Thursday March 9, 10:38 AM Eastern time
Company Press Release
uniView Technologies Corp. Appoints New Executives; Hurst and Thomas Enhance Technology and Financial Operations
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2000--uniView Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq:UVEW), a leader in e-commerce, interactive broadband services and video on demand, announces the appointment of Cameron E. Hurst to chief technology officer (CTO) and David M. Thomas to chief financial officer (CFO) and vice president of finance.
In his new position, Mr. Hurst will apply his more than 15 years of technical experience to direct and manage all network operations for uniView's four divisions: uniView Softgen, Products Group, Advanced Systems Group and Network America. As CFO and vice president of finance, Mr. Thomas will oversee the global financial operations including accounting, policy development and implementation, mergers and acquisitions review and global financing activities for uniView and its subsidiaries.
"Cameron and David will further enhance our existing executive team with their proven expertise and more than three decades of combined experience," said Patrick A. Custer, president and CEO of uniView Technologies. "They will be instrumental in our continued growth and success as we expand our presence into more global markets."
Additionally, uniView Softgen announced that Alfred V. Bruns has accepted the position of vice president of engineering. Mr. Bruns, who previously was the senior director of Alcatel/DSC Communications' Intelligent Network Division, will direct uniView Softgen's team of engineers and software developers to continue the company's product excellence.
Mr. Hurst, cofounder of the uniView Softgen division, has been leading product strategy and development for CIMphony(TM), a complete suite of CTI applications for call centers, as vice president and CTO of uniView Softgen. Prior to establishing Softgen in 1992, Mr. Hurst developed and implemented call center software solutions for airlines and transportation industries as Senior Software Architect for American Airlines Decision Technologies. Mr. Hurst began his career as a network manager for the Pentagon where he managed a team of engineers to establish network security at the U.S. Air Force headquarters.
Mr. Thomas joins uniView from Omega Environmental Technologies, where he held a similar position. Thomas has also held senior positions with Currency Systems International, Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed document processing equipment for central and commercial banks around the world, and a Dallas-based, publicly traded international transportation services and logistics company.
ABOUT UNIVIEW TECHNOLOGIES
Dallas based uniView Technologies Corp. has aggregated a unique architecture of key companies offering competencies and expertise in video on demand, set top solutions, computer telephony integration software, innovative customer care applications, e-business solutions, consulting services and interactive broadband connectivity. The companies market their products and services both domestically and internationally focusing on multi-level marketing, hospitality, utilities, banking, telecommunications and fortune 1,000 companies. uniView's four companies include Advanced Systems Group, Network America, uniView Softgen and the Products Group. More information on uniView is available at www.uniView.com.
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Contact:
uniView Technologies Corp., Dallas
Investor contact:
Robert E. Fudickar, 972/233-0900
bfudickar@uniview.com
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