Interactive Enterprise Names Ray Bennett Vice President of Channel Management

Interactive Enterprise, the provider of ConexonTM -- the #1 globally deployed system in the cable provisioning/activation market -- today announced that Ray Bennett has accepted the position of vice president of channel management.

(PRWEB) January 16, 2004 --Interactive Enterprise, the provider of ConexonTM -- the #1 globally deployed system in the cable provisioning/activation market -- today announced that Ray Bennett has accepted the position of vice president of channel management.

In this role, he will work closely with strategic partners to increase the value customers receive via joint cable solutions. Bennett rejoins Interactive Enterprise following significant growth in the business in 2003, with the addition of more than 15 new customers globally and established or expanded U.S. relationships with channel partners such as Motorola, CSG and C-COR.net.

Our Open Conexon platform has been extremely well received in the industry at a time when OSS and the provisioning of advanced services is becoming more complex," said Tom Higgins, CEO, Interactive Enterprise. This appointment is a key hire for the business. Rays industry experience and knowledge of OSS will help us to capitalize on our strong position with our strategic partners. We look forward to his contributions in helping us further develop North American channel partnerships and customer relationships."

Bennett has returned to Interactive Enterprise after founding a software company focused on the sports market. Before that he served as vice president of product management for Interactive Enterprise. In that role, he provided product marketing and product management leadership for the Conexon family of broadband infrastructure products. Prior to that he was director of sales engineering/ director of network management engineering for C-COR.net, where he was responsible for market analysis, product positioning, product development and sales support. He also held a number of roles with Raytheon Systems Corporation (formerly E-Systems, Inc.) and other high-tech companies.

Bennett earned an associates degree in mechanical engineering and a bachelors degree in computer science from Penn State University.

About Interactive Enterprise (www.interactive-enterprise.com)
Founded in 1998, Interactive Enterprise, Ltd. develops and markets broadband provisioning and service activation software to global broadband operators. Its ConexonTM software platform is the #1 solution deployed globally and enables operators to rapidly deploy voice, video and data services to their subscribers across multiple broadband platforms and devices. The company markets its multi-service offerings throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia directly and through channel partners such as Motorola and C-COR.net.

Interactive Enterprise differentiates its Open Conexon platform on its ability to reduce operating costs by as much as 40 percent with a 7-12 month ROI. It also offers an accelerated time to revenue as operators can both deploy Open Conexon applications and rapidly develop and deploy their own complementary service packages from the platform. Further, Open Conexon enables operators to define any service and develop interfaces into third-party complementary applications such as digital head-ends, telephone switches, billing systems, etc. This gives operators complete control over the end-to-end creation and delivery of services and protects their investments. It also enables the rapid uptake of services by subscribers, thus increasing the service providers average revenue per user (ARPU).
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