DALLAS, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Telligent is pleased to announce its latest technical appointment: Lawrence Liu, a 20-year veteran in the IT industry, joins the team today as Director of Platform Strategy. Prior to Telligent, Mr. Liu served as Worldwide Community Lead and Senior Technical Product Manager for Social Computing and Accessibility for the Microsoft SharePoint product group.

Telligent, a Dallas-based technology company with a recognized history of developing enterprise social software, recently received $20 million in funding from Intel Capital and has begun to expand its product development efforts. Coming onboard today, Mr. Liu will spearhead Telligent's platform strategy with the primary objective of keeping Telligent on track as an industry leader in having the most robust and extensible social software platform suite.

-- In this new role, Mr. Liu will serve as an industry thought leader and Telligent's leading voice in engaging customers, partners, and prospects

-- Other responsibilities include adopting forward-thinking technology standards and policies and implementing innovative, best-of-breed platform features and capabilities

"Lawrence's professional accomplishments speak volumes to his technology acumen. He's deeply innovative, astute, and is one of the most passionate people I know. We're glad to have him as part of our growing team." Rob Howard, CEO, Telligent.

"When it comes to collaboration and knowledge sharing, communities are the past, present, and future. With Lawrence's extensive understanding of the social computing landscape, we will become more adept at assisting global organizations in making the shift to enterprise social computing." Jason Alexander, CTO, Telligent.

"While there continues to be a lot of hype about the benefits of social media and social networking in particular and social computing in general for business use, Telligent has been consistently successful in helping numerous customers achieve significant ROI for their investments in online communities and distributed collaboration. I look forward to making a big impact at Telligent by harnessing my passion and experience in building communities and helping large organizations deploy and adopt new software platforms." Lawrence Liu, Director of Platform Strategy, Telligent.

    Read Lawrence Liu's blog: http://CommunityZenMaster.com/blogs/LLiu
    Official blog announcement:
    http://telligent.com/blogs/corporate/lawrence-liu-is-a-telligenti/

About Telligent

Telligent is a leader in enterprise ready solutions for online communities and social networks. Telligent's flagship offering, Community Server, provides a fully integrated platform that utilizes social media to enhance customer relationships and brand engagement, increase ROI, and provide channels for customer insight and feedback. With its software solutions and extensive service offerings, Telligent empowers collaboration for many of the world's largest brands. Clients include: Associated Press, Conde Nast, Dell, Electronic Arts, Honda, Intel, Mazda, Microsoft, MSNBC, MySpace.com, National Geographic, the NFL, and Visa. For more information, visit Telligent.com.

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