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Ottawa, Ontario - August 11, 2003 - Eftia, a global leader in providing and deploying turnkey software solutions and extensible platforms, today announced the addition of David Byrd as Vice President of Channel Sales and Strategic Alliances. David will be responsible for establishing and building strategic relationships with key partners in order to enhance Eftia's technology offerings. His focus will be on driving channel business in the marketplace for the company's new rapid application development framework product, Ai².
"David will be a tremendous asset to our team and I'm delighted to have him on board," said Stephen Parker, President and CEO of Eftia. "His proven track record in building high profile partnerships, along with the wealth of knowledge he possess about the industry, will play a vital role in the success of our sales organization, ensuring that Eftia is poised for our next stage of growth."
With twenty years of experience in the telecommunications industry, David brings to Eftia an extensive background in channel sales and alliances. Previously he was VP of Alliances at Telcordia, strengthening product value and quality of services with partners like IBM, Cisco and Nokia. He has held executive management positions and delivered telecommunications solutions for such industry leaders as Ericsson, Sprint, Tandem Computers and i2 Technologies. During the eCommerce growth period of the Internet, David was the CEO of Planet Hollywood Online, an entertainment and eCommerce web site company partnered with Planet Hollywood International.
"Eftia has consistently developed superior product solutions for today's market," said David Byrd, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, "and I look forward to tactically positioning the organization to ensure success in the marketplace through a top-quality alliance program."
About Eftia
Eftia is a global leader in providing and deploying turnkey software solutions and extensible platforms that meet the business automation demands of communications service providers and large enterprises.
Ai², which stands for Adaptable, Intelligent, Integrable, is a next generation, state of the art, application framework and engine to provide enterprise automation solutions for any industry. It enables the rapid, cost-effective creation of custom resource management related applications to meet specific business needs, offering a level of adaptability not seen in other products.
Eftia is a significant contributor to the New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) led by the TeleManagement Forum, and is a focus member of the OSS through Java™ Initiative. Eftia is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Eftia and Ai² are trademarks of Eftia OSS Solutions Inc.
For further information, please contact:
Tejpal Singh Kang
Eftia OSS Solutions Inc.
Marketing Communications
Phone: +91 22 25704504
Email: Tejpal Singh Kang