Action Engine Announces Appointment of Scott G. Silk as President, CEO and Director.REDMOND, Wash. -- Action Engine Corporation, the leading provider of Advanced Data Services (ADS) solutions for smart phones and devices, today announced that its board of directors has unanimously elected Scott G. Silk as president, chief executive officer and director of the company. Silk most recently served as senior vice president and general manager of ePresence (Nasdaq:EPRE EPRE ePresence, Inc. (stock symbol) EPRE Ente Provincial Regulador de la Electricidad ), a leading provider of Security and Identity Management (SIM) solutions. Silk, 46, joined Action Engine in his new capacity and the company's board of directors on June 14, 2004. P. Kevin Kilroy of Baker Capital and a board member of Action Engine Corporation commented, "The board is delighted to have Scott join us as the newly appointed 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. of Action Engine. Scott is a recognized leader with a history of success in the field of business operations, technology, sales and marketing. To complement these attributes, Scott also demonstrates an unrivaled degree of professional expertise, industry knowledge and deep understanding of current and emerging market opportunities. The board believes that Scott has the requisite balance of operational discipline and decisiveness, focused leadership and strategic insight required to accelerate Action Engine's growth in the highly competitive wireless environment." Upon his appointment Silk stated, "The mobile application platforms market is slated to grow dramatically over the next five years and is of crucial importance to wireless operators. Action Engine is uniquely positioned with a world-class technology that provides mobile operators with the power to capitalize on the rapidly growing data services market. I'm honored to join the company and excited to establish Action Engine as the definitive leader in this space." Silk has more than 20 years of executive experience leading technology companies. In his previous role as general manager for ePresence, Silk established the company as a leader in the Identity Management segment while increasing shareholder valuation by more than 100%. Additionally, Silk was instrumental in driving the company's merger & acquisition strategy that led to the sale of ePresence's security and identity management services to Unisys Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ). Prior to joining ePresence, Silk had a distinguished career with Gentia Software Inc. where he served as president of North American operations North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. and vice president of worldwide marketing. While there, Silk grew the company's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. software revenues to $20 million, established it as an acknowledged leader in the Balanced Scorecard Balanced Scorecard A performance metric used in strategic management to identify and improve various internal functions and their resulting external outcomes. The balanced scorecard attempts to measure and provide feedback to organizations in order to assist in implementing software space and re-positioned the company as a part of its merger & acquisition strategy. Earlier, Silk was the assistant to the Chairman and CEO of Unisys Corporation. Silk's career-to-date highlights include extensive experience in senior general management, sales and marketing roles with Unisys, Ally Software and Actium Corporation. Silk completed his undergraduate studies at Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. and holds a master's degree business administration from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. About Action Engine Corporation Action Engine Corporation is the pioneer and world's leading provider of Advanced Data Service solutions for global wireless carriers. The company's software solution has been deployed by a robust list of global carriers that include Orange SA (FOREIGN OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : ORGEF), mmO2 (NYSE: OOM; LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor OOM), SMART Communications, Inc., among others. Founded in 2000, Action Engine is privately held with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Additional information is available at www.actionengine.com. |
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