Overture Networks Appoints Arthur Bergens CFO
20-year financial executive brings strong financial leadership expertise to Overture’s rapidly growing Carrier Ethernet solutions business
Research Triangle Park, March 8, 2010 – Overture Networks, the industry’s trusted Carrier Ethernet solutions provider, today announced that Arthur Bergens has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Bergens has more than 20 years of financial and operational experience in a wide range of both private and public companies. He will be based in Overture’s North Carolina headquarters.
“Arthur brings a uniquely diverse background with solid leadership experience in all of the key financial aspects involved in developing business and driving financial performance,” said Jeff Reedy, CEO of Overture. “His proven expertise in leading financial strategy and execution will be a critical component for us as we continue to build on our success and look to expand our reach as the Carrier Ethernet solutions leader.”
Arthur’s extensive background in directing financial strategy for a variety of technology companies includes experience in operations, numerous equity and debt placements, and M&A transactions. He recently held the position of COO and CFO for Centice Corporation, a pioneer in healthcare devices. Prior to joining Centice, Arthur served as CFO for Unitive, Inc., a leader in advanced wafer packaging solutions for the semiconductor industry until it was acquired in August 2004 by Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR), a publicly held company and one of the world’s leading providers of contract semiconductor manufacturing, assembly and test services. After the acquisition, he provided the financial leadership at Amkor’s new Wafer Level Packaging Business Unit as the Vice President of Finance and Administration.
Earlier in his career, Arthur was CFO for the Americas region at Modus Media International, Inc., a global provider of supply chain management solutions to the high technology industry, with annual revenues of some $600 million. Arthur also spent eight years with Ernst & Young at their New Orleans office.
“Overture Networks is an established and greatly respected market leader with the industry’s most efficient, cost-effective solutions for carrier and service provider customers,” said Arthur Bergens. “I look forward to leveraging my executive experience in leading financial operations for progressive technology companies to increase revenue and profitability and extend Overture’s leadership position in the Carrier Ethernet space.”
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About Overture Networks
Overture Networks is the preferred Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation partner to more than 225 service providers and enterprise customers worldwide, including 10 of the top 15 US Carrier Ethernet service providers. Its innovative solutions have proven to be integral to a service provider’s ability to fully leverage Carrier Ethernet to multiply service revenues and streamline operational costs. Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, with a technology center in Richardson, TX, Overture Networks is relentlessly focused on providing solutions at the ever-expanding edge of the network. With its patent-protected, award-winning family of products for both business services and cell site backhaul, Overture Networks uniquely combines the packet-switched and circuit-switched worlds into a single architecture—at cost points that make it extremely attractive to offer Carrier Ethernet services to any size location—over optical fiber or copper transport. For more information, visit http://www.overturenetworks.com.