as vice president of corporate development.

He will step into the role immediately at the new age company which holds exclusive distribution rights to a patented electronic commerce and communications system called FaxForward.

Mr. Hankinson will be responsible for the company's operations and financing of the company's deployment of its global services.

Conexys president Edward Furtak said: "Bill joins Conexys at the commercial launch of the company's messaging platform and will be instrumental in leading the company in this next stage of development.'' Mr. Hankinson has worked as the managing director of operations in the former Soviet Union for the engineering and construction arm of the NYSE-listed Halliburton Co.

"I'm extremely pleased to join the Conexys team, and to provide my international business experience to this company,'' he said yesterday. "The team constantly thinks outside of the traditional box to find innovative solutions to solve the communication challenges of today's corporate and retail consumer.'' BUSINESS BUC