ADTRAN ANNOUNCES NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--ADTRAN, Inc. (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 :ADTN ADTN Administrative Data Transmission Network ADTN Administrative Data Telecommunications Network ), a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of high-speed digital networking equipment, announced today the appointment of Dr. Peter O. Brackett as vice president of technology. Brackett succeeds Dr. Jerry Moore, who has served in this capacity since 1989 and will remain a part of the executive team as vice president emeritus. Prior to joining ADTRAN, Brackett was research manager for advanced data networking at BellSouth in Atlanta, Ga. With more than 20 years experience in telecommunications technology and product design and development, Brackett has held numerous key positions, including division vice president and product line director for Racal-Datacom, vice president of engineering for Motorola Information Systems Limited, and associate professor and technology management consultant for Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. His credits include co-authoring a graduate level electrical engineering text book, more than 20 technical papers and journal articles and key participation in the Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. . Brackett received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia The Technical University of Nova Scotia (formerly the Nova Scotia Technical College) was a university in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada until it became part of Dalhousie University in 1997. In the early 1900s, at the request of the province of Nova Scotia, Dr. , and his master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, . ADTRAN, Inc. designs, develops, and markets a broad range of high-speed digital transmission products utilized by TELCOs, corporate end users, and OEMs to implement digital service over existing telephone networks. CONTACT: ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville Stacy Thomas, 205/971-8488 Carol Nobles, 205/971-8211 |
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