Ferguson as senior director – Microsoft. Ferguson will be charged with driving the co-development of Microsoft unified communications and enterprise applications with SpinVox services.

“Voice is the most powerful form of messaging supported by the growing range of network types - wireless, landline, VoIP and now even social networks. The potential for SpinVox to connect converted voice content with new applications across a variety of platforms is exciting,” says Christina Domecq, co-founder and CEO of SpinVox.

“Todd has a proven history of being able to facilitate integration of leading-edge Microsoft technology with services from companies like SpinVox for implementation in telecom and enterprise environments. This presents an enormous opportunity for our services to gain greater visibility and ultimately, mass market deployment.”

Ferguson joins SpinVox from Gold Systems where he was the director of business development, sales and strategy – establishing global relationships with Microsoft Corporation, its partners and affiliates in the area of Speech and Unified Communications. Prior to that, he was the executive director of business development and sales for Intervoice where he led their efforts to penetrate markets on multiple continents.

Since 1984, Ferguson has held a series of positions with increasing responsibility at Teleconn Communications, Macrovoice, Octel Communications, Williams Communications Solutions and KPMG Consulting, where he established consulting relationships with wireless carriers and Fortune 1000 corporations.

About SpinVox

SpinVox® brought together the two most popular methods of communication – voice and text – and created a new category of messaging called Voice-to-Screen™. SpinVox has launched its service with Alltel, Cincinnati Bell, Sasktel, Rogers, Telus, Telstra, Vodacom South Africa, Vodafone Spain and Livejournal and announced a deal with Skype. As a managed service provider any network or service can rapidly and cost-effectively implement SpinVox.

At the heart of SpinVox is its Voice Message Conversion System™ (VMCS), which works by combining state-of-the-art speech technologies with a live-learning language process. VMCS is being rolled-out across four continents in four languages - English, French, Spanish and German.

Information Source:    Business Wire