Advanced Radio Telecom promotes marketing executive, adds staff.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1996--Advanced Radio Telecom (ART) has promoted James D. Miller to senior vice president, sales and marketing, and announced the appointment of two new executives, Richard A. Shields Jr., as vice president, technology, and I.D. "Don" Brown as vice president, advanced services. Advanced Radio Telecom, with headquarters in Bellevue, is a nationwide, privately held telecommunications firm providing a variety of wireless radio services linking communications systems for business, government, long distance carriers and telephone companies utilizing 38 Gigahertz (GHz) radio and other frequencies under the brand name DigiWave(SM) Wireless DS1/DS3. Miller came to Advanced Radio Telecom from U.S. Intelco Wireless Communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. where he was responsible for establishing strategic relationships with wireless equipment suppliers, financial institutions, telecommunications engineering firms and network construction companies. Previously, he was executive vice president of Atlas Telecom Atlas Telecom is a worldwide communications company founded in France but currently based in Bermuda. It is a branch of Atlas Group. One of its largest divisions is Atlas Telecom Romania, which is a telephony provider and ISP in Romania. and national sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for Sidereal si·de·re·al adj. 1. Of, relating to, or concerned with the stars or constellations; stellar. 2. Measured or determined by means of the apparent daily motion of the stars: sidereal time. Corp. Prior experience included management positions at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Ford Motor Co. "The key to our business is satisfying customers whose life blood is the availability, adaptability and complete reliability of high capacity, high speed data, video and other advanced communications systems that drive their profitability," said ART president, Steve Comrie in announcing Miller's promotion. "Jim understands these needs because he has been personally involved in the creation of new companies in telecom markets, as well as organizing national and international sales and marketing programs targeting these kinds of companies. I'm pleased to have Jim now heading up our sales and marketing efforts at ART." Shields comes to Advanced Radio Telecom from AT&T Wireless (Claricom) where he was vice president, engineering and design. While at AT&T, he was responsible for quality improvement and completion of the Advanced Cabin System, AT&T's leading-edge airborne telephone product. Shields previously held senior positions with The Walter Group, a leading wireless consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , The Creative Design Center and Carelli International. Brown has been involved in the telecommunications and media industries for over 15 years. Brown conceived and created the world's first satellite broadcast service to aircraft. With his partners, he developed the business structure, marketing, and programming for this service which became USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. Sky Radio. As executive vice president of USA Today Sky Radio, Brown was responsible for marketing to airlines and the listening public. Prior to joining ART, Brown was a consultant for Discovery Communications and NORCOM NORCOM Northern Command NORCOM North Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Consortium (NHS, UK) Networks, and held senior positions with American Mobile Satellite Corp., the Federal Express Corp., the FAA, and was a senior analyst for the Center for Space Policy. "Ric Shields and Don Brown represent the kind of top caliber, technically creative people we are continuing to recruit to build a team at Advanced Radio Telecom that can grow our services and keep pace with the fast-moving communications needs of our customers," Comrie commented. "Our goal is to create a full menu of affordable, competitive 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 services available to the widest possible market, including Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and eventually residential services. Ric and Don will make that happen." For further information on Advanced Radio Telecom or its DigiWave Wireless services, contact ART headquarters in Seattle at 206/688-8700 or the eastern office in Washington, D.C., at 202/466-5278. Visit the Advanced Radio Telecom web site at http://artcorporation.com. CONTACT: Advanced Radio Telecom Mary Bailey, 206/688-8700 |
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