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[November 24, 2003] Pingtel Founder Elected Chairman Of The Board For SIP Forum Jay Batson, chairman and founder of Pingtel Inc., and one of the pioneering executives in IP voice, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the SIP Forum.As chairman, Batson will lead the organization as it embarks on its most ambitious and active year yet. The SIP Forum will be represented at numerous trade shows and industry events throughout 2004, as well as sponsoring major interoperability activities, such as the SIPit events and its own SIP phone testing service. The SIP Forum also will do a special outreach to service providers, the mobile industry, large enterprises and those in the Asia-Pacific region. "I look forward to the coming year when the forum will assert its presence strongly in the international telecommunications arena, promoting the industry-leading products and services delivered by our members, as well as providing education and testing services to the industry as a whole," says Batson. "At the same time I would like to express my gratitude to our departing chairman, Jorgen Bjorkner, who has laid a broad and solid foundation from which we will build the organization in 2004." Jay Batson established Pingtel with Rich Schaaf 1998 to redefine IP telephony using industry standards and an open architecture. As the founding CEO of Pingtel, his technological insight made Pingtel a global leader in SIP communications. As chairman, he continues to provide expertise in technology direction, product development and corporate marketing. The SIP Forum also announced that Eric Burger, chief technology officer, SnowShore Networks Inc., has joined the organization's board of directors. With 10 patents pending, Burger is active in the IETF, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.) and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). |