KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Nuvio Corporation, a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), today announced that Jeff Stern, former co-founder of GoBeam and VoIP pioneer, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors.

Stern has over 20 years experience in sales, marketing, business development and engineering in the communications and software industries. At GoBeam, which was sold to Covad in 2004, Stern was a member of the Board of Directors and helped lead the company from a raw start-up into a leading IP Centrex player. Today, he partners with former GoBeam co-founder Rob Stevenson at XoIPWare and consults for innovative companies like Nuvio.

“Nuvio is uniquely positioned to take over the IP Centrex market for underserved small businesses with 2-20 employees,” stated Jeff Stern. “Nuvio is the only company focused on this market segment with the technology and founders who are committed and sufficiently skilled to deliver cost-effective next generation voice communications.”

Jason Talley, president and CEO of Nuvio Corporation commented, “Jeff’s background and market knowledge is unprecedented in the industry. His guidance combined with our NuvioCentrex offering will help us maximize our impact on this important industry segment.”

Nuvio Corp.