FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 1, 2003 --
Furthering its established leadership as the premier provider of
security and management solutions for instant messaging in the
enterprise, FaceTime Communications today announced the appointment
of technology industry executive Christopher S. Dean to senior vice
president of Marketing and Business Development. The company also
appointed influential author and leading technology industry
consultant Geoffrey Moore to its advisory board. "FaceTime's
leadership position and continuous, rapid business growth enables
us to attract some of the brightest and most accomplished minds in
technology today," said FaceTime President and CEO, Glen D.
Vondrick. "The global enterprise IM market is exploding, and
FaceTime is poised to expand its current leadership position while
emerging as the standard for enterprise IM security and management
solutions. With the addition of Christopher Dean's proven
experience and Geoffrey Moore's guidance, we are taking the company
to the next level in executing on our vision." With nearly two
decades of technology and finance experience, Christopher S. Dean
will focus on driving FaceTime's marketing and business development
strategies. He will be directly responsible for expanding
FaceTime's enterprise market strategy and building upon the
company's leadership in the enterprise instant messaging
marketplace. Dean will be specifically chartered with developing
the company's product and partner roadmaps, including the creation
of new global channel distribution programs and expansion of
FaceTime's offerings in new markets. Mr. Dean has held senior
marketing and business development roles in multiple technology and
finance start-up companies throughout his career. Prior to his new
post, he headed Dean Consulting, where his corporate strategy,
channel development and pricing engagement for PlaceWare, Inc., a
leading real-time Web conferencing provider, resulted in
Microsoft's acquisition of the company earlier this year. Mr.
Dean's marketing and strategic alliance programs have helped
secured more than $166 million in funding for such companies as
Epoch Partners, SmartAge.com and Worlds, Inc. At
business-to-business portal provider SmartAge.com (later B2SB
Technologies), he negotiated over 40 strategic relationships,
including those with AOL, AT&T and Bank of America. While a
senior consultant at Regis McKenna, Inc. (now the McKenna Group)
and later at Dean Consulting, he lent marketing, sales and product
strategy expertise to such Global 2000 organizations as Apple, IBM,
Oracle and Adobe Systems. Dean holds an M.B.A. from the J.L.
Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.A. in Economics from
Vassar College. "I've been closely watching FaceTime's rapid growth
in the enterprise instant messaging industry with great interest,"
said newly-appointed FaceTime Senior Vice President of Marketing
and Business Development Christopher S. Dean. "FaceTime is the
clear market leader with the largest installed base of customers,
highest revenue and most mature product line. The company has
executed key partnerships with all of the world's leading instant
messaging network providers, developed enterprise-class, real-time
technology, and built an impressive base of blue chip customers
during one the most challenging economic times. I am excited to
join the FaceTime team to help accelerate the company's growth."
Geoffrey Moore is the founder and chairman of The Chasm Group
(TCG), a firm providing marketing strategy and organizational
services to such industry leaders as Apple, AT&T, Hewlett
Packard, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. He is also a venture partner
with Mohr, Davidow Ventures. Author of best sellers Crossing The
Chasm and Inside the Tornado, and most recently Living on the Fault
Line, Mr. Moore previously served as principal and partner at Regis
McKenna, Inc. and in key executive roles at Rand Information
Systems, Enhansys and Mitem. The FaceTime advisory board consists
of a myriad of industry leaders, each contributing specialized
experience, leadership and strategic relationships to guide
FaceTime through its next growth phase. Moore joins other FaceTime
advisory board members Henry Carter, former chief compliance
officer at E*Trade; Lewis Knopf, former managing director of
Collaboration Services at Reuters; Paul Matteucci, former chairman
of leading VOIP supplier HearMe; and Raul Mujica, former general
manager and vice president at AOL Instant Messaging Business Unit
at AOL Time Warner. FaceTime also appointed FaceTime Founder Mehdi
Maghsoodnia to the company's Board of Directors. Mehdi leads the
company's technology vision, product planning, product development,
and network operations. Over the past five years, Mehdi has
overseen the design and development of FaceTime's IM Director
real-time communication platform, released in 1999 as the first
enterprise-class infrastructure for managing any instant messaging
network, or email system, and other real-time communication
channels. The IM Director platform has been used to develop the
company's suite of enterprise IM solutions used by enterprise
customers worldwide, including the award-winning IMAuditor
Enterprise. As a member of the Board, Mr. Maghsoodnia will
contribute his visionary thought leadership and instant messaging
expertise to further the strategic vision of the company.
About Actiance, Inc. (Formerly FaceTime Communications, Inc.)
FaceTime Communications became Actiance, Inc on January 11, 2011 following an agreement to
transfer the FaceTime trademark to Apple.
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0,
including instant messaging, blogs and social networking. Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive
years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security,
management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships
with all leading IM, unified communications providers and social networks including AOL, Google, Yahoo!,
Skype, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-3223.
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