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IPC Names New Vice President of Corporate Communications; Stephanie Willerton Joins Trading Technology Leader

Posted on: Thursday, 11 December 2003, 06:00 CST

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2003--Stephanie Willerton has joined IPC Information Systems, the leading provider of trading floor solutions to the financial community, to direct the firm's corporate communications. Willerton, who has more than 12 years of corporate communications and public affairs experience, joins IPC from Equant, a global data communications company, where she was vice president of corporate public relations.

"Stephanie's experience spanning corporate communications, strategic market positioning, and international communications - and her depth of technology expertise are a perfect complement to our growth objectives," said Lance Boxer, chief executive officer of IPC. "She will be instrumental in our efforts to expand IPC's brand recognition in the U.S. and key financial markets around the world."

Willerton has developed strategic positioning and communications programs for leading technology and telecommunications companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Equant, she directed the Convergence Practice at Blanc & Otus, a Hill and Knowlton technology brand, managing clients such as Nortel Networks and Concert.

Prior to joining Blanc & Otus, Willerton was a member of Ketchum's Corporate practice in Munich, Germany and Washington, D.C., focused on the MCI business. Previously she held communications positions for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and former U.S. Education Secretary Richard W. Riley. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

"I've worked with companies in various stages of growth and recognize that IPC is an industry leader with enormous potential to expand beyond current industry and market perceptions," Willerton said. "IPC is developing exciting new technologies and managed services that will enable it to expand within and outside the trading room."

Willerton is based in IPC's New York headquarters.

About IPC

IPC Information Systems Inc. is the specialist the global financial community depends on for integrated multimedia communications trading floor solutions. With more than 30 years of experience supporting and maintaining trading system equipment to deploying private, secure network connectivity worldwide to delivering a comprehensive set of fully managed services solutions, IPC helps manage the complexities of the trading floor via the recently announced IPC Global Services. IPC's unmatched investment in Voice over IP (VoIP) has most recently yielded the Enterprise feature for its native IP systems, the IQMX trading desktop and the ICMX(TM) Intercom module. The Enterprise capability enables practical business continuity planning (BCP) by allowing for geographically dispersed trading operations.

IPC has offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit www.ipc.com.

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