ClearOne Announces Director of Product Management for Multimedia and Networking Products

May 6, 2010
ClearOne Announces Director of Product Management for Multimedia and Networking ProductsSALT LAKE CITY, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ClearOne (http://www.clearone.com) (Nasdaq: CLRO), the leading global provider of high performance audio conferencing solutions, today announced that R. Scott Woolley has been named Director of Product Management for Multimedia and Networking Products at ClearOne.

Woolley's responsibilities will include spearheading the definition of next generation products to capture new market opportunities, creating and driving market campaigns to improve product awareness, and developing competitive positioning strategies to drive ClearOne market share growth for multimedia and networking products.

Joining ClearOne in 1998, Woolley has more than 25 years of experience in the sound, acoustics, audiovisual and data network industry with experience in global marketing, market analysis and channel management. While at ClearOne, he has held a number of key roles including Consultant Liaison for Professional Products, Director of Product Marketing for Professional Products, and Advanced Technical Trainer.

Prior to joining ClearOne, Woolley was an Independent Technology System Design Consultant with Spectrum Engineers where he designed audiovisual and computer data network systems. He has direct design and integration experience on a wide variety of applications including institutes of higher education, courtrooms, houses of worship, convention centers, professional sports venues, hospitals and corporate facilities.

Woolley has presented at multiple industry events, including InfoComm, and has been published in several industry magazines and professional journals. Woolley is a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD), certified as a Communications Technology Specialist (CTS) and a member of the Association of International Product Marketing & Management (AIPMM). He earned a bachelor's degree from Utah State University.

"Scott's industry and technology expertise make him a perfect fit for this new position," said Tracy Bathurst, Chief Strategy Officer at ClearOne. "The combination of his experience in the audio conferencing industry, with his deep knowledge of ClearOne products and channels, will make his contributions significant and immediate. We are fortunate to have him heading up the direction of our multimedia and networking products."

About ClearOne

ClearOne is a communications solutions company that develops and sells audio conferencing systems and other related products for audio, video, and web conferencing and collaboration applications. The reliability, flexibility, and performance of ClearOne's comprehensive solutions create a natural communications environment, which saves organizations time and money by enabling more effective and efficient communication.

ClearOne dominates the professional conferencing space with over 50% global market share and is a pioneer in audio conferencing technologies. We have developed a broad portfolio of award-winning products that benefit from our innovative leadership in areas such as distributed echo cancellation, automatic microphone mixing, signal routing, equalization, automatic level control, compression, and other advanced audio processing functions.

NetStreams, recently acquired by ClearOne, delivers the ultimate IP A/V experience by distributing high definition audio and video over TCP/IP networks. NetStreams' products, designed for commercial and residential use, offer unprecedented levels of performance, functionality, simplicity, reliability, and expandability. By combining audio/video content, meta-data and control signals into one stream and incorporating industry standards, NetStreams' newly patented StreamNet® solutions are a smart investment, enabling the Power of AV over IP™ – today.

NetStreams' StreamNet technology provides elegant solutions for streaming media & control applications such as digital signage, distribution of HD video and audio, LAN Cloud Matrix Switching™, and audio paging over data networks.

ClearOne Contact:

Mary Evans

801-303-3582

mary.evans@clearone.com



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