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Polycom CEO Andy Miller and Polycom Customer International Virtual e-Hospital (IVeH) Recognized for Industry Leadership by Telepresence and Videoconfe
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
LONDON - Mar 21, 2012 : Andy Miller, CEO of Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM), the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC), has been named Industry Leader of the Year by Telepresence and Videoconferencing Insight (TP & VC Insight) in its Editor's Choice Awards 2011. TP&VC Insight also recognized Polycom customer International Virtual e-Hospital (IVeH), based in Kosovo, as the top Visual Communications User Application in Healthcare for 2011.
 
"In his leadership of Polycom, Andrew Miller has demonstrated his commitment to ensuring the company retains its enviable position in the field of Unified Communications, generally, and in visual collaboration, in particular," said Keith Warbuton, Editor, Telepresence and Videoconferencing Insight. "Polycom won the award for Visual Communications User Application in Healthcare for the International Virtual e-Hospital, as it exemplifies the benefits to be gained by the effective application of visual communications in such a worthwhile project."
 
"It's great to win these two awards and I accept them on behalf of our customers such as the International Virtual e-Hospital and Telemedicine Center in Kosovo, who are doing such amazing things with Polycom video collaboration solutions," said Miller. "At Polycom, our vision is to make video collaboration ubiquitous by delivering easy-to-use, standards-based video collaboration software to anyone on any device. It's truly humbling and inspiring to see the difference Polycom technology is making for people around the world – in this case, using video in a war-torn region to help treat and prevent diseases, connect to experts and specialists, and continue the education of healthcare providers with access to institutions around the world."
 
Polycom and the IVeH partnered on a model that lets medical professionals collaborate via video and share their expertise across 35 healthcare and academic institutions, globally. Launched in 2001, the Telemedicine Program of Kosovo has since connected seven hospitals in the country via telemedicine. It has also provided access to an electronic medical library for distance learning with video facilities in Albania, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, UK, and the U.S. Each telemedicine center in Kosovo contains Polycom® RealPresence® video collaboration rooms, tele-consultation rooms, telemedicine training rooms, and mobile telepresence units in patient rooms.
 
"The Polycom videoconferencing solution helps us share knowledge, train the next generation of medical providers, and conduct consultations with worldwide experts to ultimately improve patient care," said Dr. Rifat Latifi, International Virtual e-Hospital Founder.
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Douglas Fearing- Co-Founder / President

A graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, Doug has been in the Technology industry since 1976 and actively oversees Fearing’s daily operations. Along with his wife, Lois, and three others, Doug started Fearing’s in a 600 square-foot facility in Portage, Wisconsin. In the 25 years since, the company has grown to over 30 employees with offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Doug likes to say he’s a “TV Technician with a dream� going back to his history with the family’s original business-Fearing’s TV and Appliance.

Doug values time with family, watersports, hiking, snowshoeing and skiing. In addition to being a devoted member of his church, Doug serves as Board President for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County, Board member of Schools for Haiti and Scripture Chair of the Gideons-Portage camp.

Lois Fearing- Co-Founder/Accounting, Human Resources

A graduate of MATC, Lois oversees Fearing’s daily book keeping along with various HR responsibilities.

Along with Doug, Lois is deeply connected to community outreach, serving as a Board member and Fundraising Committee Chairperson for Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County. She also serves on the Schools for Haiti Fundraising committee. In addition, Lois’ ongoing passion and commitment to provide care for the elderly comes from her 10-year history of working in a Reedsburg, Wisconsin Nursing home.

Lois enjoys singing, hiking, sunny days on the pontoon, and spending time with her 4 grandchildren.

Ehren Tresner-VP of Technology and Innovation

Ehren drives Fearing’s technology by continually seeking out trends to enhance capabilities while supporting Sales, Engineering and Installation teams. Throughout his years with Fearing’s, Ehren’s talent and vision have joined forces to create a wide variety of projects and strategic solutions that exceed expectation.

Ehren loves music, family time, movies, nature, sustainability efforts and electric vehicles.

Ben Voeck-Director of Commercial AV

With 10 years with Fearing’s and over twice that long in the industry, Ben continues to lead, coordinate, and develop the Commercial AV team.

By consistently delivering an outstanding experience and outcome, Ben contributes to the Fearing’s legacy of long-lasting partnerships that truly make a difference. Whatever the Commercial AV need may be, Ben and team deliver at the highest level.

Ben is an avid fisherman and photographer. He enjoys coaching his sons and other youth.

Chris Matson-Senior VP of Sales

Chris has been with Fearing’s for 20 years and in the industry for over 2 decades. As a Certified leader in Sales Acceleration and trained in EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems), Chris successfully utilizes his skills to lead the Fearing’s Salesforce. Chris and team are motivated and driven to develop new client partnerships while continuing to reinforce loyal long-term relationships with ongoing Service excellence.

Married for 19 years with 3 children, Chris enjoys skiing, hiking, fishing, boating, hunting, camping and golf. He’s also been actively involved as a Youth Football and Softball coach for his family and others.