AccessLine announces senior management appointments; Kevin Niemi appointed vice president of engineering, Robert Handell appointed CEO and elected to the board of directors.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 1996--AccessLine Technologies announced today that Kevin Niemi has been named vice president of engineering and will be responsible for managing AccessLine's engineering functions, for both software and hardware integration. Niemi was most recently director for the wireless service node division of NORTEL in Dallas where he led a key development effort. Niemi has extensive experience in wireless product development, multimedia (speech and text), Internet, and sophisticated call control, and is considered to be an accomplished and capable manager. His managerial talent and particular expertise with advanced intelligent network (AIN Ain, in the Bible Ain (ā`ĭn), in the Bible. 1 Town, N ancient Palestine. 2 See En-rimmon. Ain, department, France Ain (ăN), department (1990 pop. ) applications lends itself well to AccessLine's continuing growth and development in that area. "It is clear to me that AccessLine is the leader in this industry," said Niemi. "I find the prospect of leading an excellent engineering team such as AccessLine's, whose engineers have already accomplished so much in the area of AIN, to be very exciting." Niemi replaces Fred Epler, one of AccessLine's founders and longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective senior vice president of engineering, who has moved into the position of senior vice president of advanced technology. Niemi will manage all functions of the engineering department including the current development schedule; Epler will focus exclusively on the company's next generation of products and technology. Concurrently, AccessLine's board of directors announced that as part of the company's management succession plan, AccessLine's president, Bob Handell, has been appointed 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. and has been elected to the board of directors. Handell has been responsible for managing the company's day-to-day operations as president since he joined AccessLine in January of this year. Prior to joining AccessLine, Handell was COO of BellSouth MobileComm. Handell assumes CEO responsibilities from Daniel Kranzler, AccessLine's CEO for the last ten years. "Bob has proven himself to be a highly qualified leader," stated Kranzler. "The progress the company has made in the first half of 1996 is evident. I am very pleased to see him take on the additional role of CEO." Kranzler remains chairman of the board. "We are very pleased to have Kevin Niemi join us," said Handell. "We feel truly fortunate that his unique talents and experience have been made available to us at this important juncture junc·ture n. The point, line, or surface of union of two parts. in our company's history." About AccessLine Technologies AccessLine Technologies is the originator of the One Person, One Number(R) technology and was first to market with the single multi-function platform that delivers personal number functionality to service providers and their customers. AccessLine services are currently available in over 35 markets worldwide through licensees including AirTouch Cellular, Ameritech Cellular Ameritech Mobile Communications, LLC was the first company in the United States to provide cellular mobile phone service to the general public. Cell service became publicly available in Chicago on October 13, 1983. , Bell Atlantic Mobile, Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for , Bell Mobility, Telia AB (Sweden), NetCom GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. (Norway), One Number Service Inc. (Japan), Hyosung One Number Co. Ltd. (Korea), and other service operators in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. AccessLine offers the wireline and wireless telephone industries an AIN-based service node that can deliver a full range of personal communications services See PCS. , including One Person, One Number, or other enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; offerings targeted to particular market segments. CONTACT: AccessLine Technologies Kimberly Tassin, 206/654-1001 e-mail: PR(at)accessline.com |
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