LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Yap International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:YPIL), a provider of Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") communication services and products, today announced the appointment of Dr. Chester W. Anderson III to its advisory board.
Joseph Weaver, President and COO, stated, "It is with tremendous pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr. Chester W. Anderson III to Yap International, Inc. Board of Advisors. I have had the pleasure to work very closely with Dr. Anderson over the past five years on a number of industry related projects. Dr Anderson brings solid Senior Management experience to our team and the knowledge that can only be acquired from a lifetime in the Telecommunications Industry."
Dr. Anderson brings over 30 years of telecommunication experience to the Executive Staff. As head of the Advanced Products Division of AT&T, Dr. Anderson led his team to establish AT&T's Voice and Audio Processing Center of Excellence that culminated in the commercialization of the "Watson Speech Recognition Engine".
While at Bell Labs and AT&T, Dr. Anderson was a Technical Manager in System Engineering, System Test and Project Management with profit and loss responsibility. One of many of Dr. Anderson's significant accomplishments was AT&T System 25 PBX that has generated approximately $1 Billion for AT&T in sales since its release. In addition, he was responsible for the system test of AT&T's telephone modem, 2 and 4 Line key systems, and defining and testing the terminal interface standards for AT&T's BRI terminals. As head of this department Dr. Anderson and his team developed the AT&T System Management Architecture for which Dr. Anderson's team was awarded the prestigious AT&T Architecture Award. In addition, Dr. Anderson and his team wrote the development specifications and provided system engineering support for the AT&T Definity Office Telephone Switch (PBX).
Dr. Anderson's experience is not only in mature companies, such as Bell Laboratories and AT&T, but in the "start-up" environment as well. While serving at Sound Advantage, as Vice President of Business Development he developed the business plan that brought to market the world's first "Auto Attendant System", specifically designed for Central Office / Carrier grade applications. The market Dr. Anderson developed for Network SANDi was the major telcos, such as Verizon, Bell South, New South, Alltel, Telmex, Bell Canada, etc. Dr. Anderson was responsible for negotiating a major agreement with Lucent Technologies that resulted in Lucent buying 10% of Sound Advantage.
In addition, Dr. Anderson formed the Wichita Group that specializes in Management consulting. Expertise includes planning, and the operational aspects of new business development, technology transfer and commercialization. Dr. Anderson's client list includes, Lucent Intellectual Property Division, Lucent Bell Laboratories, IBM Speech Solutions, Voice Control Systems (ScanSoft). Syrinx, the Speech Recognition Company, Nortel Networks, Natural Speech Communications, Mosakin, Sound Advantage, Raven Technologies, Monmouth County BCC Business Incubator, Leverance, InternetSpeech, and VoiceLynkx.
Dr. Anderson holds a PhD, MSc, and a BA in Physics. For a more detailed CV on Dr. Anderson, go to www.yapint.com/meet.html .
About Yap International, Inc.
Yap International, Inc. is a multi-national Internet Communications Company developing cost effective telecommunications through Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) technologies. The Company currently holds the worldwide marketing rights for the only VoIP technology that requires no computer or high speed Internet connection and works in conjunction with any standard push button phone to access VoIP savings. The Company plans on targeting the market of more than 1.1 billion telephones worldwide, but specifically, the international calling market as it pertains to foreign-born residents living in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sales offices in Los Angeles.
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