International veteran CTO join...John J. Roese, former CTO in companies such as Nortel Networks, Enterasys, Cabletron and Broadcom, has been appointed as new board member of SmartShare Systems.
John is an industry recognized Chief Technology Officer and thought leader with a track record of running and improving both focused and extremely large R&D organizations. In addition to his roles as CTO, John has been a Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Information Officer in publicly traded companies.
“The expansion of SmartShare Systems Board of Directors with a capacity such as John provides us with incredible insight into the industry, and will help strengthen our international strategy and expansion,” said SmartShare Systems CEO, Michel Thorsen.
“SmartShare Systems is addressing the imminent need to assure fairness on the broadband up-link,” said John Roese. “With the rapidly increasing use of Unified Communication technologies, I believe SmartShare is extremely well-positioned towards the future, and I look forward to contribute with my perspective at the board level to help leverage their technology.”
John currently runs ICT Advisory Group LLC advising private equity and venture groups as well as incubating technology startup companies.
About SmartShare Systems
SmartShare Systems is a leading and innovative supplier of WAN Optimization Appliances delivering intelligent bandwidth management products which guarantee all users a fair share of the available bandwidth, while at the same time significantly reducing delays in all IP-based traffic. This consequently improves overall Quality of Experience (QoE) when using IP telephony, thin clients and other SaaS-based applications. All SmartShare products are powered by SmartShare patented technologies including Dynamic QoS™ and User Load Balancing™. With technology development started in 2004, SmartShare Systems is a privately held Danish company backed by international venture funds with channel partners globally.
For more information about SmartShare Systems, please visit www.smartsharesystems.com
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