Extensive Telecommunications Experience Will Help Guide
Company's Western U.S. Expansion
STOCKTON, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
(Nasdaq: PACW), a rapidly growing provider of integrated communications
services to Internet service providers and business customers in the western
U.S., announced today the appointment of Gary Ames to its board of directors.
Mr. Ames served as president and chief executive officer of MediaOne
International until the recent completion of MediaOne's merger with AT&T. He
was responsible for developing and managing MediaOne Group's (NYSE: UMG)
international interests in broadband and wireless communications. He also
served as chairman of Telewest, the UK's largest residential broadband company
serving one million cable TV subscribers and more than one and a half million
phone lines. Ames currently serves on the corporate boards of Albertsons,
Tektronix, etrieve, imandi.com, and the Safeguard Scientifics Infrastructure
Advisory Board.
Wally Griffin, Pac-West's president and chief executive officer, said, "We
are very pleased to have Gary Ames join our board. His extensive background
in the telecommunications industry will help guide our expansion throughout
the western United States."
Before joining MediaOne International in July 1995, Ames spent seven years
as president and chief executive officer of U S WEST Communications, which
encompasses residential and business telephone services, and operator and
carrier services in 14 western and Midwestern states. He also held numerous
financial positions at Pacific Northwest Bell and AT&T before being named vice
president and treasurer at U S WEST, Inc. in 1983.
A native of Oregon, Ames is a graduate of Portland State University and
attended the University of Vienna.
About Pac-West
Founded in 1980, Pac-West Telecomm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PACW) is a rapidly
growing provider of integrated telecommunications services to Internet service
providers (ISPs) and small and medium-sized businesses. Pac-West supplies
Internet infrastructure services to more than 90 ISPs that can either
collocate and maintain their own equipment at Pac-West's switching facilities,
or subscribe to an integrated managed modem service. For its small and medium-
sized business customers, Pac-West bundles state-of-the-art telephone
equipment, including design, installation, and maintenance, with local, long
distance, and data services. More information about the company is available
at http://www.pacwest.com .
For investor information on Pac-West Telecomm via fax at no additional
cost, please dial 1-800-PRO-INFO (732-544-2850 outside the U.S.) and enter
code PACW.
SOURCE Pac-West Telecomm, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.pacwest.com
CONTACT:
Rick Bryson, Chief Financial Officer of
Pac-West Telecomm, Inc., 209-926-3300, rbryson@pacwest.com; or
General, Virginia Turner, Media, Mary Wallace, 415-986-1591, both
of The Financial Relations Board
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