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Official Website: http://www.acmepacket.com
Official about page: http://www.acmepacket.com/company-fact-sheet.htm
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Location: 100 Crosby Drive, Bedford, Massachsetts 01730 USA. Incorporated in Delaware, US
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Business: SBCs / MSGs / SRPs / VoIP Lawful Interception
Contact
Phone: +1-781-328-4400 (USAT)
Fax: +1-781-275-8800

Andy Ory is a founder of Acme Packet and serves as president and chief executive officer, responsible for the company’s overall strategy and operations. Under his leadership, Acme Packet pursues its mission to enable service providers and enterprises worldwide to unleash the power of interactive voice, video, and unified communications over IP networks.

During Andy’s decade-long tenure, he has spearheaded Acme Packet’s growth from a young startup pioneering a new product category and technology called session border control to today dominating that category and delivering an expanding product portfolio that is fueling a new paradigm in communications – session delivery networks.

Prior to founding Acme Packet, Andy was the founder, CEO and chairman of Priority Call Management, which produced network-based solutions that allowed service providers to offer prepaid calling, enhanced messaging and one-number services. Andy holds a BA degree from Harvard University.

Patrick MeLampy — CTO and co-founder ACMEPACKET as of 2011

Patrick MeLampy Patrick brings over 24 years of communications engineering experience to his role as chief technology officer. Prior to founding Acme Packet, Patrick served as the vice president of engineering for Priority Call Management (PCM) from its inception in 1989 through its acquisition by the LHS Group a decade later. At PCM, Patrick developed and supported the company's network telecommunications products and grew the engineering team from two to 75 members.

Prior to PCM, he was employed at Boston Technology. Patrick has developed intellectual property portfolios for PCM, LHS PCM, and Acme Packet. He has accumulated 49 patents of which 30 have been issued and 19 are pending. Patrick holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Boston University.

Peter Minihane — CFO ACMEPACKET as of 2011

Peter Minihane brings over 35 years of executive experience building and leading high-growth technology companies to his role as chief financial officer. Before coming to Acme Packet, he was CFO of Colubris Networks, a global provider of intelligent wireless local area networks for enterprises and service providers. Previously, Peter served as CFO and COO of StarBak Communications, a streaming media company, where he led the company through multiple financing rounds with major venture capital investors.

Prior to StarBak, he served in various roles – including President, COO and CFO – for Visual Networks, a leading provider of performance management systems for wide area networks. Before that, Peter was CFO and COO of Microcom, a remote access company, where he led a successful IPO and later a merger with Compaq. He has also held senior finance positions at Sentito Networks, SKOK Systems, Automatix Inc. and Data General. A CPA, Peter holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and a Master’s degree in Taxation from Bentley College.

Dino Di Palma—SVP of worldwide sales and business development ACMEPACKET as of 2011

Dino Di Palma brings over 15 years of executive sales experience to his role as senior vice president of worldwide sales and business development. Prior to joining Acme Packet in January 2001, Dino spent six years in systems engineering, sales and business development at Sema Priority Call. As the vice president of international business development for Sema Priority Call, Dino managed all activities of the Worldwide Business Development Directors group.

Prior to that, as vice president of Caribbean and South America, Dino identified and implemented support teams for sales, business development and operations throughout the region, and exceeded the region's sales quota by nearly 200%. Prior to Sema Priority Call, Dino worked in the Quebec provincial government in Montreal as a press and political attaché. Dino holds a BA degree in Economics and Political Science from McGill University and an MA degree in Public Policy and Business Administration from Concordia University.

Marianne Budnik — chief marketing officer Involvement: ACMEPACKET as of 2011

Marianne is responsible for Acme Packet’s overall marketing strategy and integrated market initiatives, including communications, corporate marketing, field marketing and product marketing activities. She also oversees the company’s product line management organization. An accomplished 20-year marketing veteran, Marianne offers substantial executive-level experience earned while defining and driving innovative, revenue-enhancing corporate, product, field and channel marketing programs for two of the world’s most visible technology companies.

She joined Acme Packet from CA Technologies, where she was CMO for the multibillion dollar provider of IT management software and solutions. Prior to joining CA Technologies, Marianne held a number of marketing leadership positions within EMC Corporation. She holds an MBA from Boston University and earned a Bachelor’s degree from Babson College.

Seamus Hourihan—SVP of corporate strategy (2001-2011)

Seamus Hourihan—who first coined the term “session border control”—leads the strategic planning process for Acme Packet, evaluating new markets and opportunities to expand the company’s business. He is a prolific speaker on the conference and tradeshow circuit and is the author of several networking guidebooks and numerous articles. He has been recognized by Internet Telephony magazine as one of the “Top 100 Voices of IP Communications.” Seamus served as the company’s Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing from 2001 to 2011.

He brings over 25 years of experience to Acme Packet in executive management, marketing, product management and business development roles at VoIP, IP networking, web infrastructure and computer companies. Seamus was VP of marketing for internetworking leader Wellfleet and, after its merger with Synoptics, Bay Networks (now Nortel) for nearly seven years. During his tenure, annual revenue grew from $10 million to $2 billion and Inc. recognized Wellfleet as “America’s Fastest Growing Company” for two consecutive years. Before Acme Packet, Seamus was vice president of marketing for Pingtel, widely recognized as the leader in SIP products and technology. He also held management positions at Data General, MASSCOMP and Bright Tiger and has operated his own consulting company. Seamus holds an AB degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Babson College.

Erin Medeiros—SVP, professional services (present)

Erin Medeiros brings 16 years of experience in the fields of systems engineering and customer support to her position as senior vice president of professional services. She joined Acme Packet as the manager of systems engineering from SEMA/Priority Call, where she spent six years in the systems engineering organization, ultimately managing the team of corporate systems engineers.

Under her supervision over the last ten years, the Acme Packet Professional Services organization has grown from one to over 200 people. She is responsible for the systems engineering, technical support, technical training and premium services groups. Erin holds a BA degree in Marketing from the School of Management at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst.

John Shields—VP, manufacturing & operations (2002 -present)

John Shields is responsible for leading the company’s strategic and operational activities in the areas of supply chain management, product quality, manufacturing technology, product manufacturing and distribution. He joined Acme Packet in May 2002 as director of manufacturing operations to establish the manufacturing processes, systems and infrastructure to support the manufacturing and logistics for the Net-Net 4250 product. Since that time, John has overseen the introduction of six product lines and the worldwide shipment of over 10,000 systems. Prior to joining Acme Packet, he was director of manufacturing for Crescent Networks, where he was responsible for supply chain management, corporate quality, new product introduction and technical operations.

Before that, he was director of technical operations for IronBridge Networks, where he was responsible for establishing an outsourced manufacturing model for the company’s core router product. John previously held senior manufacturing and engineering management positions for FORE Systems, Fujitsu Nexion, Xyplex Networks and Lockheed Sanders. He received BS and MS degrees from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and his MBA from New Hampshire College.

Press & analyst: Julia Dunlea T: +1-781-869-2982 E: jdunlea@acmepacket.com

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