Corsair Communications Names Telecommunications Veteran Pete Stonebridge Vice President of Engineering; Software and networking expert to lead technology development for fighting cellular fraud.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1995--Corsair Communications today announced the appointment of Pete Stonebridge as the company's vice president of engineering. Mr. Stonebridge brings over 20 years of engineering experience to Corsair corsair: see Barbary States; piracy. , where he will head the company's research and product development efforts. Corsair Communications is the developer of the PhonePrint cellular fraud control system, which uses radio frequency fingerprinting fingerprinting Act of taking an impression of a person's fingerprint. Because each person's fingerprints are unique, fingerprinting is used as a method of identification, especially in police investigations. technology to stop cellular fraud. "Pete has a great deal to contribute to the overall vision for our products and our company, especially in view of his impressive software and networking background," said Corsair's 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. Mary Ann Byrnes. "He's worked closely with telecommunications customers, which is important for us in developing new products and services that are right for the industry. Above all, Pete has experience dealing with original research and building effective engineering teams -- he knows what it means to take an idea and build a company around it." Mr. Stonebridge was previously a vice president of engineering and a founder of StrataCom Inc. As a result of his work at StrataCom, he holds three U.S. patents for telecommunications inventions. Mr. Stonebridge has also managed engineering organizations at Packet Technologies and Rolm Corporation, and he has developed software and hardware applications at Advanced Micro Computers, Philips Data Systems in the Netherlands, and Ferranti in the United Kingdom. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the University of Surrey The University of Surrey is a public university in Guildford, England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology before gaining university status. , England. "I'm looking forward to helping Corsair grow in a structured way that guarantees a fast, flexible engineering group and the highest quality of products," said Mr. Stonebridge. "To my mind, Corsair has a great opportunity to make PhonePrint the predominant solution to cellular fraud. Our technology is clearly an effective, unintrusive approach to this problem; over the long term, it's also an ideal platform for providing the cellular carriers with new applications." With core expertise in radio signal analysis and wireless spectrum technology, Corsair Communications develops and provides technology-intensive application solutions to the wireless telecommunications industry. The company's PhonePrint network access control system is the cellular industry's first pre-call fraud prevention tool. To date, PhonePrint has disconnected over 7 million fraudulent cellular calls in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . CONTACT: Corsair Communications Bill Taliaferro, 415/842-3263 |
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