ATIS Board of Directors Welcomes Senior Executives From NEC America, ADTRAN, and MCI October 31, 2003, Washington, D.C. – ATIS - the leader in communications and information technology standards development - is pleased to announce that Allen Levine, Kevin Schneider, and Jack Wimmer recently joined the ATIS board of directors, serving as representatives for NEC America, ADTRAN, and MCI respectively as ATIS continues to prioritize, coordinate and accelerate its priority standards work. Levine is Vice President of NEC America, Schneider is Chief Technical Officer of ADTRAN, and Wimmer is Vice President for MCI. “We’re extremely pleased to have these companies join ATIS, and we look forward to their active involvement within ATIS and on the board of directors,” said Susan M. Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. “By becoming ATIS members, NEC America, ADTRAN, and MCI will have the opportunity to work with the communications industry’s leading senior executives who are actively involved in the ATIS Technical and Operations (TOPS) Council which is the driving force behind creating interoperable, implementable, end-to-end solutions for the industry’s most critical priorities.” Over the last 12 months, ATIS has embarked on a new strategic direction led by Ross Ireland, Senior Executive Vice President, Services and CTO for SBC, and ATIS Board Chairman. This effort has included the launch of the ATIS TOPS Council, chaired by Bill Smith, Chief Product Development and Technology Officer for BellSouth. The TOPS Council has reached consensus on the industry's 16 most critical priorities, including the five deemed most critical – Voice over IP, Mobile Wireless Services, Wide Area Ethernet, Network Security, and Data Interchange. ATIS has also established Focus Groups as part of this strategic direction to address standardization requirements for the five key industry priorities. For more information about the ATIS TOPS Council, contact Tim Jeffries at tjeffries@atis.org or visit the ATIS Web site at www.atis.org. About ATIS ATIS is a technical planning and standards development organization
that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical
and operations standards for the communications and related information
technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and
open approach. Over 1,200 participants from more than 400 communications
companies are active in ATIS’ 16 industry committees, and
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