry bellwethers alike.
"I have followed FaceTime's growth from the very beginning and am excited by how rapidly the company has been able to implement a vision so closely aligned with my own," said Jeff Pulver, president and CEO of pulver.com, Inc. and newly named FaceTime Advisory Board member. "I am proud be part of such an impressive roster of industry visionaries and look forward to supporting FaceTime's growth with my additional contributions."
The FaceTime advisory board consists of a myriad of industry leaders, each contributing specialized experience, leadership and strategic relationships to guide FaceTime through its latest growth phase. Jeff Pulver joins Henry Carter, former chief compliance officer at E*Trade; Tom D. Jones, CEO of Velosel and former senior vice president at PeopleSoft; Lewis Knopf, former managing director of Collaboration Services at Reuters; Paul Matteucci, former chairman of leading VoIP supplier HearMe; Geoffrey Moore, chairman of the Chasm Group and best-selling high-tech luminary; and Raul Mujica, executive at Elance and former general manager and vice president of AOL Instant Messaging Business.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of instant
messaging, Web usage and Unified Communications platforms. Ranked number one by
IDC for four consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by
more than 900 customers – including nine of the 10 largest U.S. banks – for
security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime
supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and enterprise
IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM,
Reuters and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.
The FaceForward blog, at http://blog.facetime.com,
offers thoughts and opinions about the changing nature of Internet communications.
Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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