ADC Names Nii Quaye Vice President and General Manager for China.MINNEAPOLIS -- 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. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ) (www.adc.com), today announced that Nii Quaye has been promoted to serve the company as vice president and general manager of ADC's business in China. Quaye has served ADC since July 2000, most recently as director of operations, Structured Cable. He will relocate to ADC's office in Shanghai and assume his duties immediately. In his new role, Quaye is responsible for refining ADC's strategy to aggressively grow awareness and revenue in China, and to effectively develop and implement plans to achieve this growth strategy. He will be focused primarily on business development, including the research and development of market and customer relationships, and new partnership initiatives. He is also responsible for ensuring alignment and focus of all ADC organizations within China to ensure ADC is well represented to the China marketplace, and to foster both operational efficiency and effectiveness. "I am delighted Nii accepted this important and challenging assignment," said Robert E. Switz, 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. and president for ADC. "Nii has distinguished himself as an exceptional ADC leader in all of his previous assignments. He has held important 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. roles with the company, as well as responsibility for several U.S. manufacturing locations. His experience and leadership will serve us well as we grow our business in China." Prior to joining ADC, Quaye served in several leadership roles for Cargill Inc.'s Strategy and Business Development Group and the Cargill Cocoa business unit. He has also held financial and marketing positions at Guidant/CRM. Mr. Quaye holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Minnesota's Curtis L. Carlson School of Management The Carlson School of Management (CSOM) is the business school for undergraduates and graduates at the University of Minnesota. CSOM is located on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota campus, and consistently ranks in the top 5 schools nationwide for the study of , Minneapolis, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Ottawa University For the university located in Ottawa, Ontario, see . Ottawa University (OU) is a not-for-profit educational institution affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. It was founded in 1865. , Ottawa, Kansas. About ADC ADC provides the connections for wireline, wireless, cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world. ADC's innovative network infrastructure equipment and professional services enable high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers. ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) has sales into more than 140 countries. Learn more about ADC at www.adc.com. |
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