Edgewater Networks, Inc. Adds Douglas Wadkins
As Chief Technology Officer
Santa Clara, Calif. – May 27, 2004 – Edgewater
Networks, Inc., today announced that Douglas Wadkins has joined the
company as Chief Technology Officer. As CTO, Douglas will be responsible
for strategic alliances and helping to drive the future direction of
Edgewater’s products and technology.
“We are very pleased to have Douglas join the Edgewater team,”
said Dave Norman, Chief Executive Officer of Edgewater Networks, Inc.
“He is a proven innovator with a strong technical background,
extensive industry contacts and hands-on experience in delivering networking
and VoIP solutions to customers.”
Douglas joined Edgewater from Cisco Systems where he held a number of
positions including corporate business development and engineering and
marketing roles in the voice technology area. He came to Cisco via its
acquisition of Vovida Networks, a provider of call control software
for IP networks utilizing an open source business model. Douglas was
a member of the founding management team of Vovida. Prior to Vovida
Douglas was with Aspect Communications and Nortel Networks, where he
focused on leading global technical teams responsible for the company’s
information technology infrastructure and leading the Enterprise Networks
Software Business Unit. Prior to Nortel Networks Douglas served with
the United States Navy Submarine Command as an Operations Officer. He
holds an MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering.
“I was impressed with Edgewater’s technology, products and
traction in the marketplace,” said Douglas Wadkins, CTO “I’m
enthusiastic about working with the Edgewater team and their customers
as we bring our new technologies and products to market.”
For more information about Edgewater please visit our website at www.edgewaternetworks.com
or contact us at sales@edgewaternetworks.com.
About Edgewater Networks, Inc.
Edgewater Networks is a privately held company providing solutions that
make the deployment of voice and video over IP easier, less expensive
and more secure. Deployed at the CPE, EdgeMarc Series appliances simplify
the managed environment by providing the demarcation point for real-time,
interactive IP services. They include a SIP, MGCP, H.323 or SCCP VoIP
firewall, VoIP survivability, passive call quality monitoring and powerful
but easy-to-use traffic management that ensures toll quality voice.
EdgeProtect Series session border controllers protect managed VoIP service
providers from network-based attacks, extend the reach of VoIP services
with NAT/FW traversal and deliver breakthrough price/performance. For
more information about Edgewater Networks, Inc. please visit the company’s
web site at www.edgewaternetworks.com or contact Dave Martin at 408.351.7209.
