2008 News Releases
Redknee makes strategic hire to drive growth in Asia Pacific
MACAU – November 19, 2008 – Redknee (TSX: RKN, AIM: RKN), a leading provider of mission-critical software and solutions for communications service providers, has appointed Billy Liew as the Vice President of Sales for Asia Pacific. Based out of Hong Kong, Billy is directly responsible for developing and growing the company’s business in the Asia Pacific region.
“The Asia Pacific market remains strategic to our business in the high growth segment, and Billy will be instrumental in helping us to further capture that potential,” says Vishal Kothari, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Redknee. “With mobile subscriber penetration rates climbing, Redknee continues to invest in talent, products and partners to ensure we continue to increase our market share in the high growth regions across Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.”
Prior to joining Redknee, Billy was the regional Vice President of Sales for IP Unity Glenayre responsible for the Asia Pacific region.Billy brings to the company more than 19 years of international experience in IT and telecommunications. Through his strong business acumen and in-depth industry knowledge, he successfully held senior positions in well-known multi-national companies, including Hewlett-Packard, AT&T, Schlumberger, Atos Origin and Cisco Systems.
Billy is a graduate of Boston University, US, where he attained a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude). He subsequently attained the Postgraduate Diploma in Telecommunication Software with specialization in Data Communications and Networking, at the Information Communication Institute of Singapore (a JV between AT&T Bell Labs and Singapore government) through sponsorship from National Computer Board and Economic Development Board of Singapore. In April 2005, he attained the prestigious MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg School of Management and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
About Redknee:
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning solutions enable operators to monetize the lifetime value of each subscriber transaction while personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and individual market segment requirements. Redknee's revenue generating solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 70 network operators in over 50 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc.(TSX: RKN) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the combined operations of those entities. For more information, visit http://www.redknee.com/.
