FOSTER CITY, Calif., Feb. 9, 2004 - Furthering
its leadership as the premier provider of solutions that secure,
manage, and extend instant messaging (IM) and other forms of
real-time communications in the enterprise, FaceTime Communications
today announced the appointment of Kailash Ambwani to chief
executive officer. Mr. Ambwani, a highly seasoned industry veteran,
has a successful 15-year track record with startup, early-stage and
mid-size technology companies. Mr. Ambwani succeeds Glen Vondrick,
who remains on the FaceTime Advisory Board. "During the past four
years, FaceTime has helped customers harness the power of instant
messaging by successfully securing, managing and controlling IM in
the enterprise," said Glen Vondrick. "We've worked very hard to
build the company to its current position of strength and market
leadership and I'm delighted to have attracted such a strong
executive as Mr. Ambwani to FaceTime. Kailash's experience will
help take the Company to the next level by accelerating its growth
and execution." Most recently, Mr. Ambwani was chief operating
officer with global P&L responsibility for Genesys
Conferencing, a leader in integrated audio, video and Web
conferencing services. Genesys has annual revenues of $200M with
17,000 customers and operations in 18 countries. During his tenure
at Genesys, Mr. Ambwani was instrumental in developing the world's
first integrated audio and Web conferencing communication platform,
Genesys Meeting Center, and driving the repositioning of the
Company as an integrated communications provider. Prior to his role
at Genesys, Mr. Ambwani was president and chief executive officer
of Astound Inc., one of the leading providers of Web conferencing
and real-time collaboration solutions. "I am very excited to join a
company in such an enviable position," said Mr. Ambwani, CEO of
FaceTime. "FaceTime created the IM security, management and control
category, and since then, has developed a large market opportunity
with superior products, solid customer and partner bases, and a
talented team of professionals. I look forward to leveraging these
strengths with my experience in the real-time conferencing and
collaboration markets to expand our leadership as IM becomes the
next generation signaling network for real-time enterprise
collaboration." "We are very excited to have an executive of
Kailash Ambwani's caliber assume the role of FaceTime chief
executive officer," said Sharon Wienbar, FaceTime board director
and a director at BA Venture Partners. "With his proven real-time
collaboration and executive expertise, we are confident that Mr.
Ambwani will successfully lead the company into its next stage of
growth."
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