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PictureTel News Release
PictureTel names Dom LaCava president and chief operating officer
LaCava will work with PictureTel Chairman and CEO Norman Gaut to run
videoconferencing industry leader
ANDOVER, Mass. -- January 13, 1997 -- PictureTel Corporation (NASDAQ:
PCTL), the global leader in videoconferencing and multimedia collaboration,
today announced the promotion of Dom LaCava to the position of
president and chief operating officer. LaCava will continue to report
to Dr. Norman E. Gaut, who will remain chairman and chief executive
officer of PictureTel.
LaCava joined PictureTel in 1993 as vice president of the companys new
Personal Systems Division. He successfully directed PictureTels entry
into desktop videoconferencing and the company quickly became a leader
in this important market segment. In 1996, LaCava was promoted to vice
president of the newly created Enterprise Systems Group (ESG), which
combined PictureTels industry-leading Group Systems Division and
Operations organizations with the
desktop business he had built. Later that year the companys Network
Systems Division became part of ESG, which gave LaCava responsibility for
developing, manufacturing and marketing the full range of PictureTel
products.
In his new position, LaCava will continue all of his current duties and
he also will manage the companys sales, service and marketing
organizations.
"PictureTel has become the global leader in our industry by ensuring
that we are organized to meet the changing needs of our customers,"
said Norman Gaut.
"Over the past several years, Dom LaCava has time and again
demonstrated his expertise in driving the operations of various
segments of our company as
we've more than doubled our revenue and earned more than 50 percent of
the worldwide market for group videoconferencing. From his highly
successful start
up of our desktop division through his more recent accomplishments,
highlighted by the outstanding launch of the SwiftSiteompact
videoconferencing
system a few months ago, Dom has been an integral part of PictureTels
growth. I am excited by the prospect of teaming with Dom to bring
PictureTel to
greater success in the future."
With LaCava now responsible for the day-to-day operations, Gaut will
focus on the future of PictureTel.
"Norman Gaut is the premier visionary in the videoconferencing
industry," said LaCava. "Under his direction, PictureTel has become the
world leader in
videoconferencing. As the company continues to grow rapidly, I will
concentrate on expanding our industry-leading suite of enterprise-wide
products and
services while Norman charts our future direction."
Along with LaCava, other executives who will continue to report to Gaut
are Les Strauss, vice president and chief financial officer, and Larry
Bornstein, vice
president of human resources.
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