| SAN
FRANCISCO, California, August 14,
2001 - Televoke, Inc. announced
today that the company has appointed
Robert (Bob) Kimball as new Chief
Executive Officer. Bob is responsible
for managing the day-to-day operations
of the company as well as directing
the overall strategy and future
direction of Televoke. In his position
as CEO, he reports to and joins
the Board of Directors. Rick Bentley,
Televoke's founder and Chairman,
remains with the company and the
Board, continuing to develop and
evangelize the vision of Televoke's
telematics service platform.
According
to Bob Kimball, "Televoke
is poised to break open the telematics
market with an integrated, customizable
service platform that serves clearly
defined safety and security market
needs." Bob adds, "From
this entry point, Televoke holds
the promise to enable new strategic
telematics applications. Moreover,
Televoke has a great team and
a strong set of partners to build
upon."
Derek
Blazensky of Cardinal Venture
Capital, one of Televoke's lead
investors, remarks, "Rick
is an extraordinary visionary
and technical expert, and has
done a great job in developing
and launching the Televoke service
platform. Bob's experience in
high-tech marketing and general
management will now enable Televoke
to get to the next level."
Prior
to joining Televoke, Bob was President
and CEO of Alliance Manufacturing
Software in Santa Barbara, California,
a leading MRP-II solution vendor
for SMEs, bought by Kewill Systems.
Prior to Alliance, Bob was CTO
and VP of Marketing with Wynd
Communications, a wireless messaging
company, which was bought by GoAmerica.
Bob began his career as a Product
Line Manager at Hewlett Packard,
and since then has held a number
of senior marketing and general
management positions with high-tech
software companies, including
Ashton-Tate, XTree, Central Point
and Adaptiv Software. Bob holds
an MBA in Marketing from the Anderson
School of Business at UCLA, and
a BSEE from UC Berkeley.
About
Televoke, Inc.
Televoke "connects people
to things" by providing an
automated web and telephony service
platform that enables individuals
and enterprises to track and control
valuable assets (e.g., vehicle
or computer). For the first time
ever, businesses and their customers
can be proactively notified via
phone, pager or email when a valuable
fixed or mobile asset is at risk.
The Televoke service platform
can be customized and branded
for any partner, and integrated
with virtually any enterprise
system, hardware device, GPS or
other location technology, wireless
or wire line network. For more
information on Televoke, please
CLICK
HERE.
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