Robert Muhaw Joins Commprove as VP of Professional Services

DUBLIN, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

CommProve, the leader in real-time cell awareness, has named Robert Muhaw to the newly created position of vice president, Professional Services. Muhaw, an industry veteran with experience at companies that include Anritsu and Precision Related Optics, brings more than 20 years of business development, sales and operational expertise to the CommProve leadership team. Reporting to CEO Dr. Lars Pedersen, Muhaw's primary focus is to establish CommProve's professional services organisation to ensure CommProve customers benefit from the company's experience in enabling operators to control financial performance, quality of experience and network performance using real-time cell awareness.  

"Robert brings a broad depth of business experience to CommProve and we're proud to welcome him to the team," said Dr. Lars Pedersen, CEO of CommProve.  "He is a proven leader in developing new business opportunities and markets, and he has demonstrated that he has the ability to start up profitable businesses from scratch and can successfully manage complex product management projects. Our global customer base will benefit greatly from his extensive experience to maximise the solutions deployed in their networks today."  

Muhaw joins CommProve from Precision Rated Optics where he served as General Manager. He was responsible for setting up a new equipment and splicer business and, as part of his role, he recruited an indirect sales team of resellers and established a network of OEM partners world-wide. Prior to Precision Rated Optics, he was vice president of Global Sales and Operations at Critical Link and before that he was vice president of World Wide Sales at Anritsu.

"I am pleased to be working with such an innovative company as CommProve," said Robert Muhaw, vice president of Professional Services at CommProve. "CommProve is already receiving great traction for its real-time cell awareness solutions, and I look forward to working with the team to build out a strong professional services organisation to leverage CommProve's expertise, in the monitoring for example, of signal plane information. It is an exciting time at CommProve and I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the company, their mission and the solutions they create."

CommProve witnessed solid momentum in 2012 with a fourth year running of 25% CAGR revenue growth; a substantially expanded customer base; a broader product portfolio as well as the announcement of key strategic channel partnerships in high-growth markets such as South America.

About CommProve

CommProve enables mobile network operators (MNOs) to control financial performance, quality of experience and network performance using real-time cell awareness. The CommProve NetLedge platform provides real-time data acquisition and mediation while the CommProve Insight application suite collects and analyzes network usage information and integrates it with business rules and subscriber data to enable operators to maximize both customer satisfaction and profitability.

Headquartered in Ireland, and privately held since it was founded in 1996, CommProve customers include H3G, Telecom Italia, TIM Brazil and Vodacom. For additional information please visit www.commprove.com.

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