AVST Appoints Pat Howard to Board of Directors.FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. -- Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST AVST Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. AVST Applied Voice and Speech Technology AVST Automated Visual Sensitivity Tester AVST Advanced Vehicle Simulation Technique ), a leading provider of unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. solutions for businesses of all sizes, today announced it has appointed Pat Howard, an industry visionary and business leader, to its Board of Directors. With 30 years of experience in the telecom and technology markets and building and managing the distribution channels that support them, Howard brings a wealth of knowledge to the diverse group of industry experts and visionaries on AVST's Board. Throughout his career, Howard has focused his energies on developing profitable and uniquely valuable products, services and companies in the converged voice and data applications space. "Pat's expertise in building and supporting solution-centric distribution channels and his significant contributions to the telecom industry through his leadership at such renowned companies as VMX VMX Virtual Machine eXtensions VMX Vintage Motocross VMX Voice Message Exchange VMX Vme Memory Extension Bus and Mosaix fits perfectly with AVST's vision of working with world-class distribution partners to deliver PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). independent best-of-breed unified communications solutions for businesses of all sizes," said AVST's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Hardy Myers. "We will take great advantage of his counsel and guidance as we continue to accelerate the global expansion of our business." Howard has served as the CEO of a variety of prestigious, publicly-traded firms in the telecom sector including VMX, one of the premier call processing and voice messaging companies in the world, where he led the company from near startup to a global leader with strong profitability and over $120 million in annual sales. As CEO of Mosaix, a call center software and systems provider, the company doubled sales and tripled earnings-per-share during his three-year tenure. Howard most recently served as CEO of QuantumShift, where he increased the company's telecom management hosted services and reduced the company's dependence on its reseller business before selling it in 2004. In addition to these public companies, Howard has also led various private companies including ComPath, Soundlogic, PhoneZone and Banter through early-stage product and company development to profitable operations and/or highly valued liquidity events. Howard is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Management Program and San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. . His past and current independent consulting or directorship roles include Banter (intelligent email response automation), Straight Source (recruitment process outsourcing Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a form of business process outsourcing (BPO) where an employer outsources or transfers all or part of its recruitment activities to an external service provider. ), Circa (IP telephone development, sold to PolyCom), Seance (presence-based communications integration), LiteScape (IP applications platform) and Angel Flight (charitable aviation organization). About AVST Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer of unified communications solutions for businesses of all sizes. Through its world-class unified communications platform, CallXpress(R), and its innovative speech applications module, Seneca(R), AVST offers the industry's most powerful suite of switch-independent unified communications solutions. AVST's solutions enable direct access to an enterprise's communications infrastructure including voice mail, email and fax messaging from any voice or data device via a touch-tone, GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. or speech interface. Established in September 2003, AVST was formed from the combined businesses of Sound Advantage (established in 1997) and the AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. division (established in 1982) of Captaris, Inc. Headquartered in Orange County, CA, AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, WA, and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices across the United States. With over 35,000 systems installed worldwide, AVST's unified communications solutions are sold and supported internationally by an extensive network of resellers and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. For more information contact Denny Michael, VP of Marketing, at 949-699-2300 or access the company's website at www.avst.com. |
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