CPLANE Names Kirk D'Orazio President and CEO; Seasoned Networking Executive Brings Extensive Experience in Strategic Growth Leadership to Service Network Control Software Company.Business Editors SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 CPLANE, Inc., the leader in service network control software products, today announced the appointment of Kirk M. D'Orazio as 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. . D'Orazio will be in charge of planning CPLANE's market expansion and overseeing the company's engineering, marketing, sales and financial strategies. D'Orazio has more than 18 years of hi-tech management experience with proven experience building world-class teams and bringing new products to market. D'Orazio has led organizations through multiple stages of growth and successfully yielded 60 to 100% average annual growth in revenue and profits. Most recently, D'Orazio was president and CEO of PointConnect, Inc., an enterprise software and services provider for large finance, insurance and health care firms. "Kirk brings the leadership experience and strategic perspective necessary for CPLANE to thrive in these difficult economic conditions," said Susan Mason, Chairman of the Board and General Partner at ONSET Ventures. "When we began our search, we outlined the five absolute characteristics the new president and CEO must possess. Kirk exceeds each one of them. We are thrilled to have him on board." Prior to PointConnect, D'Orazio was president of GTI-Promptus Communications, Inc., a global provider of networking systems, software and services, where he successfully completed a rapid turnaround of the company increasing gross margins by 44%. Before this position, he held several other executive positions with the company. Prior to GTI GTI Gas Technology Institute GTI Global Taxonomy Initiative GTI Good Time Interval GTI Guelph Turfgrass Institute GTI Green Theme International GTI Gordon Training International GTI Georgia Transportation Institute GTI Group Travel Insurance , D'Orazio was president and CEO of Tell Technology, Inc., a provider of automated response software and systems for CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. applications. D'Orazio also has held management positions with Automated Call Processing In telecommunication, the term call processing has the following meanings:
GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Corporation. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies from the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . About CPLANE, Inc. CPLANE, Inc. is a software company delivering a service network control platform that empowers service providers with the ability to accelerate the creation of revenue-generating services, while optimizing the delivery of those services across a multi-vendor, multi-technology network infrastructure. The result is a solution that minimizes service delivery time for customers, while maximizing network performance value and profitability for the service provider. Founded in 1999 and based in Sunnyvale, California, CPLANE is privately held and has received more than $35 million in investment capital from Amerindo's Private Equity Group, CMEA CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance CMEA Cellular Message Encryption Algorithm CMEA Canadian Music Educators' Association CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Aid CMEA Certified Machinery Equipment Appraiser CMEA Colorado Music Education Association Ventures, ONSET Ventures, Pequot Private Equity, Sun Microsystems, and Woodside Fund. |
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