Appoints Gary Griffiths as VP of products, promotes David Berman to VP of worldwide sales and service and Rick Faulk to Chief Marketing Officer.

WebEx Communications, Inc., a provider of on-demand collaborative business applications, yesterday announced the appointment of Gary Griffiths as Vice President of products, the promotion of David Berman to Vice President of worldwide sales and service, and the promotion of Rick Faulk to Chief Marketing Officer. WebEx also announced that its President, Bill Heil, is planning to leave the company.

As VP of products, Gary Griffiths will oversee all product strategy and development at WebEx. Griffiths was the CEO of on-demand application company Everdream for the past six years, the company that developed the technology used in the WebEx System Management Service. He was also the CEO and Co-founder of SegaSoft Networks, and held senior management positions with IBM for over 16 years.

As VP of worldwide sale and service, Dave Berman will oversee the company's global sales organization. Formerly VP of corporate sales at WebEx, Berman is responsible for the creation and leadership of the company's web-touch sales organization. Rick Faulk is currently the President of WebEx Small Business and has taken on the additional role of Chief Marketing Officer, with responsibility for all marketing efforts worldwide. Faulk joined WebEx upon the recent acquisition of Intranets.com, where he was the President and CEO.

Additionally, Bill Heil, President of WebEx, has announced his intention to leave the company. Heil plans to join the company's Business Advisory Board and will continue at WebEx in the coming months to assist in the transition of his responsibilities.

"We are excited about the on-demand experience that Gary and Rick bring to our management team. Their expertise in products and marketing complements the proven leadership of Dave in sales and our CIO Shawn Farshchi in reliably delivering services over the MediaTone network," said Subrah Iyar, WebEx CEO.