Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks and provider of pervasive, multi-frequency wireless solutions, today announced the addition of Paul Bartholomew and Jon Wurtz to its software development team.

Both Mr. Bartholomew and Mr. Wurtz will join Rajant’s team of developers working on a number of BreadCrumb development initiatives. With continued growth and demand for high-bandwidth connectivity, their impressive set of skills and expertise are expected to quickly make valuable contributions for product innovation and support. In addition to various responsibilities, Mr. Bartholomew and Mr. Wurtz will focus on contributing to hardware improvements for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), which includes both military and civilian applications.

"We are pleased to hire Paul and Jon to the Rajant software development team," said Bob Schena, CEO and Co-Founder of Rajant. "As customers continue to seek a reliable, scalable and flexible wireless network, the breadth of experiences from these two gentlemen will enable strong innovation for addressing various needs."

Mr. Bartholomew brings over 28 years of engineering experience with him, most recently as Director of Embedded Firmware Development at WorldGate Communications, Inc. He has also held senior software engineering positions at TVGateway, Franklin Electronic Publishers, and Proximity Technology, Inc.

Mr. Wurtz has over 19 years of engineering experience, most recently at WorldGate Communications, Inc., where he developed software for the company’s videophone and interactive cable television division. He has also held development positions with Kulicke & Soffa Industries and Aydin Computer and Monitor Division.