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Recently, a provider of hosted PBX solutions, Virtual PBX, announced that it has two new officials taking posts within its ranks. Lon Baker and Vincent Escamilla have stepped up to the respective roles of vice president of product development and director of operations.

Escamilla will have several new responsibilities in his role as director of operations – he will focus on network operations, network resource and IT management and carrier and vendor relations.

"Both Lon and Vincent have the technology experience along with the verve to help Virtual PBX (News - Alert) continue pioneering into new markets," Paul Hammond, chief executive officer of Virtual PBX said in a statement.

"Their contributions allow us to further our development within the hosted PBX and VoIP markets, and each has proven to be invaluable to our future success," Hammond added.

Baker was in the position of director of product management, overseeing the company's entry into the VoIP market. Prior to Virtual PBX, he was an entrepreneur and founded MailTank.com, an e-mail management service.

At MailTank.com, Baker was a Virtual PBX customer for nearly 10 years. In his new role as vice president of product management, Baker will be responsible for the day-to-day development of products and services and will help to architect all of the company's new product offerings.

Escamilla has been with Virtual PBX for over six years and previously held the position of technical support manager, primarily working with new customers. Prior to Virtual PBX, Escamilla worked as a customer support consultant at Knight Ridder Digital and as a Web QA analyst at HorseCentral, LCC.