Global IP Solutions Strengthens Sales Management in Asia
David Humphreys Appointed Senior Director for Asia Sales
Hong Kong — July 14, 2008— Global IP Solutions (GIPS) the leading provider of
high-quality IP multimedia processing solutions, announced today that it has named David Humphreys to the position of Senior Director, Asia Sales. Humphreys will report to Alan Waldrip, GIPS vice president of worldwide sales and will be responsible for sales and
day-to-day operations in the Asia Pacific and Japan regions.
Humphreys brings more than 20 years of valuable international sales, operational and general management experience in the enterprise and IP networking industries. Humphreys has held a number of senior high-level international sales management positions for companies such as Sun Microsystems and Santa Cruz Operation. He previously served as Director of Sales at GIPS in 2004 and was involved in leading some of GIPS’ early sales successes in Asia. He now returns to the company after serving as part of the sales leadership team at Packeteer. He holds an Engineering degree from the University of Leeds, England and has an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA.
“With David on board leading our Asia sales teams, GIPS will greatly benefit from his deep market knowledge and operational experience,” said Alan Waldrip, GIPS vice president of worldwide sales. “His leadership capabilities will be instrumental in taking our global sales performance to the next level, ensuring that our sales force is well positioned to meet the market demand for real-time IP communications solutions.”
“The market for real-time VoIP and IP-based video processing solutions has yet to reach its potential,” said Humphreys. “I am excited to rejoin GIPS to implement strategic initiatives that will drive significant increases in market share in the Asia Pacific region as well as demonstrate the strategic importance of this fast growing region.”