ThinkLink Appoints Stephan DeRodeff as Senior Vice President of Engineering

Strategic Insights -

Stephan DeRodeff, a seasoned technology expert with experience in developing unified messaging systems, has joined ThinkLink as the Senior Vice President of Engineering. DeRodeff will oversee all product development activities at ThinkLink, including architecture, product development, systems integration, and quality assurance. His appointment is a strategic move by ThinkLink to leverage his expertise in the unified messaging space.

Key Takeaways:

  • Stephan DeRodeff, former Senior Director of New Services Engineering and Development at USWEST, has joined ThinkLink as the Senior Vice President of Engineering.
  • DeRodeff will be responsible for all product development activities at ThinkLink, including architecture, product development, systems integration, and quality assurance.
  • DeRodeff has extensive experience in developing unified messaging systems, including a Unified Messaging System at Oracle Corporation.
  • Prior to joining ThinkLink, DeRodeff held various positions, including Senior Director of New Services Engineering and Development at USWEST and Director of Technology at SHL Systemhouse Telecommunications Industry.
  • ThinkLink's product offering includes a web-based integrated communications service that simplifies users' ability to send and receive voicemail, faxes, and email.
  • Customers can access ThinkLink services through a local phone number, 800 number, or by logging into their personal password-protected website.
  • ThinkLink customers can make unrestricted Internet Protocol phone-to-phone domestic long-distance calls at a rate of 5 cents a minute through their local ThinkLink number.
  • ThinkLink is an Enhanced Service Provider (ESP) that offers a bundled suite of IP-based messaging and voice services under the ThinkLink brand as well as on a co-branded and private label basis.

Statistics:

  • ThinkLink's product includes free voicemail, email, fax, and paging services.
  • The free product includes a personal local phone number.
  • ThinkLink's web-based integrated communications service was named one of the 200 Red Hot Communications start-ups by Telecommunications Reports, Inc.
  • ThinkLink has established co-branded and private label partnerships with other companies.
  • ThinkLink's Unified Messaging System provides mobile and web access to voice, fax, and email messages.

Sources:

  • "ThinkLink Appoints Stephan DeRodeff as Senior Vice President of Engineering" by PRNewswire, October 25, 1999.
  • ThinkLink, http://www.thinklink.com, 1999.
  • Telecommunications Reports, Inc., "200 Red Hot Communications Start-ups," 1999.