FOSTER CITY, CA -July 14, 2003 -- FaceTime
Communications, the leading provider of security, management and
control solutions for Instant Messaging (IM) and other forms of
real-time communications in the enterprise, today announced it has
appointed Jonathan Christensen its vice president of Products and
chief technology officer (CTO). Christensen, one of Microsoft's
early instant messaging visionaries and group managers on the
"Greenwich" Real-Time Communications team, joins FaceTime to head
the company's next-generation technology efforts and help further
its market leadership in developing solutions for real-time
communications that complement the company's technology partners.
Christensen brings more than a decade of experience helping shape
strategy for the growth of real-time communications and delivering
technology solutions for major corporations such as Microsoft
Corporation and Time Warner. He will report to FaceTime President
and CEO, Glen D. Vondrick. "The IM industry has long respected
Jonathan Christensen's knowledge and experience with real-time
communications technology," said President and CEO of FaceTime,
Glen D. Vondrick. "We are thrilled Jonathan has chosen FaceTime for
the next stage of his career. His passion and vision for the future
of the industry will help expand on our strategy to continue to
complement all IM networks and maintain our strategic product
positioning with our partners. We look forward to leveraging
Jonathan's expertise to continue our long history of providing
customers with the most advanced real-time communications solutions
available." Christensen is coveted as a key visionary for his work
at Microsoft Corporation where he spearheaded Real-Time
Communications (RTC), as group program manager working with global
technology partners for the past two years and was a founding
member of the "Greenwich" project for enterprise IM. Notable among
his achievements, Jonathan had overall program management
responsibility including designing features and specifications of
the RTC product. He also led the development of the large community
of ISV's around the Microsoft RTC APIs. Christensen also held group
manager roles in the Network Solutions Groups and MSN Voice
Services groups where he was responsible for business and product
development. "FaceTime pioneered the technology that has enabled
enterprises to harness the power of instant messaging," said
Jonathan Christensen, FaceTime's newly appointed vice president of
Products and CTO. "I've been a long time admirer of FaceTime's
vision and ability to deliver products that have gained such rapid
adoption. I was attracted to the company because of its clear
technical and market leadership as well as its customer and revenue
momentum. Given the breadth of my experience in this space, I am
confident that FaceTime is uniquely positioned for continued
leadership in the industry," said Christensen. Prior to joining
Microsoft Corporation, Christensen held management positions at
Time Warner, pioneering commercial Internet services including
access, hosting, and web design. While at Time Warner, Jonathan was
very instrumental in bringing to market the first generation of
consumer broadband services (e.g. data over cable). Christensen has
a Master's Degree in International Business Administration (EMBA)
from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Bachelor of Arts in
Law and Society from the University of California at Santa
Barbara.
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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