David Sawyer Named Vice President Of Sales And Business Development With Advanced Telecom Services

WAYNE, PA, January 23, 2006 – David Sawyer was recently promoted to Vice President of Sales and Business Development with Advanced Telecom Services(ATS) located in Philadelphia, PA. ATS is a prominent provider of various print and web personal advertisements to the newspaper industry.

Sawyer joined ATS in 1993 to launch the newspaper voice personals channel for the company. Growing the new offering from virtually nothing, voice personals became a major business channel for ATS. At its peak, ATS provided its personal solution to more than 200 daily and weekly publications including 32 of the largest daily newspapers in the U.S.

In November 2005, Sawyer began working with key members of the ATS team to develop a Mobile Content Solution and market this cutting edge offering to newspapers and other media partners. Sawyer has also breathed new life into ATS’ web, phone and mobile dating products through his knowledge and creativity regarding personals.

Sawyer is a 1983 graduate of Houghton (NY) College with a double major in Writing and Speech Communications. Additionally, Sawyer honorably served as an award winning journalist and public affairs supervisor in the US Army’s Intelligence Center from 1984 to 1989. His military career culminated with awards for the ICS non-commissioned Officer of the Year, Journalist of the Year for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command and runner up for Journalist of the Year for the entire Army.

Advanced Telecom Services (ATS) is a leading IVR and SMS telecom service provider. Established in 1989, Spark has provided customers with a large-scale dual platform for both voice services including 800 and 900 numbers and mobile data services in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and the CZ Republic. In addition, ATS operates several e-commerce web sites involving internet dating and mobile dating as well as cellular ring tones and wallpapers.

For more information, contact a Spark representative today, or to speak directly to a Spark representative, call (847) 227-4111.