Redknee Appoints Chief Financial Officer
David Charron Confirmed as Permanent CFO
TORONTO – July 31, 2009 – Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, is pleased to announce that it has appointed its interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO), David Charron, to its permanent position. This appointment is effective immediately.
David Charron joined Redknee in July 2007 in his role as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis. He was appointed interim CFO in February 2009, and his permanent appointment has the full support of the senior management team and Board of Directors.
Lucas Skoczkowski, CEO of Redknee commented: “We had tremendous response to our search but after a full review it was clear that David was the strongest individual for the position. We are very pleased that we were able to make an internal appointment to this role. David has excelled at Redknee and has established himself as an integral part of the executive team. We will continue to rely on him as we execute our disciplined growth strategy.”
David Charron is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), has a Bachelor of Engineering as well as a MBA degree. Prior to joining Redknee, David held senior finance positions with Nortel Networks Corporation and The Descartes Systems Group.
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/.
