Artel Video Systems Appoints Jane Christ Vice President, Worldwide Sales.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2003 The Company Is Positioned To Launch Suite of Video-on-Demand Solutions For The Cable Television Market Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. Video Systems, a leading provider of fiber optic video transport solutions to the cable television and telecommunication industries, today announced the appointment of Jane Christ as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Christ, an experienced sales and marketing executive with 20 years in the industry, will direct and oversee the Company's global sales organization. The appointment of Christ is part of the Company's initiative to launch an innovative suite of new products for the cable television market that radically reduces the cost of rolling out Video-on-Demand (VoD) solutions. Prior to joining Artel, Christ held senior sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a positions with Nortel, Digital Video, ANTEC and most recently Zaffire, a Metro DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing equipment supplier, where she served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Christ has extensive experience successfully building and managing relationships in both the cable television and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. markets. Jane will be tasked with growing the Artel sales force in order to position the company for ongoing success. Jane holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Business from Hood College Hood College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Frederick, Maryland. The college serves approximately 974 graduate students and another 1,274 undergraduate students [1]. in Frederick, MD. "We are very pleased Jane has decided to join the Artel team. She brings a unique combination of leadership, sales management skills, and business development savvy to our effort. Her intimate knowledge of the cable television market, and years of experience will be invaluable as we roll out new VoD products and introduce them to cable operators," said Hal Charnley, President and 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. of Artel Video Systems. "Jane will play a key role as we expand our direct sales and distribution efforts and position Artel for future growth." "I'm happy to be joining Artel at such an exciting juncture junc·ture n. The point, line, or surface of union of two parts. to lead the roll-out of the Company's new VoD solutions," said Jane Christ, Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Artel. "Artel is a leader in video transport and counts many of the world's largest and most demanding companies among its customers. The Company also enjoys a history of success delivering high quality video transport solutions at the world's most watched events, such as the Sydney and Salt Lake City Olympics, the Super Bowl, and The World Cup. I'm confident that with its combination of experience and cutting edge technology, Artel is poised to deliver VoD solutions that enable cable operators to cost-effectively deliver VoD services to their millions of customers." Contact Jane by phone 508.303.8200 extension 310 or by email jchrist@artel.com About Artel Video Systems Artel provides video networking systems to cable television and telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. who need to satisfy the consumer's ever growing appetite for broadband digital entertainment. Artel's products are transforming the world's networking infrastructures by enabling the transmission of broadcast TV over standards based multi-service networks. Artel is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 36,255 at the 2000 census. The name of this town is sometimes spelled as Marlboro, rather than Marlborough, which is the official spelling. , USA, with sales and service centers worldwide. Further information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.artel.tv. |
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