Ms. Danielle Royston reports

OPTIVA APPOINTS JASON ROUAULT AS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Jason Rouault has joined Optiva Inc. as chief technology officer.

Mr. Rouault, previously as chief technology officer and vice-president of engineering with Cloudvisory, provided the technical vision, product management and engineering for the Cloudvisory security platform, an enterprise-class platform trusted by Fortune 500 companies. His career with Cloudvisory, and before that Time Warner Cable and Hewlett-Packard, has been distinguished by a focus on emerging technologies, product development, security and future technology direction.

During his tenure with Hewlett-Packard, where Mr. Rouault served for 17 years, in his role as director of engineering for HP Cloud Services, he was one of the original team members who helped build the HP Public Cloud business. Creating the business from the ground up, he was responsible for driving the technical strategy, architecture and business direction for HP Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

"The goal of Optiva's commitment to invest $100-million in research and development is to equip customers for success today and in the future. Through agile software development and architecture, we can achieve highly scalable and available cloud and big data monetization solutions. The recent announcement of the Optiva charging engine becoming available on Kubernetes and Google Cloud Spanner is an example of this," said Mr. Rouault. "I look forward to continuing and expanding Optiva's work as a product trailblazer and market disruptor."

With over 25 years of technology management experience, Mr. Rouault believes cutting-edge solutions, such as cloud-native monetization products, are the key to success for telcos. His priority is the development of products explicitly engineered to solve customers' problems, meet their needs and challenges, and sustain them as top competitors in their markets.

"Jason's expertise and vision are powerful for our customers and product advancement," said Danielle Royston, chief executive officer of Optiva. "We must rethink the solutions of the past and engineer next-generation, cloud-native software solutions, where telco is going. Jason's product and technology experience will help customers meet the challenges of a competitive, disruptive and constantly changing market through advancing technologies."

About Optiva Inc.

Optiva monetizes today's digital world for communications service providers. Its portfolio of subscriber management software enables real-time billing, charging, policy management and user experience functionality that are mission-critical for customers' growth and innovation. Available on premise or in the cloud, Optiva solutions are designed to deliver the most impact for the best value. The company's deep market knowledge and powerful analytical insights, coupled with the customer success program, ensure customers have what they need to achieve their strategic business goals.