SlipStream Data Appoints New Vice President Of Sales
SlipStream Data appoints Paul Obert to Vice President of Sales
to help diversify markets and spearhead international sales growth
Waterloo, ON, CANADA - January 31, 2005 - SlipStream Data Inc. today announced the appointment of wireless industry entrepreneur Paul Obert to the position of Vice President of Sales. In this new role, Obert will manage the Company's channel development and aggressive growth strategies for sales of SlipStream's leading web and email acceleration software.
Obert brings a proven ability to lead emerging high-tech companies into new markets, backed by more than 20 years of global sales, marketing, customer service and channel development experience with start-ups, high growth companies and multinationals.
"We are very excited to have Paul join our management team," said Ron Neumann, president of SlipStream. "Paul brings an impressive track record of revenue growth with similar companies as well as a decisive, strategic and performance-driven approach to sales. We have achieved astounding success and growth to date, especially in the service provider market. Paul's extensive experience in international, wireless and telecommunications sales will help us expand our leading acceleration technology into these new markets, as well as help us develop new vertical markets and OEM opportunities."
Before joining SlipStream, Obert was VP of Sales and Customer Service for Redline Communications, a leader in the design and manufacture of broadband wireless access solutions. Prior to Redline, Obert formed Diverse Telecom, USA Inc. as President and CEO and established a wireless product channel for telecom companies in China. He has also held senior sales positions with Innowave Broadband (Senior VP Sales & Marketing), P-Com Inc. (Senior VP Sales), California Microwave (VP Sales), and several high-tech start-ups. Obert has a BSEE from Valparaiso University in Indiana and an MBA from New Hampshire College
"I look forward to applying my business and technical experience to help SlipStream build on its tremendous customer and product successes," said Obert. "SlipStream's commitment to delivering both superior technology and service to a diverse customer base, combined with their value propositions of enhancing the Internet experience and increasing profits for their customers, position us for impressive growth in numerous markets."
About SlipStream Data
Founded in 2000, SlipStream Data Inc. is a privately-owned, growing software development company based in Waterloo,
ON, Canada, with 2 million users in 37 countries. SlipStream's sophisticated acceleration technologies compress,
optimize and streamline web content and email, providing a dramatic improvement in access speeds over any network.
SlipStream's web and email acceleration software is the fastest on the market, as confirmed by independent tests,
accelerating access to information by as much as 6 times. SlipStream is the defacto standard in the accelerated dial
market, with over 1000 customers worldwide, including ISPs, ASPs, carriers and corporations, such as United Online for
their NetZero and Juno services, Wanadoo, Terra and AOL Canada. For more information visit: http://www.slipstream.com.
SlipStream is a registered trademark of SlipStream Data Inc.
For More Information:
Andre Fuochi
GCI Group for SlipStream Data
416-486-7227
afuochi@slipstream.com
Ron Neumann
SlipStream Data Inc.
519-886-6738, ext. 222
ronn@slipstream.com
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