Embrace Networks Announces New Vice President of Sales and New Chief Technology Officer; Company Adds Significant High Tech Experience to Executive Team.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2002 Embrace Networks, the leading provider of server-based application development platforms for specialized Internet-enabled devices, today announced the appointment of Klaus Hofmann as vice president of sales and Michel Burger as chief technology officer. Hofmann will be responsible for driving Embrace's sales and revenue growth, and Burger will be responsible for defining the technology roadmap and vision for Embrace Networks. Hofmann's professional pedigree includes senior management positions at Sun Microsystems, Inc., Cohera Corp. and TheSupply, Inc. Burger has held management positions at Nortel Networks and Sapient sa·pi·ent adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi , and is an academic instructor at the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal . Maria Martinez, 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. of Embrace Networks, said, "I'm pleased to welcome both Klaus and Michel to our management team. Klaus has proven his ability to build world-class sales teams and will no doubt exceed his past successes while building winning teams at Embrace. Michel is a thought leader and a technology pioneer who will lead the charge to revolutionize our market. Klaus and Michel's unique combination of experience, skills, energy, and enthusiasm will help us implement our strategies as we move to establish Embrace as the leading provider of server-based application development platforms for specialized Internet-enabled devices." Hofmann has extensive experience in high-tech sales, marketing, and business development. Most recently Hofmann was vice president of sales and marketing for TheSupply, Inc., a provider of B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and supply chain management solutions and services to the semiconductor industry. Prior to TheSupply, Inc., Hofmann served as vice president of sales and business development for Cohera Corp., a developer of B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. infrastructure software. Hofmann began his career at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he held several senior management positions, most recently as director of software sales and market development for North America at SunSoft, Sun's software operating division. Hofmann holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Santa Clara University and a B.S. with Honors from State University 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 , Stony Brook. "I am excited to join such a gifted and focused executive management team," Hofmann said. "I look forward to supporting and growing Embrace Networks as it becomes `the' company to watch in the next generation Internet See Internet2. market." Burger most recently held the position of director of innovation at Sapient. He led a team specializing in user-to-user collaboration and massively distributed systems, focusing on the identification of new architectures based on leading edge technologies, the definition of pervasive systems, and thought leadership in domains such as web services and P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. . Prior to joining Sapient, Burger was a web technology pioneer at Nortel Networks, where he installed and maintained the first large ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. network in France, defined a new system for multimedia communication, and filed 11 patents in distributed systems, user-to-user collaboration, and active networks. Burger holds a Diplome d'Ingenieur from INPG INPG Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (France) in Grenoble, France, and an M.S. in Telecommunications from CITCOM in Paris. "Embrace Networks' Connect and Project(TM) technology will dramatically accelerate the deployment of device-based Internet services," said Burger. "I'm excited to get involved and contribute everything I can to help take Embrace to the top." The additions of Klaus Hofmann and Michel Burger round out Embrace's executive management team, which is comprised of Maria Martinez, president and CEO; Robin Porter, COO; Tom Muise, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. ; Dennis Thompson, vice president of engineering; John Morris, vice president of marketing; and Murali Narayanan, vice president of business development. About Embrace Networks Embrace Networks provides an Application Projection Platform for the development and projection of powerful Internet server applications to even the simplest devices, as though these applications are resident on the device itself. The Embrace Connect and Project(TM) technology provides connectivity, device management and content transfer, enabling businesses to create a recurring revenue stream beyond the point-of-sale. Embrace is funded by the technology sector's most prestigious investors including August Capital, J.P. Morgan Partners (formerly Chase Capital), Crystal Internet Ventures, Intel Capital, TechFund Capital and Thales Corporate Ventures (formerly Thomson-CSF Ventures). For more information, visit Embrace Network's Web site at http://www.embracenetworks.com or call the company directly at 408/585-5600. Note to Editors: All trademarks and registered trademarks are those of their respective companies. |
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