Adaptive Broadband Strengthens Sales and Marketing Leadership; Two Seasoned Executives with Extensive Telecom Experience Join Staff.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Adaptive Broadband(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq:ADAP ADAP AIDS Drug Assistance Program ADAP Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program ADAP Agricultural Development in the American Pacific ADAP Autodiscovery/Autopurge ADAP Airport Development Aid Program ADAP Advanced Digital Antenna Production ) announced today that it has appointed Jerry Kollmann to the position of senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, and Franchesca Walker to the position of vice president, Marketing. Jerry Kollmann: Extensive Experience in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and Asia Pacific Kollmann has over 25 years of sales, marketing and management experience. Prior to joining Adaptive Broadband, he served as vice president of the International Division for Elcotel Telecommunications, a provider to the public communications market. Previously, Kollmann served as vice president and general manager of Perle Systems Perle Systems is a Canadian company based in Markham, Ontario that develops and manufactures serial communications products. Product lines include terminal servers, device servers, serial console servers, serial cards, USB to serial adapters and remote access products. Limited's International Division, which covers Asia-Pacific, Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Latin America and the Caribbean. Perle Systems Limited is a leading worldwide provider of remote access products. Kollmann also spent more than seven years with Fujitsu Business Communications, where he served as general manager, International Division, and was responsible for the establishment and expansion of business opportunities within Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Latin America. During his tenure at Fujitsu, Kollmann also served as general manager, Southwest U.S. Region, where he was responsible for all sales, engineering and service within the region. Prior to joining Fujitsu, Kollmann spent over 13 years with Telenova, a telecommunications sales and service manufacturer and distributor. Most notably, while at Telenova, Kollmann served as vice president, Western Division, where he directed sales and marketing activities for the entire Western region of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Kollmann received a Master's Degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management commonly known as "Thunderbird thunderbird In North American Indian mythology, a powerful spirit in the form of a bird that watered the earth and made vegetation grow. Lightning was believed to flash from its eyes or beak, and the beating of its wings was thought to represent rolling thunder. ." Franchesca Walker: Extensive Business and Technical Expertise in Data and Telephony Walker's 25-year career has spanned the positions of product line manager to vice president -- Marketing/Business Development. She has been successful in: targeting customers and applications, defining strategic and tactical measures which include product life-cycle management, new product definition/introduction, solutions marketing, forecasting, and product pricing. Walker has served as vice president -- Marketing/Business Development for Telmax Communications and as a product line manager for Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc., Micom/Nortel, Siemens, Inc and Telematics/ECI. She has authored numerous technical papers on telecommunications subjects ranging from T1 Trends, to AT&T Divestiture Implications, and Equal Access. Sales and Marketing Leadership Key to Adaptive Broadband's Growth "Adaptive Broadband now has the full complement of seasoned executives to implement our business plan. Sales channels and market development have been two of our top priorities. Jerry Kollmann and Franchesca Walker bring to us the experienced sales and marketing leadership that we need to round out our management team, which will meet the challenges of achieving the level of success our shareholders, customers and employees expect," commented Dr. Daniel L. Scharre, Adaptive Broadband's president and chief executive officer. About Adaptive Broadband Adaptive Broadband (www.adaptivebroadband.com) is a data networking solutions company that is developing leading-edge technology for the deployment of broadband wireless See wireless broadband. communication over the Internet. Its AB-Access(TM) fixed wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 platform bridges the last mile, currently replacing the local loop for corporate and small business subscribers and migrating to the residential market. Combining a leading packet-on-demand technology and time division duplexing, it offers data transmission at rates up to 25 Mbps -- providing the capability for voice, real-time video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. , transmission of full streaming video, web surfing, and transmission of data files -- all simultaneously and over one connection. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act of 1995 This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as Adaptive Broadband's potential success in the residential market. All forward-looking statements are based on current information, and Adaptive Broadband assumes no obligation to update such statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual events or results may differ materially from those suggested by a forward-looking statement. Factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in quarterly results, delays in receipt of orders or in the shipment of products, delays in the recovery of data communications and Internet markets and delays in product cost reductions. These and other risks are set forth in Adaptive Broadband's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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