FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2001
GENESYS S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
LE REGENT, 4 RUE JULES FERRY BP 1145, 34008 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 01, FRANCE
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Genesys Conferencing Strengthens International Management Team with Addition of
Vialog and Astound Top Managers
Montpellier, France - June 15, 2001 - Genesys Conferencing (Euronext: 3955 and
Nasdaq: GNSY), the world's leading conferencing specialist, today announced
several new appointments among its senior management team. With these
nominations, Genesys Conferencing capitalizes on the strengths and assets of the
two companies it recently acquired, Vialog Corp. and Astound, Inc., and
reinforces its capabilities for the international market.
Kim Mayyasi, who was named Chief Executive Officer of Genesys Conferencing North
America, will drive business growth and development in the North American
region. As former Chief Executive Officer of Vialog, he brings to his new
position extensive knowledge and understanding of the North American
conferencing market. Mayyasi also has strong experience in successfully
integrating companies, consolidating the nine companies Vialog acquired over the
last four years. Part of his new mission will be to target existing Vialog and
Genesys customers who may benefit from enhanced conferencing services as well as
its global capabilities. With the acquisition of Vialog, Genesys Conferencing
doubled its customer base to 17,000 companies, 800 of which are Fortune 2500
companies.
Mayyasi joined Vialog in July 1999 as President and Chief Executive Officer in
charge of all company operations. He played a key role in the successful
acquisition of Vialog by Genesys Conferencing earlier this year. Prior to
joining Vialog, Mayyasi held various positions in wireless communications
companies, such as Satellite Business Systems, an IBM company, and Cellular One.
He holds an MBA in finance from the American Graduate School of International
Management and a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Executive Vice President of Services and Technologies Kailash Ambwani is
responsible for keeping the company at the forefront of innovative collaboration
and communication technologies, and managing the company's strategic partnering
activities. The former Chief Executive Officer of Astound brings leading-edge
knowledge of Web conferencing technology. Along with David Detert, Executive
Vice President Network & Infrastructure, Ambwani will lead more than 60 staff
within Genesys Conferencing's worldwide R&D department, which has teams located
in Montpellier, Paris, London, Toronto and San Francisco.
Ambwani, a former astrophysicist turned software engineer, was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Astound, a Web conferencing and collaboration
services specialist that has won industry recognition, including a prestigious
CNET award. Before founding Astound in 1996, Ambwani dedicated nearly 10 years
to Gold Disk, a company that he started in college and that kindled his interest
in the potential of multimedia to enhance organizations' abilities to
communicate effectively.
Ambwani has a master's degree in theoretical astrophysics from McMaster
University in Ontario.
Deric Moilliet has been appointed Vice President of Global Sales, a department
capitalizing on Genesys' extended geographical coverage in 16 countries. He will
be responsible for developing global accounts.
Prior to joining Genesys, Moilliet was the Vice President of Sales for Astound.
He started his career at Digital Equipment Corporation and went on to Sun
Microsystems where he opened up financial services for Sun in Toronto, and at
Sybase where he started in financial sales and was promoted to manager of
Canadian sales. Before Astound, Moilliet spent five years as Vice President of
Sales at Internet startups Sitraka Software (formerly KL Group, Inc) and Delano
Technology Corporation.
Moilliet holds a BComm from Queen's University in Kingston and an MBA from the
University of Toronto.
Mayyasi, Ambwani and Moilliet are now members of Genesys Conferencing's
Executive Committee.
About Genesys Conferencing
Founded in 1986, Genesys Conferencing is the world's leading conferencing
specialist. Working in a rapidly growing market and enjoying unique world-wide
coverage as a result of its geographic expansion policy, Genesys Conferencing
has established its advanced technology in 16 countries throughout Europe, Asia
Pacific and the United States. Genesys is listed on Euronext (Euronext: 3955)
and the Nasdaq (GNSY)
www.genesys.com
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GENESYS
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Florence Catel
External Communication Manager
Direct Line: +33 4 67 06 27 49
Florence.catel@genesys.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 18, 2001
GENESYS SA
By: /s/ Pierre Schwich
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Name: Pierre Schwich
Title: Chief Financial Officer