executive in the company's sales and marketing division. Mr. Barlaba was responsible in 1990 for implementing the UK's first commercial ISDN-based bridge to the Internet.

In his previous position as head of European Marketing, he co-founded ANS Inc., the network provider and subidiary of American Online in Europe. He was also involved in the recent merger of ANS, Compuserve, and Uunet withing WorldCom.

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