Second Life developer Linden Lab announced the appointment of Frank Ambrose as its senior vice president of global technology. He will oversee the development of new processes, systems, and tools to maximize the scalability of Second Life's network architecture.

Prior to Linden Lab, Ambrose held several executive roles at AOL, where he spent nine years developing network and infrastructure services. Most recently, he served at as senior vice president of technology for infrastructure and network services at the company.

Said Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon: "With his extensive and diverse experience managing large network operations, Frank is the ideal hire to ensure that we provide the utmost in stability and user support as Second Life continues to grow. Frank has the necessary passion, vision and ingenuity that will help us take the Second Life Grid to new levels of excellence as we scale the platform to accommodate hundreds of thousands or even millions of concurrent users."