NAPERVILLE, Ill., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Velocent Systems, a provider of solutions that allow wireless carriers to effectively and efficiently monitor their mobile data networks, today announced that Mark McIlvane has been appointed president and COO and that Julien Vernhiet was named regional vice president of the EMEA region.

McIlvane has worked with a number of technology companies and start-ups in the past, helping them to succeed in increasingly competitive marketplaces. He joins Velocent from Personeta, where he was president and CEO. Prior to Personeta he was the senior vice president of sales at IP Unity, and also held several positions at Clarent Corporation, most recently as executive vice president of business operations.

"We're very fortunate to have Mark join our management team and share our enthusiasm for the company," said Bruce Peterson, founder and CEO of Velocent Systems. "Mark's unique sales and marketing background, coupled with his extensive start-up experience, will play a significant role in helping Velocent meet its aggressive goals in 2008."

Vernhiet joins Velocent as the regional vice president of EMEA focusing on sales, business and organizational development. Prior to joining Velocent, he was division director at CTDI Nethouse Services; sales director of EMEA for Somera Communications; and business development manager at Crown Castle in Europe.

"I've been part of taking two start-up companies to billion dollar valuations in the past and I'm thrilled to join Velocent during such an exciting time to build on the foundation that's already in place and make this the next success story," said McIlvane, "And with the addition of Julien in EMEA, we're primed for takeoff in what will be a groundbreaking year for the company."

Velocent is able to collect up to 130 end-to-end Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in real-time, enabling wireless carriers to better satisfy the needs of their highest average revenue per user (ARPU) customers and thus reduce the risk of these valuable customers churning. Velocent is uniquely positioned in the market to examine the performance of the entire network on an individual subscribers' basis and enable wireless carriers to isolate where the problems occur so that they can be addressed as quickly as possible and prioritized to have the greatest impact.

About Velocent Systems

Velocent Systems, Inc. has delivered the world's first cost-effective, all-in-one solution capable of complete end-to-end mobile data customer experience monitoring, service assurance, and business intelligence. The software-based DPI product delivers service quality indicators to isolate and prioritize service delivery component performance hindrances from the application down to a user's mobile device. The product gives the carrier views by device type, software load, cell site, radio interface and the data network both in the core and outside the core. The views are from level 2 to level 7, and include accessibility, retainability, and overall network integrity. Velocent's products are designed to aid wireless carriers for optimizing their service delivery components to dramatically reduce costly customer churn and increase average revenue per user (ARPU) by providing unrivaled visibility into mobile data service performance.

More information about Velocent Systems can be found at http://www.velocent.com/.

CONTACT: Jordan Rittenberry of Edelman, +1-312-233-1226,
jordan.rittenberry@edelman.com, for Velocent Systems

Web site: http://www.velocent.com/