UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event
reported): April 1,
2009
ClearOne Communications,
Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Utah
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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001-33660
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87-0398877
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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5225
Wiley Post Way, Suite 500
Salt
Lake City, Utah
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84116
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(801)
975-7200
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Zip Code)
Not
applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
5.02
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Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers
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On April
1, 2009, ClearOne Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release
titled Joe Sorrentino Returns
to ClearOne as Executive Vice President of Worldwide
Sales. The full text of the Company’s press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Title of Document
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Location
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99.1
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Press
Release dated April 1, 2009 captioned “Joe Sorrentino Returns to ClearOne
as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales.”
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This
Filing
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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CLEARONE
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Date: April
1, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Zeynep Hakimoglu
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Zeynep
Hakimoglu
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Chief
Executive Officer
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JOE
SORRENTINO RETURNS TO CLEARONE AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE
SALES
SALT LAKE
CITY, April 1, 2009 - ClearOne (NASDAQ: CLRO), the leading global provider of
high performance audio conferencing solutions, today announced it has named Joe
Sorrentino as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Sorrentino will
report directly to Zee Hakimoglu, ClearOne's President, Chief Executive and
Chairman.
Most
recently, Sorrentino, was Senior Vice President at Spire Global, Sony Video
Conferencing’s U.S. Sales and Marketing arm. Sorrentino was instrumental in
building and managing their U. S. sales team. He was also responsible for
developing and executing Spire’s channel sales strategy and driving their market
channel partner programs, as well as strategic partnerships.
Before
joining Spire Global, Sorrentino held the position of Vice President of
Worldwide Sales and Marketing for ClearOne where he was responsible for all
sales and marketing operations worldwide. Sorrentino built a world class sales
team and developed the sales and marketing strategies that drove consistent
quarterly growth year-over-year. He was the driving force behind the sales and
marketing strategy of ClearOne’s MAXAttach™ product that took ClearOne’s new
tabletop conferencing business to the second largest tabletop conferencing
business worldwide in less than two years.
Prior to
his tenure at ClearOne, Sorrentino served as Vice President of Sales for
Polycom’s voice communications division where he was responsible for building
Polycom’s voice sales team, launching new products in the IP and installed
conferencing space, as well as growing their market share leading tabletop
conferencing business.
“Joe’s
return to ClearOne could not come at a more strategic time with the recent
releases of our new products. His strong sales background and prior successes,
coupled with his high energy and disciplined approach to selling is exactly what
we need in this current economic environment” said Zee Hakimoglu, CEO at
ClearOne. “Joe is a proven sales leader with international and domestic
experience in both direct and indirect sales channels. During Joe’s prior tenure
with us, we experienced double digit revenue growth. Joe is credited with
increasing market penetration, market growth and market share in all product
lines while at ClearOne. We are happy to have Joe as a part of the
ClearOne team again.”
“It is an
exciting time to be back at ClearOne” said Sorrentino. “I am looking forward to
working with the whole ClearOne team again to repeat the successes that we had
in the past and continue to grow the overall business.”
Sorrentino’s
career spans more than 25 years of sales management experience working with such
notable companies as IBM, Motorola, Conner/Seagate, Adaptec and
3ware.
Mr.
Sorrentino earned a Bachelor of Science degree from San Jose State
University.
About
ClearOne
ClearOne
Communications Inc. is a communications solutions company that develops and
sells audio conferencing systems and related products for audio, video, and web
conferencing applications. The reliability, flexibility, and performance of
ClearOne's comprehensive solutions create a natural communications environment
that saves organizations time and money by enabling more effective and efficient
communication. For additional information, please visit http://www.clearone.com.
Contact:
Mary
Evans
801-303-3582
mary.evans@clearone.com
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