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Messaging Pioneer joins TigerText

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Posted July 21, 2011

Raj Vemulapalli brings his wealth of experience and knowledge to TigerText’s Board of Directors

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TigerText, the global leader in private and controlled messaging, announces with pride that Raj Vemulapalli has joined the company’s Board of Directors and will be an active adviser to the TigerText product and engineering teams. Prior to joining TigerText, Vemulapalli was the Head of Engineering and one of the founding engineers of the Yahoo! Real Time Communications group. While with Yahoo!, Vemulapalli lead the development of landmark messaging products, such as Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Chat, Yahoo! Mobile Messenger, and Yahoo! Voice and Video.

“Raj is one of the creators of messaging as we know it today and we are thrilled to have him on the TigerText team,” said CEO Jeffrey Evans. “Raj’s experience working directly with our development team has already been beneficial. If it is related to messaging – Raj has seen it, done it, and developed it.”

Vemulapalli spent 11 years at Yahoo! making Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mobile Messaging the #1 messaging tools in the United States and #2 in the world with a reach of 280+ million active users and $150+ million in annual revenues.

“As I watched the messaging landscape continue to evolve, I looked around for the teams that were taking messaging to the next level. TigerText leapt out in front of the field.” said Vemulapalli. “They understand that consumers and businesses want maximum functionality and control over their messaging.”

About TigerText

TigerText and Tiger Text Pro for Business are the global leaders in the next generation private and controlled mobile messaging networks. Members have ultimate control over the messages they send with features such as; Self Deleting Messages (both on sender and receiver handsets), Message Recall and Forward Lock. With TigerText users now have control and privacy in their messaging activity. TigerText Pro gives businesses the ability to deploy rapid fire private communication in a Controlled Network Environment. TigerText Pro’s customers include large hospitals, financial institutions and other business networks.

TigerText is available worldwide to anyone with an Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Windows 7 mobile device.

For more information visit www.TigerText.com