Motive's Heather Kirksey Elected to DSL Forum Board of Directors
14 March 2006 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Motive, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOTVE) today announced that Heather Kirksey,
who directs strategy and execution of Motive's device management
and digital home standards initiatives, has been elected to the DSL
Forum's Board of Directors. In addition to this new role with the
DSL Forum, Ms. Kirksey is also co-chair for the DSL Home-Technical
Working Group where she has made numerous contributions to the DSL
Forum's Technical Reports for local and remote management, TR-064
and TR-069 respectively. The DSL Forum is an international industry
consortium of approximately 200 leading industry organizations
covering telecommunications, equipment, computing, networking and
Internet services. By developing new standards and embracing new
applications, the Forum works to streamline processes, define
specifications and share best practices that set the stage for
effective deployments. DSL Forum standards are published as
Technical Reports for use throughout the global DSL industry. The
DSL Forum Board of Directors includes the following members: --
Michael Brusca, Verizon Communication: Chairman & President --
Tom Starr, AT&T: Vice President and Secretary -- Frank Van der
Putten, Alcatel: Vice President -- Jeri Pitoniak, Samsung
Electronics: Treasurer -- Peter LeBlanc, Aware -- Steve Plume, BT
-- Lisa Garza, Cisco Systems -- George Dobrowski, Conexant -- Phil
Skeba, Intel -- Heather Kirksey, Motive, Inc. -- Greg Bathrick,
Texas Instruments "Joining the DSL Forum's Board of Directors is an
honor," said Ms. Kirksey. "In my role as a Director and as an
ambassador for the Forum, I am committed to continuing the
organization's definitive, positive influence on the industry while
providing technical and business value to service providers and
vendors." Ms. Kirksey, considered an expert on the DSLHome(TM), was
awarded the DSL Forum Circle of Excellence in 2004, the highest
achievement recognized by the DSL Forum. She is also an active
participant in numerous other industry organizations including the
Home Gateway Initiative, the Digital Living Network Alliance and
the UPnP (Universal Plug-n-Play) Forum. At Motive, Ms. Kirksey
directs strategy and execution of Motive's device management and
digital home standards initiatives across all product lines. In her
previous role at the company, she launched and managed Motive's CPE
partnership and interoperability program with leading vendors in
the consumer device, silicon and firmware markets. About Motive,
Inc. Motive, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOTVE) has pioneered a unique approach to
designing management services into Internet-era networks, systems
and applications. Motive's software makes complex products and
services self-managing, reducing overhead costs and optimizing
customers' return on investment. Companies worldwide have relied on
Motive's software to provide a range of problem remediation and
configuration management tasks for more than 45 million endpoints.
Founded in 1997, Motive is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has
offices in Europe and Asia. For more information, visit
www.motive.com. For more information about the DSL Forum, visit
www.dslforum.org. Motive and the Motive logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Motive, Inc. All other products or
services mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective
holders.
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