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CallWave Announces Technology Veteran Jeffrey Cavins as President and Chief Executive Officer.


SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- CallWave, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALL) announced today that Jeffrey Cavins has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. Mark Stubbs, who has been the acting Chief Executive Officer as well as the Chief Financial Officer, will continue as Chief Financial Officer.

Cavins brings over 19 years of senior-level experience and operational excellence to CallWave, including executive management and directorship positions in emerging growth technology, software, internet, and digital media companies, including Loudeye Corporation (NASDAQ: LOUD), Exodus Communications Exodus Communications was a high-flying internet hosting and service provider to dot-com businesses that went broke along with their customers. Exodus inception
Exodus was founded in 1992 as Fouress, Inc., and reincorporated in 1994 to Exodus Communications.
 and CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator
CSI CompuServe, Inc.
CSI Commodity Systems, Inc.
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CSI Christian Schools International
 Digital.

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.  of Loudeye, a digital media distribution technology company, Cavins orchestrated the Company's renewed growth strategy and return to profitability. During his tenure, he expanded the Company globally, establishing Loudeye as the world leader in digital media distribution, developed strategic partnerships with such companies as Microsoft, Nokia, and Virgin, and grew shareholder value by over 1,700 percent. The Company was subsequently acquired by Nokia in October 2006.

As Senior Vice President for Exodus Communications, a leading managed hosting and interactive web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term.  company, he was responsible for almost a billion dollars in revenue, 1,100 employees, and strategic partnerships with such industry leaders as Google, Yahoo!, and MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). . Prior to that, Cavins served as President and CEO of CSI Digital where the Company was named first place winner of the Deloitte & Touche Fast-50 Award in Washington State and recognized as one of America's fastest growing private companies. Cavins also spent nearly a decade in the Broadcast Division of Sony Corporation.

"We welcome Jeff to the executive team and feel that he has the strengths needed to successfully lead CallWave, grow market share, and return the company to sustainable profitability," said Peter Sperling Peter V. Sperling is a member of the board of directors of the Apollo Group, owners of the private University of Phoenix and other facilities. He is the son of John Sperling. External link
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, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "His experience and business acumen will accelerate our ability to realize the powerful potential and competitive advantage we have in delivering innovative voice, text, and fax services."

"I'm excited to be joining CallWave at such a key time in the Company's growth and development," added Jeff Cavins. "The Company has strong core technology and strategic assets that will be exploited to grow the business and extended into new service offerings. We are enhancing the usability 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.  and transforming mobile communications and traditional voicemail into a highly valued experience for today's mobile professional."

Continued Cavins, "CallWave has already established an early lead in providing services that converge voice and text communications and solve the interoperability challenges that users experience across their various communication devices. Our rapidly expanding customer base in the new products launched over the last year, which have generated more than one million new registered users, is solid evidence that there is clear market demand for these services."

Mr. Cavins will be joining the Board of Directors for CallWave. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Human BioMolecular Research Institute in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation).
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 and Jacent Technologies in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. .

About CallWave

CallWave is leading the way in developing unified communications that make phones and computers work better together. The Company's services are interoperable across mobile and landline communications devices and a user's existing phone number and service provider. CallWave enables consumers and businesses to get more out of the devices they use everyday - their computers and phones. CallWave also private-labels its full suite of services to partners and carriers. Founded in 1998, CallWave is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. . For further information, please visit www.callwave.com.

This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such statements are made pursuant to the "forward-looking statements" and "safe harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
" provisions within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange of 1934, as amended. The statements contained herein which are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements under federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to them. The Company has no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly from these forward-looking statements.
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