Media Publisher Bolsters Engineering Team with Former Ericsson Executive

Veteran Claude Dupuis Joins as Vice President of Engineering

Emeryville, Calif. (PRWEB) June 25, 2007 -- Media Publisher, Inc., the leader in Enterprise Video Communications (EVC), today announced that Claude Dupuis has been appointed Vice President of Engineering. In this role, Dupuis will put his 25 years of video and networking experience to work by leading the company's engineering department and advancing its methodologies, quality, process, productivity, reliability and scale.

"Claude joins Media Publisher with a strong background in building engineering organizations and deep experience in video communications," said Rod Bacon, CEO of Media Publisher. "His leadership, combined with our already strong core of engineering talent, will form an engineering team that will be second to none in our industry."

Claude joins Media Publisher with a strong background in building engineering organizations and deep experience in video communications

Dupuis joins Media Publisher with extensive technical experience in video, voice and data technologies and has led multiple product introductions across a variety of markets--from enterprise and telecom to cable and satellite. Most recently, Dupuis served as the senior vice president of engineering in Ericsson's multimedia business unit where he was responsible for the development of video compression products for IPTV and mobile markets for the Tandberg Television division of the company.

Prior to his tenure at Ericsson, Dupuis led the engineering team for SkyStream Networks, a Sunnyvale-based private company, which was acquired by Tandberg Television. In this role, Dupuis managed rapid growth from one to four product lines--each requiring multiple product releases per year. Dupuis also served as senior vice president of engineering at Premisys (acquired by Zhone), where he ran the company's R&D labs in the U.S. and Canada. He has also held a variety of engineering and technical management positions for Nortel and Bell Northern Research.

"I look forward to building and leading the industry's foremost engineering team and am excited about the opportunity to contribute to Media Publisher's ongoing success in this emerging industry," said Claude Dupuis of Media Publisher.

About Media Publisher, Inc.
Media Publisher is the only company to offer a complete software solution that centrally manages the video communications lifecycle, simplifying how organizations create, publish, manage, report, and deliver thousands of [live and on-demand webcasts securely across private networks. The power of Media Publisher stems from its unique platform designed to work with existing video, storage, and distribution components, providing a single management system for the enterprise. Customers worldwide, including eBay, AT&T, Capital One, Lockheed Martin, Lamar University and Jyske Bank, rely on Media Publisher and its award-winning commitment to customer value. Visit www.mediapublisher.com for more information.

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