SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jordan Meyerowitz has joined Telesphere, the nation's leading provider of fully hosted VoIP and unified cloud communications services for businesses, as Director of Product Innovation, based at Telesphere's headquarters in Scottsdale. He brings to Telesphere a 19-year history in product development, project management and leadership in the software industry. In this position, Meyerowitz has accountability for innovating and launching unique products that will be available to Telesphere customers.
Meyerowitz joined Telesphere from Citrix SaaS Division, where he was a Sr. Product Line Manager, working on such products as "GoToTraining," "GoToWebinar" and "GoToMeeting." Prior to that, Meyerowitz worked at SMART Technologies, on the education platform software product line, as a Sr. Product Manager and Product Line Manager where he was responsible for the entire SMART Notebook family product portfolio including Notebook software used by more than 40 million users globally, Notebook Web, Notebook iPad/tablets, SDK's and SMART Exchange. He was a co-founder and served in Product Management roles for 8 years at three successful startups. Jordan started his career in product development at MCI for both the consumer and business markets.
Dr. Sanjay Srinivasan, Telesphere Chief Technology Officer, stated, "We've been looking to hire someone in the Product Innovation role, and after an extensive search, we are ecstatic that Jordan has joined Telesphere. Jordan has a passion for high-level innovation and the experience and skill to bring products to market that customers need and want. Within Telesphere, Jordan will be creating an environment where our team can collaborate, strategize, brainstorm, innovate and ensure that great ideas move beyond the white board."
Meyerowitz has been a resident of Scottsdale, Ariz. the past 16 years. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the University of Maryland at College Park, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned a Master of Science and Information Science degree from the Business School at George Washington University. He and his wife have two children. Outside of work, he enjoys home improvement projects, traveling, hiking and spending time with his young family.
About Telesphere
Telesphere, with headquarters in greater Phoenix, Ariz., and a regional presence in Seattle, California, Las Vegas, Denver, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and New York, is a leading provider of Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) offerings nationwide. It offers carrier-grade performance and support for wireline and mobile devices to businesses over its private IP MPLS network; one of the largest in the nation. Telesphere's cloud-based services allow businesses of any size to enjoy all the latest voice, video, data, mobility and collaboration features of large enterprise systems without the costly investment of on-site equipment.
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