ADC Director of Strategic Technology Karl Rookstool Presents, ``The War for Residential Customers Necessitates a New Fiber Sweet Spot,'' at NFOEC 2002 in Dallas.Business Editors & Technology Writers NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2002 DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 News media attending the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) 2002 are invited to hear Karl Rookstool, director of strategic technology for ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (www.adc.com; Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ), address the current battle for residential customers that is being waged by both telecommunications service providers and cable multiple system operators. Rookstool will deliver his presentation at NFOEC on Wednesday, Sept 18 at 3:30 p.m. The conference, held Sept. 15 to 19 at the Dallas Convention Center The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). , is considered the premier event in the fiber optics industry. NFOEC 2002 offers a forum for the sharing of information, experiences and cutting edge developments, as well as extensive networking within the industry. For more information about the conference, visit http://www.nfoec.com/. For more information about ADC, visit www.adc.com. Management Profile Karl Rookstool, Director Strategic Technology ADC Telecommunications Karl Rookstool joined ADC in September 1997 as vice president of marketing for the company's ATM Transport Division. Products in this division included the Cellworx STN ATM VP ring next generation transport element and ATM access concentrators. In March of 2000, Mr. Rookstool was named general manager of the ATM Access Products Division. In July of 2001, he began his current role in ADC's Office of Technology where he directs the product strategy for the company's Wireline Systems Business Unit. Mr. Rookstool served Bell of Pennsylvanie/Bell Atlantic for 24 years where he held positions in construction, outside facilities engineering, network and technology planning, network investment utilization, customer service, and product management. From 1993 through 1997 he led the product management and marketing of Fast Packet and Private Line Data Services including frame relay, ATM/cell relay, SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) A high-speed, switched data communications service offered by the local telephone companies for interconnecting LANs in different locations. It was introduced in 1992 and became generally available nationwide by 1995. , transparent LAN, IP routing service, ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line , Hi-Cap, and SONET. Mr. Rookstool graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Penn., with a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in Civil Engineering. |
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