Monday, January 20, 2003

Syndeo Names New CEO

Syndeo, a developer of Class 5 VoIP Call Management Server/softswitch technology, named John Vaughan as its new CEO, replacing Ted Griggs, Syndeo's co-Founder, who has been named Chairman of the Board. Previously, Vaughan was the President and CEO of Cinta Networks, an optical networking company. Before Cinta, Vaughan was President, Global Sales and Service at Tellabs, where he was responsible for worldwide product revenues, the professional services business, and corporate marketing. Syndeo also announced the appointment of David Van Valkenburg to its Board of Directors. Currently, Van Valkenburg is the chairman of Balfour Associates, a corporate advisory firm providing advice and counsel to CEOs, Boards of Directors, and private equity funds. Previous to Balfour, Van Valkenburg held several executive roles within the cable industry, including CEO of Telewest (UK), Executive Vice President at MediaOne and MediaOne International, and President of Cox Cable, Paragon, and MultiVision.
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