Interview With Peter Keenan, Executive Vice President, Merlot Communications - High Speed Internet Access - What's Working and What's Not (HITEC 2002 Video)

About Merlot Communications
Merlot Communications, Inc., manufactures and markets intelligent customer premises-based communications solutions that deliver reliable, high quality broadband communications services within buildings over virtually any wired infrastructure, from ordinary telephone wire to CAT 5 cable. Merlot VROOMServiceT High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) for the hospitality, education and Multi-Tenant Unit sectors delivers guaranteed bandwidth and secure transmission of voice and data, while simultaneously providing remote power to the Merlot in-room device.

The Merlot VROOMService infrastructure guarantees Quality of Service (QoS) transport for an array of communications applications, such as DVD® quality Video on Demand and voice service to multiple in-room telephones, while simultaneously providing a broadband connection to the Internet. In addition, Merlot VROOMService provides the transport infrastructure required for the centralized monitoring and control of smart in-room devices, such as automated mini-bars.

Merlot has patents and patents pending in the areas of QoS, remote power and enhanced network functions. Headquartered in Bethel, Connecticut, and founded in 1997, Merlot is managed by a team of senior executives from leading data and telecommunications companies, notably Artisoft, MCI-WorldCom, Nitsuko, TIE/Communications and Xyplex.

BIO
Peter Keenan, Executive Vice President
Merlot Communications
Mr. Keenan has more than 19 years of sales experience in high-tech companies, most recently as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Bizfon, Inc., where he established a sales channel of 300 plus resellers and more than doubled sales revenue. Prior to Bizfon, he was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Artisoft, Inc. Earlier in his career, he held senior management positions in several start-ups as well as established telecom, Internet and software companies, including Brooktrout Technology, HTI Voice Solutions and VocalTec Communications, Inc.

Mr. Keenan holds a BS in Business and a BA in Communications from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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