• September 16, 2008

Video ringtone sharing company Vringo has added three executives. Sharon Goldstein joins the Vringo advisory board, Amir Kirshenboim has taken on the role of vice president of product development and Josh Shabtai has been named vice president of marketing.

Goldstein is founder of the consulting firm SYG LLC. She previously was vice president of the content-provider business for Volantis Systems and director of mobile products at RealNetworks.

Kirshenboim joins Vringo from MobiMate where he was vice president of product and R&D. He also founded the software companies Smart Mobile Applications and DITIO Software Ltd.

Shabtai comes to Vringo from Ketchum Public Relations where he led the agency's Interactive Strategies Group, a marketing think tank that helps brands like Best Buy's Geek Squad, Nokia and Dr Pepper Snapple Group develop Web-based community-engagement programming and social media marketing strategies.--Tanya Irwin