Paul Anderson, who previously served the company in a sales consulting capacity, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Pulse Entertainment. Anderson has extensive international media and telecommunications industry experience having previously led Openwave's Asia-Pacific operations and then managing that company's mobile infrastructure product group. Anderson is also a veteran of several technology start-ups as well as more than 10 years with Adobe Systems where he founded their first Japanese office.
The company has also named Jim McLaughlin as Vice President of Business Development to manage sales and mobile carrier relationships in North America. McLaughlin's extensive wireless industry experience includes previous stints as VP of Business Development at Oasys Mobile, and as a top sales executive at Cingular and Bellsouth Wireless Data. McLaughlin has a long history of success in developing and launching new wireless brands and publishing multi-million dollar games and applications in the US market.
Finally, Jeff Lipton, previously SVP of Products and Services with Pulse Entertainment, has been promoted to the position of President. Lipton will continue to manage product development and marketing and is also responsible for EMEA business development and sales activities. Lipton is a serial entrepreneur and start-up veteran with a 15 year history in the creative media and software industries.
About Pulse Entertainment. Inc.
Pulse Entertainment is a leading provider of multimedia messaging and user-generated content creation technologies for mobile and web applications. The Company's patented Veepers™ Media System (VMS) platform automatically transforms static two-dimensional (2D) facial images into animated three-dimensional (3D) characters with synchronized audio - either recorded or via text-to-speech. VMS is also a powerful personalization engine for user-generated imaging and video entertainment services including animated picture messages, personalized mobile wallpaper, video ringtones, and much more. For more information, visit www.veepers.com.
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Pulse Entertainment, Inc.
Jim McLaughlin
VP, Business Development
415-348-4007
sales@veepers.com