AtHoc Establishes New Public Sector Unit, Appoints Industry Veteran Dubhe Beinhorn to Lead Operations
New Unit Created to Manage Growing Demand for Network-Centric Emergency Notification Systems Across Federal Civilian, State and Local Government
BURLINGAME, CA--(Marketwire - April 21, 2008) - AtHoc, Inc., the pioneer and leader in
network-centric emergency notification systems, today announced that Dubhe
Beinhorn has joined the company as its vice president of operations for the
public sector. She will oversee sales, business development and partner
relationships for AtHoc's continued expansion within the federal civilian,
state and local government sectors.
Ms. Beinhorn brings more than 25 years of sales and operations experience
to AtHoc in federal, service provider and international markets. Prior to
joining AtHoc, she served as vice president and general manager of Unisys
Corporation's Federal Government Group, Systems and Technology practice,
where she was responsible for the company's expansion of new business
revenues and strategic partnerships. Prior to Unisys, she helped establish
Juniper Federal Systems and served as its vice president, while growing the
business to more than $100 million.
"To respond to the tremendous interest in AtHoc's network-centric emergency
notification systems, we've formed this new group and selected a proven
leader in the public sector to take charge of this new venture," said Guy
Miasnik, president and CEO of AtHoc. "Dubhe is highly respected in the
federal arena, having served in leadership positions at both Juniper
Networks and Unisys. Her strong track record of working with both the
customer and system integrator communities will be beneficial as we develop
new opportunities."
"As the pioneer in network-centric emergency notification, AtHoc has a
strong customer base and an outstanding reputation in the federal market
along with a stellar team," said Beinhorn. "The market for emergency
alerting systems is growing across all public sector segments, and I look
forward to working with AtHoc and expanding our footprint."
Ms. Beinhorn's career began in 1980 with Xerox Corp., and she has served in
numerous executive sales, marketing and management positions including:
general manager of the SafeNet Products Division of SafeNet Corp.; vice
president of international sales with Netrix Corp.; and account executive
at N.E.T. Inc. and Contel. Ms. Beinhorn received a Bachelor of Science
degree in business administration from Roanoke College.
About AtHoc
AtHoc is a recognized leader in providing enterprise-class, network-centric
emergency notification systems to military, government and commercial
organizations for physical security, force protection and personnel
accountability. Millions of end users worldwide, in organizations such as
the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Hawaii State Civil Defense, U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, Boeing, PricewaterhouseCoopers and eBay, rely
on AtHoc's unified management systems for their emergency alerting and
critical communication needs. AtHoc has partnered with market leaders
including Microsoft, Northrop Grumman, Cisco, Siemens, Avaya, Unisys and
others to bring these notification solutions to the public and commercial
markets.
For more information on AtHoc, please visit http://www.athoc.com.