Acision appoints new Chief Technical Officer

Acision today announces the appointment of Louis Corrigan as Chief Technical Officer (CTO), with Corrigan assuming the position immediately. Acision is the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide. As CTO, Corrigan will be responsible for defining and communicating Acision’s technology strategy.

With over 25 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, Corrigan has spent the last few years in the CTO role of Accuris Networks. Prior to that he held the position of CTO with both Mobile Cohesion and Logica Mobile Networks where he was responsible for the development of technical strategy and the introduction of new products and technologies. He has also held senior technical and consulting roles in Aldiscon, PKI and Retix.

Having worked within the telecoms industry for so many years, Corrigan has been involved in the definition, standardization, development, and initial deployment of a large number of network technologies. His experience includes extensive work with mobile operators to evolve new ideas and with standard industry bodies including ETSI, WAP Forum, OMA and 3GPP. Corrigan was heavily involved in the development and deployment of the first commercial SMS products.

Rory Buckley, Chief Executive for Acision commented: “Over the past few months our new investors have been working hard to ensure Acision is equipped to continue to serve its customers and take advantage of the opportunities the market presents. Louis will be driving Acision’s technology strategy as well as supporting our global customers with his valuable experience. I am very pleased that Louis has joined the executive team, bringing his wealth of market expertise to Acision.”

Louis Corrigan commented: “Acision serves a large global customer base of network operators and service providers and is the undisputed leader in the areas of messaging and charging. I am looking forward to working with a strong team and developing a technology strategy that ensures Acision builds on its core strengths and remains at the forefront of the industry.”




About Acision
Established in June 2007, Acision launched with more than 300 clients, serving over one billion customers worldwide. Renowned for its progressive, exciting and agile philosophy of innovation along with assured service delivery, Acision enables network operators, service providers, broadband operators and content owners to increase revenues, enhance customer loyalty and capitalise on the opportunities offered by convergence. With over 43 years of experience, Acision leads the market in Intuitive Messaging, Intelligent Charging, Content Enablement and Customer Intelligence Management. Acision is the partner of choice in high volume mobile data services with over 50 per cent of global messaging traffic generated through its platforms.

Acision was formed following the purchase of LogicaCMG’s Telecoms Products business for £265m (US $525m), by a consortium led by Atlantic Bridge Ventures and Access Industries. The company employs approximately 1,700 people in 22 countries across six continents, and launched as a half billion US dollar company. More information is available at www.acision.com.

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