Eric Raab, Bob Hinkle Join Executive Ranks at M5 Networks

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- M5 Networks, Inc., the market leader in smart business phone systems using VoIP technology, has hired two industry veterans to advance a growing list of technical initiatives. Eric Raab is M5's new Chief Technology Officer, and Bob Hinkle is Vice President of Product Management.

Eric Raab has built, deployed, and managed commercial communications systems for multiple organizations over the last 25 years.  A noted physicist, Eric began his commercial career in the early-90s at AT&T Bell Labs.  IDT Corporation recruited Eric to be their CTO shortly before the company went public.  Most recently, Raab served as CTO at Toktumi, Inc., and Epana Networks.  While at Toktumi, Raab released "Line2", a critically acclaimed first-to-market VoIP application for the iPhone (www.line2.com).  He has authored numerous articles in technical journals and is the listed inventor on two telecommunications patents.  Eric Raab graduated from Columbia University and earned his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bob Hinkle, M5's VP of Product Management, has held product management positions at several top telecommunications and networking companies.  He was instrumental in new product introductions and corporate growth at Vonage, Avaya, Dialogic, Intel, and Verizon.  Hinkle is a graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the Advanced Management Program at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.

Most VoIP companies utilize pre-packaged software to support their offerings.  However, M5 Networks has designed and deployed its own software and technology to support its agenda of advanced "smart" functionality and integration of voice with strategic business applications.

M5 CEO, Dan Hoffman, believes the time is right to expand the company's technical team. "We're fortunate to have Eric Raab and Bob Hinkle with us as we continue our product development and market expansion," he said.  "These two additions will help our service pull even farther ahead of the pack."

About M5 Networks

M5 Networks is redefining the capabilities of the business phone system. As the market leader in hosted business Voice over IP (VoIP), M5 Networks allows companies to work the way they want to while connecting them to their customers, applications and businesses. M5's Smart Business Phone System converges the industry's most flexible and reliable phone software, ActiveService™ tools, and the ability to integrate with business-critical applications. The result is a cloud-based voice service that allows companies to enjoy all the business impact of an enterprise-class phone system without the expense of buying and managing an on-premise solution. Headquartered in New York City, M5 Networks has won numerous industry awards and recognitions, including Internet Telephony's Product of the Year Award in 2009, and has most recently been named a finalist in four categories of the nationally acclaimed Stevie Awards for 2010. To learn more, please visit www.m5net.com.

SOURCE M5 Networks, Inc.