Telepo appoints Patrik Sörqvist as Vice President Support & Supply
Patrik joins Telepo from Global IP Sound (GIPS), where he has been since it was founded in 1999. Global IP Sound is a leading company in speech processing and IP telephony with clients such as Cisco, Skype, Nortel, Yahoo, AOL and Google.
In his role as new Vice President Support & Supply, Patrik Sörqvist will have the overall responsibility for delivery, logistics, quality management, internal IT infrastructure and support at Telepo. Patrik will be part of the Executive Management Team to ensure world-class quality of customer relationship and satisfaction.
Telepo is pioneering enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions. For example, Telepo Softphone+, a virtual mobile phone that uses state-of-the-art voice encoding technology from Global IP Sound.
“Patrik brings with him an unparalleled breadth of experience and network in IP technology and will be a very valuable asset for Telepo as we continue to build a successful and industry-leading business”, said Lars-Michaël Paqvalén, CEO of Telepo.
At Global IP Sound, Patrik Sörqvist held several senior positions, most recently as Vice President Customer Engineering. He has been a member of the Senior Management Team since 1999.
He has more than 10 years of experience in speech processing, echo cancellation and VoIP. Prior to Global IP Sound, Patrik Sörqvist was Area Manager, Quality of Service, at Ericsson Telecom and in Audio and Visual Technology Research at Ericsson Research.
Patrik holds a Master of Science Degree in electrical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He is a well-known conference speaker and owns several granted technology patents.
About Telepo
Telepo is a fast-growing Swedish software company pioneering enterprise mobility and converged communication solutions for large and medium-sized businesses and service providers worldwide. It integrates mobile, fixed and IP-based communications networks, delivering true mobility, increased productivity, improved cost control and savings for businesses. For the end user this means a consistent user experience across devices, using a single identity contact for intuitive and easy-to-use communications, without requirement for changes in behaviour. The return on investment is six to nine months. Founded in 2003, Telepo has secured funding from top-tier US venture capital firm, Accel Partners. Its rapidly expanding client portfolio and partner network includes many FORTUNE 500 companies, from Nokia, Fujitsu, Cisco, IBM and Symbian, to Global IP Sound. More information is available at www.telepo.com.
Telepo contacts:
Lars-Michaël Paqvalén, CEO and Founder
Tel: +46 (0)8 5065 2702
micke@telepo.com
Mikael Westmark, Press contact
Tel: +46 (0)8 611 73 55
mikael.westmark@telepo.com
