<p>In moves aimed at addressing emerging opportunities in the mobile industry, Acision, the global leader in mobile messaging, today announced it has strengthened its management team with two Regional Head appointments. Former Mavenir executive, Glen Murray , has joined Acision as Senior Vice President and General Manager for its Europe and Russia (E&amp;R) region, with Russell Grahame , former Acision E&amp;R Head, taking the Senior Vice President and General Manager at its Acision North American operations.</p><p>"With these executive appointments, we are taking steps aimed at accelerating new and exciting opportunities in two key regions for Acision and the mobile industry," said Jorgen Nilsson , Chief Executive at Acision. "The North America, and Europe and Russia regions are home to some to some of the World's leading operators - who are steering the way in the development and delivery of rich, IP-based communications and services, and the launch of new mobile engagement initiatives."</p><p>Acision is poised to play a leading industry role as mobile messaging evolves in the years ahead, driven by the profusion of new IP, over-the-top (OTT) and social network messaging services penetrating the industry. Researchers forecast that global mobile messaging revenues could grow to $195.9 billion by 2016, with messaging traffic from these new services likely to double over the next three years. Acision offers a solid portfolio of products and services to help operators adapt to the shifting messaging market and launch new game-changing services.</p><p>Grahame will work with the regional team to evolve and build the organization to support Acision's traditional products while creating demand for new, innovative mobile services. Grahame brings broad experience across a number of regions worldwide to this new leadership role in North America. In addition to heading the E&amp;R region for the company since 2010, Grahame held senior sales roles in other leading technology companies, including IBM, BT and HP, as well as for Motorola, where he led the worldwide sales organization based in North America.</p><p><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobile-messaging-leader-acision-taps-european-regional-gm-to-head-its-na-operations-and-former-mavenir-executive-to-lead-europe--russia-202058701.html">Keep reading...</a></p>