Convergent Networks' Bing Yang Wins Boston Business Journal's '40 Under 40 Award'.Business/Technology Editors LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 Founder & Chief Technology Officer Recognized for His Visionary Leadership and Technological Innovations in the Telecom Industry Convergent Networks, a leading provider of broadband voice infrastructure solutions, today announced that Bing Yang, Convergent Networks' founder, senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. ), was awarded Boston Business Journal's prestigious "40 under 40" Award. In its fourth year, the award recognizes 40 promising Greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. area business and civic leaders under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions in their respective fields. Yang, who founded Convergent Networks in 1998, was recognized for his entrepreneurial spirit, visionary leadership and technological innovations in the telecommunications industry. Convergent Networks is the second startup Yang founded. The first was Cadia Networks, which he founded in 1996 and sold nine months later to FORE Systems See Marconi. , which was then acquired by Marconi plc. At Convergent Networks, Yang oversees an engineering team of 130 people responsible for developing next-generation carrier-class voice switching solutions. "Bing's passion, perseverance and commitment to advancing the telecom industry are what make him a great leader, and that is exactly why people chose to work at Convergent Networks. In fact, Bing has been instrumental in bringing together the executive and engineering teams that we have established at Convergent Networks," said John C. Thibault, president & 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 Convergent Networks. Bing, who is frequently referred to as a "serial entrepreneur Serial entrepreneur Business person that successfully starts (does not kill) a number of different businesses. ," says his entrepreneurial spirit has evolved over time. "At Convergent Networks, I am committed to balancing an entrepreneurial engineering team with a proven business plan. Today, I'm just as interested in contributing to the company's long-term growth and success as I am in founding a company." The Boston Business Journal's (BBJ BBJ Boeing Business Jet BBJ Bad Beat Jackpot (poker) BBJ Black Business Journal BBJ Big Ball Jam (Phish song) BBJ Big Band Jump (radio station) ) "40 under 40" award debuted in 1998 and has since become a coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. honor for Boston area business and civic leaders. Each summer, BBJ editors review hundreds of candidates to select 40 finalists. Yang joins the ranks of Jeff Taylor, founder and CEO of Monster.com; Andy Sack, founder of Abuzz; and Christopher Pasko, principal of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's Boston office. About Convergent Networks, Inc. Founded in 1998 and privately held, Convergent Networks is The Voice of Broadband Networking(TM). The company designs, develops and markets carrier-class switching solutions that enable emerging and incumbent carriers to economically deliver innovative broadband services to their business and residential customers. Convergent Networks' Cohesion product family comprises four primary elements: the ICS (1) (Internet Connection Sharing) A Windows feature that enables two or more computers to share one Internet connection. First introduced in Windows 98 Second Edition, sharing is accomplished with network address translation (NAT), which is the common method. 2000(TM) broadband switch, the ICSG ICSG International Copper Study Group (TM) signaling gateway, the ICSX(TM) softswitch and services platform and the ICView(TM) management system, which can be configured to support trunking or subscriber applications. More information about the company can be found at www.convergentnet.com. |
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