"Monday April 24, 9:04 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Industry Executive Joins Paragon Voice Systems Board of Directors, a Subsidiary of Interactive Telesis
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2000--Interactive Telesis Inc. (OTCBB:TSIS - news), a leading edge technology solution provider specializing in interactive voice response (IVR) services and the deployment of voice and speech recognition technologies, today announced that Larry Karagheusian has joined the Board of Directors of Paragon Voice Systems.
Interactive Telesis Inc. is the majority owner of Paragon Voice Systems. Karagheusian is the director of North American Sales, ISP Programs for Intel Corp.
``Larry has an impressive record of conceiving and developing strategies to capture new markets and increase global market share,'' said Ken Ravazzolo, president and CEO of Paragon Voice Systems. ``The combination of his sales and technology leadership in the telecommunications and e-commerce industries will be a tremendous asset for Paragon Voice Systems as the movement to speech enable e-business continues to grow.''
``Larry's broad knowledge and day to day involvement in the business to business and business to consumer internet sectors will be extremely valuable as these sectors embrace speech recognition technology,'' added Donald Cameron, president and CEO of Interactive Telesis.
``The high caliber of the team and the soundness of the Paragon business model are what attracted me to Paragon Voice Systems,'' said Karagheusian. ``This is an exceptional opportunity to help shape the next generation of voice and speech-enabled applications and bring to market new services that millions of consumers will use.''
Larry Karagheusian has held several management positions in his 18 years with Intel Corp. where he is responsible for the management of the North American ISP sales organization. Karagheusian holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston.
Meet Interactive Telesis at Upcoming SpeechWorks Seminars!
Interactive Telesis is co-sponsoring SpeechWorks' upcoming seminar series -- ``The New Voice of Customer Service.'' Interested parties can meet executives from both companies at these locations:
Tuesday, April 25 -- New York City, The Supper Club, 240 W. 47th St. Friday, April 28 -- San Francisco, Ruby Skye, 420 Mason St. Tuesday, May 2 -- Dallas, 4200 Cityplace, 2711 N. Haskell Ave. Thursday, May 4 -- Chicago, Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court
The seminars are from 12:00-2:00 p.m. and include lunch -- on us! Visit speechworks.com for more information and to register.
About Paragon Voice Systems
Paragon Voice Systems is a leading developer of computer telephony solutions. Based in San Diego and founded in 1991, Paragon Voice Systems specializes in open, PC-based systems and provides solutions to start-ups, Fortune 1000 corporations (including five of the six largest oil companies), educational institutions and government agencies. Clients include Arthur Andersen, E*TRADE, Hewlett-Packard, Petrolsoft Corp., UCSD, City of Glendale, County of San Diego, Orange County Transportation Authority, and many others.
About Interactive Telesis
Interactive Telesis is a leading edge technology solution provider specializing in interactive voice response (IVR) services and the deployment of voice and speech recognition technologies. Clients include industry leaders such as AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Excite@Home, Global Crossing, GTE, Inacom, MCI Worldcom, Nike, Seagate, Sprint, Yahoo! and others. Interactive Telesis is headquartered in Encinitas, Calif. For additional information, please visit www.interactivetelesis.com or send email to info@interactivetelesis.com.
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Contact:
Interactive Telesis Inc.
JJ Jeffrey, 888/546-2957 (IR)
jjeffrey@interactivetelesis.com
Elizabeth A Myers, 800/995-5798 (PR)
emyers@interactivetelesis.com"
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