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Former Executives for Sprint Nextel and IBM Bring Fortune 500 Experience to BroadSoft's Board of Directors
VoIP Market Leader Welcomes Strategic Planning and Financial Expertise from Thomas N. Kelly Jr. and Douglas L. Maine
CHICAGO, NXTcomm07, June 19, 2007 –
BroadSoft, Inc., a leading provider of VoIP application software,
today announced at NXTcomm07 that Thomas N. Kelly Jr., former chief
strategy officer for Sprint Nextel, and Douglas L. Maine, former
chief financial officer for IBM and MCI, have joined the BroadSoft
Board of Directors.
“It is well-known in the telecom industry that BroadSoft
is growing rapidly and expanding our global footprint as our BroadWorks
platform is increasingly instrumental in the migration trend from
class 5 switches to all-IP networks,” said Michael Tessler,
president and CEO for BroadSoft. “Having these two notable
leaders of the telecom and software industries join our board exemplifies
our commitment to growing smart, while helping our service provider
customers create new services.”
Kelly served as chief strategy officer and executive vice president
of transition integration with Sprint Nextel from 2005 until he
retired in 2006. He served as executive vice president and chief
operating officer of Nextel for more than two years before its merger
with Sprint. Before becoming COO in 2003, Kelly served as executive
vice president and chief marketing officer since he began his career
with Nextel in 1996. Prior to Nextel, Kelly was vice president of
marketing for AT&T Wireless. He also served as a partner in
Howard Bedford Nolan, a marketing consultancy for Fortune 500 companies.
Maine brings more than two decades of financial expertise in the
communications and software industries. He served as general manager
of the Consumer Products Industry Division for International Business
Machines Corporation (IBM) from 2003 until his retirement in 2005.
From 2000 to 2003, he was general manager of ibm.com, IBM’s
$13 billion, 10,000-employee direct sales and service organization.
He joined IBM in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer following a 20-year
career with MCI, where he was CFO from 1992 to 1998. During his
tenure as CFO for MCI, the company’s market value quadrupled;
while holding that same position at IBM, that company’s market
value doubled.
“Tom and Doug are valuable additions to BroadSoft’s
board,” added Tessler. “They both bring expertise from
companies that are global industry leaders, and serve on the boards
of other dynamic companies. Tom’s strategic-planning expertise,
and Doug’s demonstrable success at increasing the market value
of a company will help steer BroadSoft to further success.”
Kelly is currently on the boards of Gracenote, Inc., Scotts Miracle-Gro,
and the Greater D.C. Sports Alliance. Maine is currently a director
of Rockwood Holdings, Alliant Techsystems and Long Lines LLC.
About BroadSoft
BroadSoft provides VoIP application software that enables the delivery of hosted telephony and multimedia services. Its flagship BroadWorks® technology empowers wireless, wireline and cable carriers to deliver next-generation voice and multimedia applications and advanced features that enable them to increase revenue, enhance competitive differentiation and elevate customer satisfaction. BroadSoft's family of carrier-class software products delivers the scale, open architecture and reliability that the world's leading telecommunications companies demand to serve mission-critical enterprise and residential broadband customers. BroadSoft provides VoIP applications to 7 of the top 10 and 13 of the top 25 largest carriers worldwide, as measured by recent annual revenue, including Korea Telecom, Singtel, Sprint, Telefonica de Espana, Telstra, T-Systems, and Verizon. For additional information, go to www.broadsoft.com
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