Avici Names Chris Koeneman Sr. VP Worldwide Sales and Service
Veteran Telecom Executive to Lead Avici's Worldwide Customer Efforts
N. Billerica, MA, April 8, 2003 -- Avici Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: AVCI), the specialist in high reliability routing solutions for the Internet, today announced that Chris Koeneman has joined Avici and will be responsible for Avici's worldwide sales and service efforts.
“Avici's leadership in scalable and reliable carrier class routing favorably positions the company with customers, ” said Koeneman. "I'm delighted to join a company that has proven its ability to help carriers improve the cost-effectiveness and quality of their IP services, and I am looking forward to leading the sales and service team as we continue to expand Avici’s global presence."
"Chris’s experience and industry knowledge will be a welcome addition to the Avici team,” said Steve Kaufman president and CEO of Avici Systems. “We are pleased that Chris has accepted this opportunity to build on Avici’s momentum and help customers take their IP networks to the next level of reliability and profitability.”
Chris brings over 18 years of experience with carriers around the globe. He most recently served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Celox Networks. Chris has also held sales leadership roles at Cisco Systems, Stratacom, and AT&T. He holds an MBA degree from Georgia State University and a BA degree from Indiana University.
About Avici Systems
Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a leading
provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet.
Avici's family of routers is designed to meet carrier requirements
for the highest scalability, reliability and network availability,
while lowering the total cost of building and operating their networks.
The company's routing systems provide new IP solutions to some of the
world's leading service providers. For more information, please visit
us at www.avici.com.
Avici’s TSR, SSR, QSR, NSR®, and IPriori are trademarks of Avici Systems Inc.
This release contains information about Avici's future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. When used in this press release, the words "will be" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici products, services and enhancements, customer purchasing patterns and commitments, development of the market place, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Inna Vyadro Director of Investor Relations Avici Systems 978-964-2000 ivyadro@avici.com |