Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 27, 2004
JOHN BURNS is Chief Executive Officer and President of Sonim
Technologies. He joined Sonim from Acta Technology, where he was Vice
President of Worldwide Operations, responsible all customer facing and
operational aspects of the business. He was instrumental in growing Acta
from a start-up in 1998 to $27 million in revenue in 2001. Acta
successfully merged with Business Objects in 2002, to form one of the
leading business intelligence vendors in the industry. Prior to Acta,
Mr. Burns was Vice President, Global Sales for VXtreme, the leading
provider of business video solutions for the enterprise, packaged and
delivered through telecom service providers. VXtreme was successfully
sold during 1997 to Microsoft as a core component of its "Streaming
Media Initiative". Mr. Burns joined VXtreme from Madge Networks; a
multi-service networking equipment provider focused on the enterprise
and telecommunications markets, where he served as director, global
accounts division based in Europe. Mr. Burns also held various sales and
marketing management positions with NYNEX Business Information Systems
Division and IBM Corp. Mr. Burns earned a BS degree from Fairfield
University. Profile
Mr. Burns: Sonim is a wireless software company that's in the business
of bringing high utility, compelling voice-based applications to the
next generation
