Freddie Achom Joins the Board of Vivid Technologies as Non-Executive Chairman

    WALNUT, CA, September 16, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Vivid Technologies are very please to announce the appointment of Freddie Achom as its Non-Executive Chairman. The appointment follows a recent joint venture exclusive agency distribution agreement with Kuwait based Media Phone Plus that will serve the Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq region of the Middle East. Freddie Achom comes with a wealth of experience within the Private equity and Venture Investment sector, he is the CEO & Founder of Rosemont Group Capital Partners an offshore based venture capitalist group who last year announced a seed investment in the company. Achom has joined Vivid Technologies' team to help navigate the company's expansion into developing markets.

Omer Khan founder and CEO of the Pakistani based customer services technology platform, Vivid Technologies says, "with a wealth of experience and knowledge Freddie's contribution to the team will be of insurmountable importance. This appointment undoubtedly will help take the company to the next level by drawing on his wealth of experience in helping companies to scale up. It marks a significant milestone for Vivid Technologies to have such an accomplished visionary on board at this juncture where the company is going from strength to strength. With his addition we are another step closer to achieving our goals."

The company previously incubated at Plan9 and accelerated at LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship, before joining Microsoft Ventures London and BlackBox Connect (sponsored by Google), last year completed a seed-stage funding round, with investments from Sunbridge Ventures, Telefonica, Conrad Labs and Rosemont Group Capital Partners.

"The Vivid team has made good inroads into the telecom sector, with particular focus on Middle East and I believe the technology is much needed to move the antiquated IVR technology into the new age. I am pleased to join the board and keen to assist in road-mapping and implementing the growth strategies within the region," said Freddie Achom. "Of course safe-guarding our investment is always paramount but we are also very excited to be active in bringing this groundbreaking technology to the forefront."

About Vivid technologies:

Vivid Technologies is a next generation voice platform which is integrated in to your smart phones and device, allowing users to access information more efficiently with a optical feature, replacing regular client service which is trouble free to access with a touch screen experience and making enquiries much quicker to deal with and reducing queue time. The technology also give users the privilege to view how long queue times may take, and a face to face video chat.

Rosemont Group Capital Partners is an early stage venture capitalist firm co-founded in 2003 by British entrepreneur and venture investor Freddie Achom. It's portfolio is as wide ranging as digital technology, bio technology, solar technology, financial services, land and property development to more high profile ventures in the entertainment sectors. Rosemont Group is headquartered in London with international offices in New York and Mumbai.

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