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title: 'Ontier expands executive team with VP of Engineering, donates options to EFNW'
date: '2009-04-09T01:04:21-07:00'
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categories:
  - Entrepreneurs
  - Hires
  - Ontier
  - Oregon
  - Portland
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  - 'dom virgilio'
  - efnw
  - 'entrepreneurs foundation'
  - Hires
  - Ontier
  - staff
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# Ontier expands executive team with VP of Engineering, donates options to EFNW

[![Ontier](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/ontier.jpg?w=925)](http://ontier.com "Ontier")Fresh off a [stellar DEMO performance](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/03/04/all-hail-ontier-demogod/ "All hail Ontier, demogod"), Portland-based [Ontier](http://ontier.com "Ontier"), the company seeking to make [day-to-day electronic missives more effective and interactive](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/03/02/demo-09-ontier-pixetell-offers-asynchronous-online-meetings-via-email/ "Ontier offers asynchronous online meetings via email"), is continuing to ramp up for the public availability of its product.

Their latest move? Creating a new position—Vice President of Engineering—and [hiring industry veteran Dom Virgilio](http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritehire/2009/04/ontier-hires-its-first-vp-of-e.php "Dom Virgilio") to fill it.

“Dom has the perfect background to help Pixetell™ become the standard for on-demand mixed-media communication,” said Ontier CEO Sebastian Rapport in the [press release announcing the hire](http://ontier.com/press/press_4-8-09.html "Ontier press release"). “In addition to his proven ability to accelerate product development, Dom has deep experience with communication and collaboration software and has great insight to our customers’ requirements.”

Virgilio served most recently as the VP of Engineering at Hillsboro-based [Daverci](http://www.daverci.com/ "Daverci"). He also co-founded and served as COO for InfoCast. In all, Dom boasts more than 20 years of experience managing development and design pursuits.

Ontier gets something—and they give something in return. The company also recently announced that they had [donated 250,000 stock options](http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/03/ontier_donates_options_to_entr.html "Ontier donates options") to the [Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest](http://www.efnw.org/ "Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest").

Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest (EFNW) helps small and mid-sized companies develop and implement strategies for community involvement that jointly meet the goals of the company, the passions of the employees and the needs of the community. Companies become EFNW members for a small annual fee or by contributing equity that EFNW holds until liquidity and then distributes profits for community benefit, as directed by the company.

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