TORONTO (August 17, 2009) – Telax Hosted Call Center today formally welcomed new VP Operations Taras Kapanaiko. Mr. Kapanaiko, who began work in his role on April 1, 2009, is responsible for all company operations as well as strategic planning and business development with a focus on technology.

“Taras brings a wonderful entrepreneurial spirit to Telax,” said Mario Perez, President and founder of Telax Hosted Call Center. “With his extensive experience in telecom, I can’t imagine anyone more well-suited to this role. Telax is growing quickly and we need people like Taras who have the experience, integrity and vision to see it through.”

Taras Kapanaiko has worked in network engineering and business development in the Canadian telecommunications industry for more than 15 years. For the last two years, Taras was the VP Network Engineering for Yak Communications, a division of Globalive Communications Corp. Prior to that, he co-founded 450TeL Communications Inc., a Toronto-based dial-around and dedicated long distance carrier. He was also the CTO and VP Network Operations for Yak Communications Inc. (previously Nasdaq “YAKC”) from 2004 to 2007, a period where the company experienced extreme revenue growth from $15 to $100 million.

Kapanaiko commented: “There are a lot of reasons why I joined Telax but foremost among them is the core business model. Telax is leveraging cloud computing to offer a hosted service that has real global potential. I like the pace; I like the people and core values. This is a very exciting growth opportunity.”

Source: Telax