Press Release
KADOINK TAPS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Shabber Jaffer Named as CFO and Mark Robinson Appointed as VP, Product Management
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 20, 2008 – Kadoink, (www.kadoink.com), the leading mobile communications services platform, today announced the appointments of Shabber Jaffer as Chief Financial Officer and Mark Robinson as Vice President of Product Management. Shabber’s role will include managing all aspects of the company’s finances as well as domestic and international carrier contracts while Mark will focus on product management and development initiatives.
“Shabber’s extensive background in finance as well as international mobile applications and Mark’s extensive mobile product management expertise will help significantly broaden the horizon for Kadoink’s future success,” said Scott Cahill, CEO of Kadoink. “Through this new addition of talent, Shabber and Mark will play significant roles in the company’s mission toward offering innovative, ground breaking mobile communications solutions to our partners and end-users.”
Mark Robinson brings more than 15 years of product management, marketing and sales experience to Kadoink with a proven track record of building and launching industry-leading software products. Most recently, Robinson served as founder and CEO of Mobile Clarity where he established a series of revolutionary mobile software products including the MClarity Remote Manager, an innovative technology platform capable of remote piloting any open mobile device. Mobile Clarity recently sold its IP portfolio to a major European concern. Prior to his role at Mobile Clarity, Robinson was the Principal Director of Product Management at Kyocera Wireless where he was responsible for establishing Kyocera’s Software Product Management and the Systems Engineering Groups. He also worked at Openwave Systems, where he oversaw the company’s Mobile Browser offering and spearheaded the launch of Openwave’s client messaging product line.
An industry veteran in hi-tech and mobile service companies, Shabber Jaffer brings more than 24 years of experience in finance, management and strategic operations. Most recently Jaffer was with Fonemine, Inc. a mobile application company where he drove global partnerships with leading online portals and content providers. Prior to joining Kadoink, Jaffer held numerous senior level positions including CFO at K2 Optronics, where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s fund raising and eventual acquisition. Additionally, Jaffer spent six years at Sun Microsystems where he managed enterprise software businesses as general manager. Before Sun Microsystems, Jaffer held several high-level positions at both Philips Semiconductor and National Semiconductor where he led the financial oversight of numerous major semiconductor sites.
About Kadoink
Kadoink is a powerful web-telephony platform that seamlessly integrates SMS, IM and voice into a single hosted system compatible with any carrier or handset. Through its patented technology, Kadoink provides a suite of communication widgets and services such as phonecasting, audioblogging, microblogging, instant and large scale group communication (calling & texting) as well as mobile advertising (SMS and audio interstitials). Kadoink un-tethers users from their computers and instantly expands their current mobile phone capabilities, giving them a fun, always-present, easy-to-use tool to anonymously connect with an expansive network of family, friends and online communities without ever having to disclose their actual phone numbers. The company is based in San Francisco, California and was formed in September 2006. For more information and to sign up for Kadoink please visit www.kadoink.com.
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Kadoink Contacts:
Bret Ingraham
mPRm Public Relations for Kadoink
323.933.3399
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