Syndesis Appoints Vice President, Product Development

John Lochow, President and CEO of Syndesis, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Michael Bryce to the position of Vice President, Product Development.

"Mr. Bryce is a change leader with a proven track record driving strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence. His ability to combine customer satisfaction and delivery efficiency made him the obvious choice," said Lochow. "With over a decade of experience in carrier network operations and large-scale program management, Mr. Bryce will make a significant impact as we take our software solutions to new heights in meeting the provisioning, discovery, activation, and OSS reconciliation needs of the world's leading service providers."

Leading a diverse and experienced team of over 125 R&D professionals, Mr. Bryce is charged with driving the definition and quality production of Syndesis' software suite, which includes Syndesis® NetProvision(TM), Syndesis® NetDiscover(TM) and Syndesis® NetOptimizer(TM). With proven success in multi-vendor, multi-technology networks with millions of subscribers, Syndesis' award-winning products radically improve the effectiveness and accuracy of the service fulfillment process.

Prior to joining Syndesis in July of 2000, Mr. Bryce served as General Manager for Bell Nexxia Network Operations. In this role, Mr. Bryce attained extensive management and hands-on experience with process analysis and evolution, infrastructure build, and business plan execution. Mr. Bryce's technical background also includes work as Director of Internet Infrastructure and Application Services for Bell Global Solutions and Project Manager for CGI Inc./Bell Sygma. He holds a B.A.Sc. Engineering from the University of Toronto.

About Syndesis:

Syndesis www.Syndesis.com)"> empowers the world's largest telecommunications companies to provide new network experiences for their customers by enabling complete lifecycle management of profitable next generation data services. Renowned for customer responsiveness, in-depth network expertise and off-the-shelf support for more technologies and equipment than any other OSS software developer, Syndesis is the vendor of choice in deployments at more than 20 major service providers worldwide. Well-funded and privately held, Syndesis is backed by leading venture capital firms including Greylock, Helix, Pequot, Sequoia and VenGrowth.

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