Azingo Hires Chief Marketing Officer
Sunnyvale, CA., April 14, 2008– Mobile Linux company Azingo, today announced the appointment of Gabi Schindler as chief marketing officer, effective immediately. Schindler is the latest addition to the expanding Azingo executive team, which has added several key positions recently as the company has moved into a fast track position in the open mobile industry.
Schindler will manage corporate marketing, product marketing, and ecosystem development worldwide for the company’s open mobile Linux platform, helping the company expand its global presence and recognition.
“Gabi’s extensive technical marketing experience will be key in helping us maintain the momentum we’ve achieved following the launch of Azingo Mobile, the first LiMo-based open mobile software platform in the market,” said Mahesh Veerina, chief executive officer for Azingo. “We are fortunate to have introduced the right product at the right time and Gabi can help us leverage this opportunity to our best advantage.”
Schindler joins Azingo from Saba, a human capital management (HCM) software and services provider, where she served as chief marketing officer responsible for global product marketing, field marketing and corporate marketing. Prior to Saba, she was senior vice president of worldwide marketing at PalmSource, Inc., a spinoff of Palm, Inc., where she focused on building mobile operating systems for smart phones and mobile devices. Previously she held executive marketing positions at Apple and AT&T. She began her career as a principal at Regis McKenna, a Silicon Valley public relations firm where she managed numerous strategic marketing and communications efforts for companies such as IBM and Apple. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from San Jose State University.About Azingo
Azingo, formerly Celunite, is a leading provider of open mobile phone software that delivers Internet-enabled, rich user experiencesto entertain, inform and enrich the lives of mobile users worldwide. Azingo uniquely offers a one-stop solution for designing and commercializing new mobile phone products based on Linux, selling its Azingo Mobile platform together with comprehensive engineering services that significantly reduce development costs and shorten delivery schedules for chipset manufacturers, handset manufacturers, integrators and operators. Azingo is privately-held with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Visit www.azingo.com.
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