Cantata Technology Promotes John Wastcoat to Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific Region.NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Cantata cantata (kəntä`tə) [Ital.,=sung], composite musical form similar to a short unacted opera or brief oratorio, developed in Italy in the baroque period. Technology(TM), the world's leading independent provider of enabling communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry , today announced the promotion of John Wastcoat to the position of vice president of sales, Asia Pacific. Mr. Wastcoat will lead both the Carrier/OEM and Enterprise sales in APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) , and continue the expansion of the company's already strong presence in the region. Previously, Mr. Wastcoat served as the Asia sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , where he led sales and business development initiatives for the Voice over Packet market in the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . Mr. Wastcoat has been with Cantata Technology (formerly Brooktrout Technology(R) and Excel Switching) since 1998, where he was responsible for the sales, marketing programs and business development in the Pacific Rim. In addition to growing the business in the region by over 20% each year, he was instrumental in opening the company's branch office in Japan in 2003. Mr. Wastcoat also led the effort in developing relationships with major corporations in Asia such as Samsung, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Communications, PCCW PCCW Pacific Century CyberWorks PCCW Palmer College of Chiropractic West (San Jose, California) , and SmarTone. Prior to joining Cantata, Mr. Wastcoat was the associate director of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Japan Office, developing commercial relationships between the state of Pennsylvania and Japanese companies. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Montana and a degree from Nichibei Kaiwa Gakuin Japanese Language School in Tokyo. "John's promotion is a reflection on the depth and breadth of his knowledge of this market and his commitment and significant success developing business in this region," said Marc Zionts, 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 Cantata Technology. "Cantata has been selling products into the Asian market since 1988 and has established a strong local customer base and we intend to further expand our presence and product reach into this market moving forward." Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, Cantata's proven, open standards-based technology has given rise to one of the largest, broadest and deepest technology product lines in the communications industry. Cantata has products deployed at enterprises and service providers in more than 80 countries around the world and at 90% of the Fortune 500. Used extensively by enterprises and service providers alike, Cantata's technology enables innovative services and solutions with applications ranging from voice and video messaging, prepaid services, fax over IP, interactive voice response, personal ring back tone and speech-enabled services. About Cantata Technology Cantata Technology, established in 2006 through the combination of Brooktrout Technology and Excel Switching Corporation, provides enabling communications hardware and software that empowers the creation and delivery of anytime, anywhere IP-based communications applications. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, Cantata offers the broadest range of products, along with a worldwide network of partners that allows service provider and enterprise customers to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively transition networks to IP. Headquartered in Needham, Mass., Cantata maintains multiple locations worldwide in North America, Asia and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.cantata.com. -30- Cantata, Cantata Technology, Brooktrout, TR1000, Brooktrout Technology, and the stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. logo with and without the term Cantata Technology are trademarks of EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. 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