VoiceObjects Names Beatriz J. Infante CEO

SAN MATEO, Calif., Mar. 21, 2006 – VoiceObjects, the worldwide leader in Voice Application Management Systems, announced today 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.  The search was conducted by Taylor Winfield, Inc.

“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.

About VoiceObjects
VoiceObjects is one of the most innovative and fastest-growing companies in the voice technology business. VoiceObjects is a recognized technology leader in the field of voice-driven automation, offering the only server-based, lifecycle-focused Voice Application Management System (VAMS) on the market.  VoiceObjects was founded in 2001 in Germany by some of the brightest people in the fields of voice and server technology. The company has recently become a United States technology company, relocating its headquarters to Silicon Valley to be closer to its target customers, potential partners and advisors. Having had terrific success with blue chip accounts such as Adobe, Hershey’s, Postbank - Germany’s largest retail bank, T-Mobile, and the University of Texas, VoiceObjects is primed to capture the voice technology market in North America and the rest of the world.  Financed by leading venture capitalists TeleSoft Partners and Wellington Partners as well as corporate investors SAP Ventures and Deutsche Telekom (T-Venture), the company is in pole position to further fuel its global growth.  VoiceObjects maintains a worldwide network of strategic partners including Alcatel, Avaya, Datria, Genesys, HP, HTI, Nuance/ScanSoft, SAP, Softlab, T-Systems, and VoiceGenie.

About Taylor Winfield, Inc.
Established in 1987, Taylor Winfield has been instrumental in building billions $$ in market value within the high technology industry, via retained executive search and strategic business development.  Through key relationships with premier venture capital firms, maturing client companies, and their executive network of visionary industry leaders, Taylor Winfield has conducted searches to create hundreds of high tech core management teams in enterprise software (applications & infrastructure), wireless, networking, computer hardware, services, and semiconductors.  For more information, please visit www.taylorwinfield.com.