Vocera Appoints Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Human Resources

William Zerella and Linda Esperance join Executive Team

SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 27, 2011 - Vocera Communications, Inc., announced that William Zerella is joining the firm as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Martin Silver, who stepped down for medical reasons. In addition, Linda Esperance has joined Vocera as the company's first Vice President of Human Resources.

Zerella brings over 30 years of financial experience in both private and public companies. For the past five years, he was the CFO and VP-Finance and Administration at Force10 Networks, which was recently acquired by Dell. He is a CPA and has a BS in Accounting from New York Institute of Technology and a MBA in Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.

Esperance joins Vocera from MarketTools, Inc., where she was Vice President of Human Resources.  Prior to that, she was co-founder and Vice President of Product Management of Bridgestream, Inc., a software company that was acquired by Oracle.  Ms. Esperance has spent the majority of her career in Human Resources, working and consulting for Bay-area technology companies. She holds a BS in Psychology and Business from San Jose State University.

"We are delighted to add Bill and Linda to the Vocera team. Their deep and broad experiences in rapid growth technology businesses are an excellent fit for our company," noted Bob Zollars, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vocera.

"I am extremely excited to join Vocera to help grow its business and to have the opportunity to improve healthcare delivery worldwide," added Zerella.

About Vocera
Vocera provides mobile communication solutions focused on addressing critical communication challenges facing hospitals today. We help our customers improve patient safety and satisfaction, and increase hospital efficiency and productivity through our Voice Communication solution and new Secure Messaging and Care Transition solutions. Exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, the Vocera solutions are installed in more than 750 hospitals and healthcare facilities worldwide. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with offices in Tennessee, Toronto and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.vocera.com.