Press Release
Joseph Estey Joins PacketHop Advisory Board
Distinguished Law Enforcement Professional Bolsters Company's Public Safety Expertise
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - January 9, 2006 - PacketHop, Inc., the leader in next generation software and real-time multimedia applications for mobile mesh communications, today announced that Joseph Estey, the Chief of Police in Hartford, Vermont and a 30-year police veteran, has joined the company's advisory board. PacketHop's advisory board consists of professionals with a broad range of expertise across many industries and backgrounds.
"Police Chief Estey brings substantial law enforcement knowledge to PacketHop, and we are pleased to welcome him to our advisory board," said Michael Howse, president and chief executive officer of PacketHop. "With his lengthy and distinguished law enforcement background, he will provide valuable insights to PacketHop's efforts to serve the mission-critical needs of the public safety and homeland security markets."
The AWARE™ Communications Suite uniquely enables mobile mesh communications using software loaded onto standards-based, Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices- including laptops, tablet PCs and PDAs. Its PacketHop Aware for Public Safety multimedia applications provide first responders with completely distributed broadband capabilities - including real-time multicast video, GPS-enabled resource location tracking, white boarding and multimedia instant messaging - without requiring a network server. PacketHop is the only company capable of creating mobile mesh communications on the fly supported by server-less multimedia applications that are purpose-built to operate in this unique, infrastructure-optional environment.
"Providing rapidly deployable broadband communications anywhere an incident occurs promotes officer safety and saves lives," said Estey. "The AWARE™ Communications Suite provides true mobility and enhanced situational awareness to first responders, enabling officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel to better take command and control of any incident. I'm excited to be involved with PacketHop's innovative technology, which will improve public safety communications."
Estey is the Chief of Police in Hartford, Vermont - a position he has held since 1987. He is the Immediate Past President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and has served in a leadership role with IACP since 1996. A veteran of 30 years in law enforcement in Hartford, Springfield and Windham County in Vermont, Estey is a past General Chairman of the SACOP Division, a past president of the Vermont Association of Chiefs of Police and is a director of the New England Association of Chiefs of Police. He is a graduate of the 166th Session of the FBI National Academy.
About PacketHop
PacketHop, Inc. develops next generation software that creates mobile mesh communications for public safety agencies, consumer markets and commercial enterprises. AWARE™ Communications Suite software uniquely enables 802.11 standards-based devices like laptops, tablets and PDAs to create extended Wi-Fi hot-zones on the fly that can securely operate with or without access points. By making infrastructure completely optional, PacketHop delivers coverage wherever and whenever instant mobile mesh communications are needed - with unequaled resiliency, reliability and robustness. Along with enabling rapid and cost-effective wireless deployments, PacketHop's suite of completely distributed applications offer real-time multicast video, resource tracking, multimedia instant messaging and white boarding without requiring a network server. Founded in 2003 and based in Silicon Valley, Calif., PacketHop is funded by venture firms U.S. Venture Partners, Mayfield, ComVentures and GF Equity Partners, as well as SRI International. For more information on PacketHop, please visit www.packethop.com.
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