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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

         THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made
as of the 31st day of December 2005 between Glowpoint, Inc., a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 225 Long Avenue, Hillside, New Jersey
07205 (hereinafter "Glowpoint"), and Richard Reiss, 10 Timber Acres Road,
Springfield, New Jersey 07081 (hereinafter "Employee").

WHEREAS, Employee and Glowpoint entered into an Amended and Restated Employment
Agreement on October 14, 2003, as amended on December 31, 2004 (as so amended,
the "Employment Agreement"); and

WHEREAS, Employee possesses certain executive-level knowledge of Glowpoint, the
videoconferencing industry and competitors of Glowpoint; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement amends and restates the Employment Agreement in its
entirety effective as of the Effective Date; and

WHEREAS, Glowpoint wishes to retain Employee to assist Glowpoint's management
and Board of Directors by providing general executive-level advice regarding
Glowpoint, the videoconferencing industry and competitors of Glowpoint.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises made herein, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereby agree as follows:


         1.       Employee Duties. Employee shall provide general
                  executive-level advice regarding Glowpoint, the
                  videoconferencing industry, and competitors of Glowpoint.
                  Employee shall devote such portion of his business time as is
                  reasonably required to fully perform his services under this
                  Agreement.

         2.       Term of Agreement. The term of Employee's services under this
                  Agreement (the "Employment Term") shall commence as of the
                  date hereof and shall terminate on December 31, 2006.

         3.       Compensation. As compensation for Employee's services under
                  this Agreement, beginning January 1, 2005, Glowpoint shall pay
                  Employee a salary of $165,000 (the "Salary") for the remainder
                  of the Employment Term, in the amount of $13,750 per month,
                  payable on the fifteenth day of each month. Employee's rights
                  as an optionee under Glowpoint's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
                  (the "Plan") shall continue to be governed by the terms of the
                  Plan and the associated stock option agreements currently in
                  effect (the "Award Agreements"). Glowpoint shall, in addition
                  to Employee's compensation, reimburse Employee for expenses
                  incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties under
                  this Agreement, upon submission of evidence thereof reasonably
                  satisfactory to Glowpoint, with respect to:

(a)      Employee's BMW car lease through its expiration on December 31, 2006,
         as well as related service and insurance costs;



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(b)      Employee's cell phone monthly charges through December 31, 2006,
         including the cost of all calls made by Employee in the performance of
         his duties under this Agreement;

(c)      the cost to maintain a Glowpoint line and a business telephone line at
         Employee's home through December 31, 2006, as well as the cost of all
         video and telephone calls made by Employee in the performance of his
         duties under this Agreement;

(d)      Employee's business travel expenses related to performance of his
         duties under this Agreement through December 31, 2006 which expenses
         have been pre-approved by Glowpoint; and

(e)      the premiums on a life insurance policy in the principal amount of
         $1,000,000 for a term through December 31, 2006, containing
         substantially the same terms and conditions as the life insurance
         policy currently maintained by Glowpoint on Employee's life, payable to
         Employee's designated beneficiary or Employee's estate.

         4.       Benefits. In addition to the above-listed compensation and
                  expense reimbursements, Employee shall be entitled to:

(a)      retain the laptop computer, cell phone and Polycom ViewStation and
         associated monitor currently in Employee's possession which were
         purchased by Glowpoint for Employee's use.

(b)      extension of the post-termination exercise period under the Plan and
         each Award Agreement to twenty-four (24) months after the expiration of
         the Employment Term; provided, however, that to the extent not
         exercised within the time permitted by law for the exercise of
         incentive stock options following the termination of Employee's
         employment, such options shall convert automatically to non-qualifying
         stock options.

(c)      In the event that Employee elects COBRA coverage following the
         termination of the Employment Term, Glowpoint will, for the eighteen
         (18) month period provided pursuant to COBRA following such
         termination, pay the applicable COBRA premiums on Employee's behalf to
         maintain Employee's individual and family Glowpoint health insurance
         coverage (including without limitation hospital and dental care). As of
         the termination of that 18-month period, Employee will be solely
         responsible for all applicable insurance premiums.

         5.       Confidential Information; Non-Solicitation. Except as required
                  in connection with the performance of services to Glowpoint,
                  Employee shall not, during or after the termination of the
                  Employment Term, use or disclose to any person, partnership or
                  corporation any confidential business information or trade
                  secrets of Glowpoint obtained or learned by Employee during
                  the Employment Term. Employee also agrees that he shall not,
                  for a period of one (1) year following the termination of the
                  Employment Term, induce any employee of Glowpoint to terminate
                  his or her employment with Glowpoint. Solely with respect to
                  this Paragraph 5 and Paragraph 6 herein, the term "Employment
                  Term" shall include all periods of Employee's employment with
                  Glowpoint, including those which precede the date hereof.


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         6.       Work Product. Employee hereby agrees that all ideas,
                  creations, improvements and other works of authorship created,
                  developed, written or conceived by Employee within the scope
                  of his employment under this agreement at any time during the
                  Employment Term are works for hire and shall be the property
                  of Glowpoint free of any claim whatever by Employee or any
                  person claiming any rights or interests through Employee.

         7.       Employee's Other Endeavors. Glowpoint acknowledges that
                  Employee plans to pursue employment or consultancy engagements
                  by parties other than Glowpoint ("Other Endeavors") and that
                  Employee shall (subject to the final sentence of Paragraph 1
                  above) have the unrestricted right to pursue Other Endeavors,
                  whether or not any such Other Endeavor results in a conflict
                  of interest with the interests of Glowpoint (a "Conflict"). If
                  Employee secures any Other Endeavor (of which Employee shall
                  promptly notify Glowpoint, for purposes of this Paragraph 7),
                  (a) Employee shall have the right to terminate the Employment
                  Term effective upon no less than least ten days' prior written
                  notice to Glowpoint and (b) if Glowpoint reasonably determines
                  that such Other Endeavor results in a Conflict, Glowpoint
                  shall have the right to terminate the Employment Term
                  effective upon no less than ten days' prior written notice to
                  Employee (provided that, in the event of such a termination
                  under this Paragraph 7, Employee shall nevertheless continue
                  to be entitled to receive any then-outstanding installments of
                  the Salary when otherwise payable hereunder through the end of
                  the Employment Term).

         8.       Miscellaneous. This Agreement is made in the State of New
                  Jersey and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New
                  Jersey. The parties in any action arising from this Agreement
                  shall be subject to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal
                  and state courts, as applicable, situated within the State of
                  New Jersey. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement,
                  and shall supersede any prior or contemporaneous agreement
                  oral or written, between the parties hereto regarding
                  Employee's services to Glowpoint as an employee as and from
                  the Effective Date forward and may not be modified or amended
                  except by a written document signed by the party against whom
                  enforcement is sought. This Agreement may be signed in more
                  than one counterpart, in which case each counterpart shall
                  constitute an original of this Agreement.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have signed this Agreement as of the day and
year first above written.

                             GLOWPOINT, INC.


                             By:    /s/ David C. Trachtenberg
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                                    Name: David C. Trachtenberg
                                    Title: Chief Executive Officer and President



                             /s/ Richard Reiss
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                                 Richard Reiss









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