VoiceObjects Names Beatriz V. Infante New CEO

VoiceObjects announced the appointment of Beatriz V. Infante as the company’s new CEO. Infante will also take a seat on the company’s board of directors.
 
“I’m thrilled to be joining this exciting and high-growth company” commented Infante. “I believe VoiceObjects possesses tremendous customer and technology assets which have led to a significant track record of success in the European marketplace. My goal will be to expand on that success to build and scale a global business .”

“The board has selected Infante based on her impressive track record of revenue growth and on her demonstrated ability to understand and to dominate evolving markets,” said Karl-Heinz Land, founder, board member and Executive Vice President of VoiceObjects. “VoiceObjects’ recent entry into the North American market marks a critical time in VoiceObjects’ history. Beatriz is ideally suited to help us capture the substantial opportunity we see .”

Infante is a proven leader with more than two decades of experience with premier technology companies. Most recently, she served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Sychron, a utility computing software provider. Prior to that, Infante was Chairman, President, and CEO of Aspect Communications , which she led to revenues of nearly $600M/year, and also raised $50M in private equity financing. Prior to that, she held executive positions at Oracle Corporation, where she was SVP of Oracle’s Application Server, which she grew from its infancy to $100 million in combined license, consulting and service revenues in less than two years. She was also responsible for Oracle’s open systems business units, managing 50% revenue growth to $1.1B, and initiated and led the acquisition of the Rdb business by Oracle.

Infante holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University and a master's degree in computer engineering and computer science from the California Institute of Technology. She serves on the board of directors of Netli, a dynamic application hosting services company, on the board of Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network, and on the advisory board to the Princeton University School of Engineering.

2006-03-27