Dulles,
VA. October 22, 2003 – Encore Networks,
Inc. today announced the opening of its
Southeast Regional Sales office and the
appointment of Todd Ishee as Director
of Sales for that region. Mr. Ishee's
appointment is a significant addition
to Encore's sales team as Encore works
to capitalize on the growing acceptance
of the Virtual Private Network (VPN)
market and the recent success of Encore's
VPN router, the BANDIT™.
Todd, who will run the Southeast Regional
headquarters in Alabama, has extensive
sales experience in the nine State region
that coincides with the area covered
by Bell South. Serving in a variety of
positions with networking company, Adtran,
and most recently with Verilink as Regional
Sales Manager, Todd was responsible for
all Southeast regional sales and was
a top revenue producer. Todd will focus
on developing partnerships for Encore,
working with Carriers, VARs, Systems
Integrators, and Enterprise accounts
concentrating on VPN network security
and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
applications.
"I am very pleased to welcome Todd
to Encore," stated Bill Grant, Vice-President
of Broadband Access Solutions. "Todd
comes to Encore with a wealth knowledge,
contacts, and experience in network access
sales and will significantly contribute
to Encore's effort in moving forward
in the VPN router market as well as accelerating
our acceptance by carriers, systems integrators
and large end users as the first choice
for LAN and Legacy network access products."
Encore Networks is a privately held
subsidiary of the Wesley Clover Corporation,
the Canadian investment company controlled
by Dr. Terence Matthews. Dr. Matthews,
an entrepreneur known for starting highly
successful technology companies including
Mitel and Newbridge Networks, has provided
funding and management guidance to over
70 companies in North America and the
United Kingdom.
"I'm very excited to be a part
of the Encore team," stated Mr.
Ishee. "Encore's products are the
value and price performance leaders in
the areas of VPN routing and network
security for remote offices, Frame Relay
Access and VoIP applications. Encore's
ability to provide both LAN and legacy
as an integrated solution makes them
the vendor of choice for customer's deploying
multi-protocol and VPN networks."
Todd can be reached at the Encore Networks
office in Alabama. Phone: 256-828-0464,
Fax: 256-828-0473, E-mail: tishee@encorenetworks.com. |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a leading developer of integrated, broadband
IP+Legacy™ VPN and security platforms, signaling
protocol conversion, and converged voice
and data solutions for both carriers and
enterprises. Encore provides advanced security
solutions that include encryption, stateful
inspection IP VPNs, support of legacy data
protocols and built-in dial backup and fail-over
capabilities. Encore’s innovative signaling
and data solutions include signaling conversion
for voice migration from circuit to packet,
a broad line of IADs, VPN router CPE and
host products to transform legacy data networks
to broadband IP infrastructure.
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