Coral Systems names Don Winters as vice president of business development; telecommunications industry veteran joins Coral Systems from AirTouch Communications.

LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 1996--Coral Systems Inc., a leading provider of innovative software products for the wireless industry, named 18-year telecommunications industry veteran Don Winters as vice president of business development.

Winters, who joins Coral Systems from AirTouch Communications, brings extensive management and strategic technology development experience. Winters will be responsible for all business development efforts, including Coral Systems' strategic partnership with Cincinnati Bell Information Systems (CBIS). CBIS is the global leader in the provision and management of customer care and billing solutions for the communications industry and will offer FraudBuster and ChurnAlert via service bureau.

Winters held several key positions at AirTouch Communications, including managing director of corporate technology, director of technology transfer and director of network management systems.

His responsibilities included contributions to the strategic technology direction of the company and overseeing the development and deployment of system technology which included fraud prevention tactics. In addition, Winters was charged with the management of AirTouch's technology portfolio and the maintenance of business partnerships. Winters' industry experience also includes responsibility for the establishment of PacTel Cellular's Regional Operations Control Center (ROCC) which supports the surveillance, implementation and maintenance efforts in the Los Angeles cellular marketplace. Prior to his term at PacTel, Winters also held management positions at Pacific Bell and PacTel Spectrum Services. Coral Systems' President and CEO Eric A. Johnson said: "Coral Systems has seen tremendous growth in the last year and the marketplace has also experienced large scale relationship changes. Don's knowledge of the wireless industry from a carrier's perspective and his expertise in the management of technology development will be a major asset to our company as we expand our market presence."

Founded in 1991, Coral Systems, Longmont, Colo., is a leading provider of innovative products for the wireless industry. Coral Systems products include several software offerings, such as: Fraud Buster, fraud detection system; ChurnAlert, customer retention system; veRiFier, an RF signature product; and Home Location Register (HLR), which brings pre-call, industry compliant capabilities to cellular, enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR) and emerging personal communications services (PCS). These products assist wireless carriers in all phases of their development and day-to-day interactions with their customers. Coral Systems' proven expertise has led to the signing of agreements with top domestic and international wireless carriers. Coral markets its products worldwide through a national accounts program and strategic partnerships with Cincinnati Bell Information Systems (CBIS), Ericsson Radio Systems, Motorola, Northern Telecom, and Sun Microsystems. Coral Systems can be reached at 303/772-5800.

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