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XipLink has appointed Jaco Botha as senior vice president of Product, the company announced Feb. 4. Botha will have responsibility for all product management, product marketing and alliance partnership functions for the company moving forward. In addition, Botha will be a key contributor to the senior management committee that sets strategic direction for XipLink and its employees.

XipLink aims to be a technology leader in the areas of wireless link optimization using industry standard SCPS TCP acceleration, UDP enhancements, data/header compression, link bonding and internet optimizations to deliver a better wireless experience over stressed communication links.

Botha has been a stockholder and senior manager in the past via the 2008 acquisition of his company, Trispen Technologies, and his subsequent role as vice president of Engineering at XipLink.

“We have worked closely with Jaco for many years and have enjoyed his excellent advice, technical understanding of complex networks and amazing work ethic. His return to XipLink in a newly defined role to execute on future directions for XipOS solutions in hybrid networks, virtualized network functions and containerized network functions is an exciting step for our employees, customers and overall ecosystem,” Jack Water, CEO of XipLink said in a statement.