OSI Executive Promotions to Accelerate Sales and Product Strategy
FOLSOM, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Objective Systems Integrators (Nasdaq: OSII - news) today announced the reorganization and promotion of key sales, marketing, and product personnel in an aggressive move to capitalize on the extensive product development investment the company has made over the last few years and the dramatic changes occurring in its targeted communications market. In this market, service providers are using emerging technologies to provide a new generation of services and networks which can be managed best with open, integrated operations support systems (OSSs). The changes reflect OSI's determination to increase market penetration of its Unified Management Architecture(TM) (UMA(TM)) that enables the integration of service delivery, assurance, and usage solutions.
Dan Line, who will report to the co-CEOs, has been promoted to vice president, global sales. This promotion follows his six years of solid performance in strategic accounts, channels, and North American sales. Line is now responsible for OSI's worldwide sales and sales operations. Also promoted within the sales organization was Philippe Caymaris who has been named the managing director of European sales and operations.
Jim Olsen, vice president, marketing, will now report directly to the co-CEOs. With Olsen's continued leadership, the marketing organization will work closely with the sales and product organizations to drive OSI's world class solutions and services into the marketplace. Also promoted within the marketing organization was Randy Custeau who has been named vice president, product line management. Custeau, who now reports to Olsen, is responsible for all product management functions with an emphasis on new product launches for service delivery and service usage.
After six years of varying senior and executive management roles in the development, services, and support organizations, Jeff Boone was recently promoted to vice president, products and technology. In his new role, Boone will report to the co-CEOS. Also promoted within the products and technology organization are Sarah Kooshian, vice president, product development and Sally Sutter, vice president, technical support services. Kooshian is responsible for managing the development of service delivery, assurance, and usage products, the Unified Management Architecture, and OSI's software engineering and technology council. Sutter is responsible for software quality assurance, the Operational Testing Center, the Technical Assistance Center, technical communications, and web technology and operations.
``We have done a good job of introducing new products and solutions over the last 12 months,' said Dick Vento, OSI co-CEO. ``We need to accelerate market penetration by improving our sales performance and continuing our tradition of innovation in the communications market. We recognized the need for new sales management that can help make OSI the best choice for integrated service and network management into the next century. In reorganizing our sales organization, having marketing report directly to the CEOs, and promoting key staff to the executive level, we are taking the necessary steps to give OSI a leadership presence in our market.'
``Enabling the integration of service delivery, service assurance, service usage, and integrated business processes, our unique Unified Management Architecture paradigm is the operations support system of choice for new- generation service providers,' said Tom Johnson, OSI co-CEO. ``Because of OSI's cutting edge technology, we have been the innovation leader in the service and network management industry for ten years. With these promotions and changes to the company, we are excited about the new energy and focus that will drive the new OSI to success.'
About OSI
Objective Systems Integrators, Inc. (http://www.osi.com ) supplies communications service providers with advanced software solutions that simplify service and network management in complex multivendor environments. OSI's family of products, built on its NetEx(TM) Unified Management Architecture(TM), provides an integrated framework for managing fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and business processes. These products enable service providers to offer innovative, high quality services cost effectively on leading platforms. More than 250 customers around the world have installed NetExpert©, the company's flagship operations support system (OSS) framework product. OSI has headquarters in Folsom, California, with offices worldwide.
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