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Vocera Communications Selects Amy Karabinas Vice President of Engineering
Cupertino, Calif. (January 10, 2005) - Vocera Communications,
a wireless communications company providing instant voice communication solutions
for mobile personnel, selected Amy Karabinas as vice president of engineering
to lead the company’s engineering team in its mission to simplify complex
communications processes into the best customer experience.
“Amy’s demonstrated leadership in product development and quality assurance is the perfect fit to round out Vocera’s engineering team,” said Julie Shimer, CEO of Vocera Communications. “Her strength in developing teams will ensure we have accelerated delivery of the highest quality product to meet customer demands,” said Shimer. Ms. Karabinas will report to CEO Julie Shimer and CTO Rob Shostak.
As vice president of engineering, Ms. Karabinas will manage software, hardware, quality assurance, and documentation teams to achieve timely execution against the company’s product roadmap.
“I am pleased to join Vocera at this stage of company growth to ensure we have the right teams, technology, and processes in place to develop even more sophisticated engineering solutions,” said Ms. Karabinas. “These simple-to-use solutions will deliver valuable increases in productivity for mobile workers.”
For companies reliant upon on-premise mobile workers, Vocera has created the only wearable, wireless, hands-free instant voice communications system allowing workers to make decisions and act quickly anytime, anywhere, resulting in seamless teamwork, time savings, and increased customer satisfaction.
Ms. Karabinas has more than 20 years experience in developing complex software
and hardware products. Most recently, she was senior director of engineering
for VMware where she took the company products into the data center with the
highest level of quality. Prior to her position at VMware, she was senior director
for storage system engineering for Sun Microsystems where she directed the
development and test areas for the entire storage systems line. Previously,
she held a variety of highly challenging engineering positions at IBM.
About Vocera Communications
Vocera Communications provides wireless communications systems that enable
instant voice communication among mobile workers to leading institutions
and companies requiring enhanced customer service, productivity, and teamwork.
The company is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif. For more information, please
contact the company at 408-882-5100, or visit
the Web site at www.vocera.com.
Contact:
Jan Rasmussen
Fleishman-Hillard
(816) 512-2238
rasmussj@fleishman.com
