| Pixion Bolsters Executive Management Team
Laura Wallace, Director of Sales, Selected to Help Lead Company Growth and Address Increased Demand for PictureTalk Web Conferencing Solution
PLEASANTON, CA. – July 22, 2002 – Pixion, Inc., the leader in Client-Server-Client™ (CSC)
Web conferencing solutions, today announced
the appointment of Laura Wallace as director
of sales. Wallace brings more than 19 years
of enterprise software and Internet infrastructure
application sales and sales management experience
to the company.
As director of sales, Wallace
will be responsible for driving the development
and execution of Pixion’s overall sales strategy, as well as the establishment and management of the company’s
strategic business relationships.
“Laura brings a wealth of industry knowledge, leadership experience and a proven track record of driving and sustaining revenue growth, and I am delighted to have an individual of this caliber join the Pixion team,” said Bob DeKoning, CEO and president of Pixion. “In recent months we have seen a strong increase in the demand for our PictureTalk Web conferencing products, and we have a tremendous opportunity to broaden our reach. Laura’s
experience, enthusiasm and skill make her
an outstanding choice to lead this effort. ”
Prior to joining Pixion, Wallace
served as vice president and general manager,
North America, for SoftQuad Software, a provider
of XML content creation solutions,
where she led the company’s business development efforts, secured
key alliance partnerships and drove record sales
and revenue growth.
Before SoftQuad Software, Wallace held a number of senior-level sales positions with Lotus Development Corp., most recently as regional director, Western Region. In this role, she was responsible for spearheading the company sales programs targeting Fortune 1000 companies in the Western United States. Under her leadership from April 1998 through May 2000, the region delivered double-digit growth in both service and software revenue. Prior to Lotus, Wallace served as vice president, Western Region with Cambex Corp., and held various sales and sales management positions over a ten-year tenure with IBM Corp. Wallace holds a B.A. in mathematics and computer science from Vassar College.
About PictureTalk™
PictureTalk is the only native cross-platform Web
conferencing solution, offering superior ROI, performance and scalability.
Based on Pixion’s
CSC architecture, PictureTalk delivers secure Web conferencing without
the bandwidth constraints and network bottlenecks of the peer-to-peer networking
technology employed by most other Web conferencing service providers. It
offers unparalleled ease-of-use and control, allowing meeting presenters
to capture information in real-time right from their desktop, and easily
share and collaborate over the Internet with an unlimited number of attendees.
Designed to run on any client
platform, including Windows®, Macintosh® and Solaris™, PictureTalk™ is
ideal for a wide range of business applications,
including software sales, customer support,
product demonstrations, professional training
and distance education.
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