14th Aug 2006 07:01
Synchronica PLC14 August 2006 Synchronica plc appoints new Chief Technical Officer London, 14 August 2006 - Synchronica, an international developer and provider ofmobile device management and synchronisation solutions, has announced theappointment of Kim Hartlev, as Chief Technical Officer. Hartlev has a strongtrack record in the mobile device management industry, following six years'experience at Mobilethink in Denmark, a specialist in over the air ("OTA")mobile device configuration solutions. As CTO, Hartlev was heavily involved in defining Mobilethink's strategy and wasthe key architect of Mobilethink's OTA protocol and mobile device management(MDM) platform design, as well as engineering the hardware architecture of thehosted solution. He is active in the Open Mobile Alliance ("OMA"), GSMA andOTAFF industry organisations. Mr Hartlev was attracted to the position owing to Synchronica's success indeveloping and deploying mobile synchronisation, MDM and OTA configurationtechnology based on open industry standards. He is keen to build on hisexpertise and extend this to Synchronica's SyncML based technology. Mr Hartlev holds a BSc in Engineering from the Aarhus Engineering College,Denmark. His appointment follows closely on the appointment on Sascha Beyer,Synchronica CSO and Joe Gmeinwieser, COO of Synchronica. Commenting on thislatest appointment Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica said: "We aredelighted to have attracted such a strong proponent of the OMA to Synchronica.Kim Hartlev is a welcome addition to the team as we seek to add to our successin the deployment of mobile email, MDM and OTA solutions based on open industrystandards. He has already demonstrated his commitment by relocating with hisfamily to the UK and by purchasing 350,000 shares in Synchronica at a price of13.5p on 9 August 2006." -ends- About Synchronica Synchronica develops and markets synchronization and device management solutionsfor mobile operators, device manufacturers, and enterprises. Its productportfolio ranges from data synchronization (DS) to device management (DM) andfirmware update over-the-air (FOTA). Synchronica has a strong track record inthe SyncML space. Products include the world's first SyncML DM server in acarrier-grade environment and SyncML Gateway, which enables seamlesssynchronization of corporate data. Its latest offering, Mobile Manager, providescompanies with a robust mobile device management solution for WindowsMobile-based devices. Headquartered in the UK with offices in Berlin and Washington D.C. Synchronicaplc is a public company quoted on AIM, a market operated by the London StockExchange. More information is available at www.synchronica.com For more information please visit www.synchronica.com or contact: Nicole Meissner, CMOat Synchronica plcTel: +44 1580 830 033 Lindsey Lee, Josie Pearson or Denis Daviesat eclat MarketingTel: +44 118 9895600Email: [email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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