Former Corvis Director Joins VIPswitch Management Team; Corvis-ex brings extensive Human Resources and Operational expertise to Optical MAN start-up

Business Wire, Nov 29, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

MONTREAL, Canada and BOSTON, MA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2000

VIPswitch, the award winning developer of Optical Voice, Video and Data Metropolitan Area Networks (V-MANs) today announced the addition of Daniel Lefebvre, a former director for Corvis, to its management team as Director, Human Resources.

Mr. Lefebvre brings over 15 years of experience in human resources and operations to VIPswitch, his experience stems from a number of high tech companies, including start ups and larger publicly held organizations. He joins the VIPswitch senior management team which currently includes veterans from Alcatel, BNR, Bragg Photonics, Marconi and Nortel Networks.

"Daniel Lefebvre is a great addition to the team we have put together, and he will help us reach the next stage in the company's evolution," said Luc Beaubien, President & CEO of VIPswitch. "Having Daniel on board deepens the experience of our seasoned management team."

Prior to joining VIPswitch, Mr. Lefebvre was the Director of Operations at Corvis Canada, a manufacturer of optical fiber solutions. Before Corvis, he spent 5 years as Human Resources and Quality Assurance Director at Alstom, the specialist in energy and transport.

About VIPswitch's V-MAN Technology

VIPswitch has introduced a new paradigm for Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) the V-MAN. The V-MAN addresses the needs of facility based fiber CLECs, CAPs and MSOs who want to deliver true IP convergent solution (Voice, Video and Data) over IP. The V-MAN enables Service Providers to build all-IP metropolitan networks that can transport better-than-toll quality voice and video applications. Based on optical light-speed IP switching, the V-MAN by-passes the built-in services and scalability limitation of legacy ATM and/or SONET based networks, while driving investment and operation costs down to the ones experienced with Ethernet based networking equipment. Unlike MANs being currently deployed with LAN purpose-built devices, the V-MAN has been designed from the ground-up for three-play service providers and carriers, delivering unsurpassed scalability as well as guaranteed service delivery for all applications.

About VIPswitch

VIPswitch is a privately held award winning manufacturer of advanced networking solutions for the fastest growing networking sector - Optical Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs). We are integrating the latest developments in metro optical WDM and packet switching to build the next generation Optical V-MAN (Video & Voice MAN) for Service Providers. VIPswitch has offices in Boston and Montreal. For more information, please visit VIPswitch on the web at www.VIPswitch.com, send an email to info@VIPswitch.com (mailto:info@VIPswitch.com) or call 800-638-2677.

VIPswitch is a registered trademark of VIPswitch Inc. VIPswitch V-MAN series , VIPswitch 160, VIPswitch 360, VIPswitch 1600, VIPswitch 3240 and the VIPswitch QoS IP MAN switch are proprietary trademarks of VIPswitch. All other trademarks are property of their respective companies (http://www.vipswitch.com/Images/VIPswitchLogo/VIPswitchLogoEmail.jpg>