Portal Software Names David J. Yuen Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2003 Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. , Inc. (Nasdaq:PRSF PRSF Presidio of San Francisco (US National Park Service) PRSF Peoples Republic of San Francisco ), a leading provider of billing and customer management solutions, today announced that David J David J. Haskins (b. April 24, 1957, in Northampton, England) is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Life and work . Yuen has been named vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific. Yuen will be responsible for managing the company's Asia Pacific organization including headquarters in Hong Kong and regional offices in Seoul, Melbourne, Sydney, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, and Kuala Lumpur. Portal's growth in the Asia Pacific region has been steadily increasing and recent customer wins have included Zhejiang Telecom, Liaoning Communications (China Netcom), and Shanghai Symphony Telecom. Yuen will report directly to Portal's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Glenn Wienkoop. "With David's proven global track record and his extensive experience in managing business strategy and growth, we are confident he will make significant contributions to the long-term success of the company in Asia Pacific," said Wienkoop. "Moreover, his in-depth knowledge of the telecommunications and technology industries will be key in helping us deliver significant ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). to our customers in the region." As an international executive in the information management and telecommunications industries, Yuen has achieved stellar track record at a number of multinational companies. Prior to joining Portal, Yuen served as the Executive Director for BizConnect Asia, where he oversaw the company's business activities and was responsible for product delivery, establishment of partner relationships, and interactions with relevant regulatory bodies. Yuen has also built and managed regional divisions for RealNetworks as its Asia Pacific Managing Director, Beenz.com Inc. as its Asia Pacific President, and Oracle Corporation as its e-Business General Manager responsible for its eCommerce and application business in the region. Over the years, he has successfully developed and managed strategic partnerships with major media and telecommunications players, including CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television , China Telecom, China Netcom, ChungHwa Telecom, Dacom, KT FreeTel, Starhub, Malaysia Telecom, Singapore Telecom, Reliance, KDDI, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , and J-Stream. Yuen is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, and MIT's Sloan School of Management. "This is an exciting time for Portal," Yuen said. "Our global and regional customers are showing demonstrable proof that they are benefiting from the Portal billing environment. It is clear that Portal has the foundation in place to truly empower telecommunications providers to roll out new services and create new revenue streams easily and cost effectively. I believe deeply in Portal's customer care and billing solutions and I'm delighted to have the opportunity to lead the team in extending Portal's success in Asia Pacific." About Portal Software, Inc. Portal Software provides flexible billing and subscriber management solutions to enable organizations to monetize their voice and digital transactions. Portal's convergent billing platform enables service providers to charge, bill, and manage a wide range of services via multiple networks, payment models, pricing plans, and value chains. Portal's flexible and scalable product-based solutions enable customers to introduce new value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services quickly, providing maximum business value and lower total cost of ownership. Portal's customers include thirty-five of the top fifty wireless carriers as well as organizations such as Vodafone, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, TELUS TELUS Telemetric Universal Sensor , NTT, China Telecom, Reuters, Telstra, China Mobile, Telenor Mobil, Vivendi, and France Telecom. For more information, please visit www.portal.com. Infranet and the Portal logo are U.S. registered trademarks, and Portal is a trademark of Portal Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date set forth at the beginning of this release. Portal undertakes no obligation to update the information in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change. |
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