3Com Appoints Hilton Nicholson as Senior Vice President, Product Operations.MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) today announced it has appointed Hilton Nicholson as senior vice president, product operations. Responsible for the design, development and delivery of all 3Com products, services and solutions, Hilton will report directly to 3Com(R) president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Bruce Claflin and will be based in 3Com's corporate headquarters in Marlborough, MA. "Hilton brings a wide-ranging set of experiences, spanning over 24 years in the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. ," said Bruce Claflin, president and CEO, 3Com. During that time he has distinguished himself with ever increasing responsibilities including engineering, product management and general management positions. I am delighted to have him as part of 3Com's senior leadership team." Hilton began his career in 1980 as an engineer with AT&T Corporation. During his 15 year tenure with AT&T he held a number of positions in marketing, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and new business development. He joined Lucent Technologies in 1995 where, among other things, he was responsible for the development of Lucent's Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP), core ATM switching and IP routing systems. Most recently, he was president of ADC Telecommunications ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a communications company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. History In 1935, Ralph Allison founded ADC Telecommunications in the basement of his south Minneapolis home, inventing ADC's very Inc.'s IP Cable Business Unit. About 3Com Corporation 3Com is a leading provider of innovative, practical and high-value voice and data networking products, services and solutions for enterprises of all sizes and public sector organizations. For further information, please visit www.3com.com, or the press site www.3com.com/pressbox. 3Com and the 3Com logo are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. |
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