Pulse Data HumanWare Expands Services

CONCORD, CA (January 22, 2004) --- Pulse Data HumanWare announced today that Vinnie Rappa will assume the position of Vice President of Sales for both blindness and low vision products on February 1st.     Mr. Rappa has been working with people who have vision impairments for nearly three decades and is well known as a leader in the industry.  “I love both sides of this business, so taking on the blindness in addition to low vision is perfect for me,” stated Mr. Rappa.  Jim Halliday, President Emeritus at Pulse Data HumanWare praised Mr Rappa, “Through the years, Vinnie has taught orientation and mobility, directed programs at Helen Keller National Center, worked in the trenches as a rep selling and supporting both blindness and low vision technology, and managed sales organizations with several of our industry’s leading companies most recently as our own VP of Low Vision Sales.  We are delighted that he has accepted this expanded role.”

Pulse Data has also expanded its services in other areas.  Jonathan Mosen, well known as the “voice” of ACB Radio, joined the Pulse Data team in July as the BrailleNote/VoiceNote Product Manager.  In his short tenure, Mr. Mosen has already brought his technical knowledge and Braille expertise to Pulse Data’s new development efforts.   “I have spent years evaluating technology.  It is exciting to finally be part of its creation,” he explained. 

Additionally, Matthew Janusauskus, Director of Training Services at PDH relocated to the Midwest over the holidays to be more central to the field.  “Matthew’s breadth of product knowledge and training skills are a tremendous resource to the market in general,” explained Mr. Halliday.  Technical guru, Pete DeVasto was added in October to expand PDH’s support for blindness products.  Rich Sundermeir (NY) and Ted Dongvillo (MI, WI, IN) were added as low vision field representatives in December as was Sonja Homan (GA, NC, SC, TN) for both low vision and blindness.  And Karen Lincoln has been added to head up Pulse Data HumanWare’s Inside Sales / Customer Service Department as PDH pursues ever better customer service and support. 

Pulse Data HumanWare is the North American subsidiary of Pulse Data International of Christchurch, NZ.  Pulse Data is dedicated to providing the highest quality products and most responsive and caring service in the industry.