25th Jul 2005 07:01
DAT Group PLC25 July 2005 Embargoed until 0701h25 July 2005 DAT Group plc ("DAT or "the Group") Board Appointments London, 25 July 2005 - DAT Group plc today announced that Carsten Brinkschulte,currently Chief Technical Officer of DAT and Terry Page, currently Director,Commercial Delivery have joined the Board as executive directors with immediateeffect. Following the resignation of David Hayes, also announced today, the Board of DATGroup plc now comprises: John Gunn, Chairman (non-executive), Stephen Sadler(non-executive), Allan Jonnes, Interim Chief Executive Officer and ChiefFinancial Officer, Carsten Brinkschulte, Chief Technical Officer and Terry Page,Director, Commercial Delivery. Carsten Brinkschulte, aged 38, was the founder of Synchronica GmbH, which wasacquired by DAT in April 2005. He was appointed Chief Technical Officer in May2005. Carsten has spent his entire career developing and bringing to marketinnovative software solutions for telecommunications and web applications. Hisexperience includes time spent with very large companies such as SAP as well asspells with technology based start-ups. Terry Page, aged 36, began his career in IT in the finance sector before movinginto consulting and project management for a number of large, blue chiporganizations. Terry joined DAT in 1997 and has been responsible for the projectdelivery team controlling large-scale systems implementations for some of theGroup's largest customers. Commenting on the appointments, John Gunn, Chairman, said: "We have taken theopportunity to significantly strengthen our Board. Carsten's background ofdeveloping and delivering mobile technologies combined with his undoubtedentrepreneurial and sales skills make him a valuable addition. Terry'sbackground in implementation and delivery, with DAT and others, will help us tofocus more effectively on sales opportunities, conversion and execution. I'mdelighted to welcome both Carsten and Terry to the Board." No other details are required to be disclosed under schedule 2 of the AIM Ruleswith respect to both Carsten Brinkschulte and Terry Page. Enquiries:Nicole Meissner, CMO Simon Hudson/Christian Taylor-WilkinsonDAT Group plc Tavistock CommunicationsTel.: +49 30 616 75 650 Tel: +44 20 7920 3150Mobile: +49 173 606 91 60 About DAT Group plc DAT Group plc focuses on management solutions for mobile operators, devicemanufacturers, retailers and corporations. The company offers a varied productportfolio ranging from data synchronization (DS) to device management (DM),firmware updates over-the-air (FOTA) and mobile device management (EnterpriseAssistant). DAT has unique expertise in smart devices across all platforms basedon its market-leading over-the-air (OTA) delivery platform. Based in the UK, thecompany also has offices in Germany and the U.S. DAT is a public company listedon the London Stock Exchange. More information about DAT is available atwww.datgroup.com About Synchronica Synchronica focuses on SyncML synchronization and device management solutionsfor mobile operators, device manufacturers, and corporations. The company offersa complete SyncML product portfolio ranging from data synchronization (DS) todevice management (DM) and firmware update over-the-air (FOTA). Synchronica hasa strong track record in the SyncML space, including the launch of the world'sfirst SyncML DM FOTA server with a leading European device manufacturer. TheSynchronica SyncML Gateway provides over-the-air synchronization ofSyncML-enabled mobile phones with corporate Microsoft Exchange servers. Moreinformation is available at www.synchronica.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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