Edwards named president of BT Visual Images; Hantho promoted to executive vice president.HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1995--Steven Edwards of London has been named president of BT Visual Images, a leader in videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems technology. Effective July 1, he succeeds Jeff Speak, president of CBCI Telecom who served as the company's interim president. BT Visual Images is a joint venture between CBCI Telecom Inc. and BT North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of British Telecommunications plc. Karl Hantho has been promoted to executive vice president. In his newly expanded role Hantho's managerial responsibilities will include technology development, marketing, manufacturing, service operations and human relations human relations npl → relaciones fpl humanas . For the past nine years, Edwards has guided the teleconferencing efforts at British Telecommunications. As general manager, BT Visual Systems in the United Kingdom, he was instrumental in developing and implementing BT's global videoconferencing strategy. He also worked with a number of companies including Montreal-based CBCI Telecom to develop strategic alliances to advance BT's videoconferencing capabilities worldwide. Edwards, a graduate of Loughborough University Loughborough University is located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. The University offers degree programmes and research. , joined BT in 1975 and held a variety of positions within the corporation during his 20-year career. He and his wife, Gemma, will relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. to Herndon with their one child in August. Hantho, who has over 15 years experience in service and manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation , was a member of the initial CBCI management team that created and launched BTVI in 1994. Prior to working for CBCI, Hantho held various management positions with DuPont Canada. BT Visual Images promotes an unrivaled portfolio of Visual products and services and via its parents, pioneered the development of international standards to facilitate the convergence of multi-media communications. Similarly, the company has played a major role in establishing highly integrated solutions to address specific market/business applications. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Photos are available upon request. CONTACT: BT Visual Images Brian Cooley, 703/709-4205 |
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