Joan Vandermate is Vice President of Marketing of Video Solutions at Polycom, responsible for positioning and marketing the company's visual communication and collaboration platforms, management applications, recording and streaming solutions, and security products. Prior to joining Polycom, Vandermate was Vice President of Product Management at Siemens Communications, where she held management positions in product marketing and product line management, including rollout responsibilities for Siemens HiPath IP softswitches and telephones. Before joining Siemens, Vandermate worked for more than a decade in the personal computing and internetworking industries.