Bill Grant Joins FastComm Communications as Vice President of Global Sales.STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997-- Experienced Sales Professional brings Channel Expertise in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Abroad; Former VP of Worldwide Sales for Memotec FastComm Communications Corp. (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 :FSCX) today announced that Bill Grant joined the company as Vice President of Global Sales. Bill joins FastComm as the company rolls out its targeted network access product line on a global basis, offering Carriers a superior customer premise product for popular managed network service offerings, and Integrators the best platform for combining legacy and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. applications, as customers demand better networking solutions. With industry-leading LAN+Legacy(TM) application support, such advanced features as MaximumPRIORITY(TM) multi-stream prioritization, FastRATE(TM) adaptive congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and CIR (Committed Information Rate) In a frame relay network, the average transmission rate in bits per second (typically Kbps) for a virtual circuit. It defines the maximum rate that the network can handle under normal conditions. control, FramePROTECT(TM) data protection for mission critical applications, and optional integral T1/E1 DSU/CSUs, the Data, Voice and Video capable FastComm network access products are the best value available today. Bill brings impressive top-level 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 and channel development skills to FastComm, along with an extensive suite of contacts for expanding FastComm's sales both in North America and abroad. Most recently, Bill was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Memotec, the international frame/packet switching company. Prior to Memotec, Bill held senior and executive-level sales and business development positions with FastComm, Teltronics, and Mitel. "I'm very pleased to announce Bill's appointment as Vice President of Global Sales for FastComm," stated Peter Madsen Peter Planch Madsen (born April 26, 1978) is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a forward for Danish club Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. He has played 13 games and scored three goals for the Danish national team, and Madsen was part of the Danish squad at the , President of FastComm. "Bill joins us as we turn up the heat on our sales efforts, worldwide, with our mission to deliver the highest value network access platform in the industry, bar none. Bill's global channel experience, and his passion to succeed, have our entire company pumped up!" "It's a great time to be at FastComm," stated Bill Grant, newly appointed Vice President of Global Sales at FastComm. "FastComm has the right products, with the right price/performance ratios. Data, Voice, Video solutions deliverable now not on some spec sheet A detail listing of the components of a system. for future release. We have an excellent team of Sales, Marketing, Engineering and Support professionals, and we're going to get aggressive!" Forward looking statements are made in this release pursuant to the 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. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the timing of new announcements or introductions by the Company and its competitors, the hiring and retention of key employees, competitive pricing pressures, dependence on third party for components and products, and general economic conditions in the United States and international markets and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, or to request a data sheet of any FastComm product, phone 703-318-7750; fax to 703-787-4625; Email to info@fastcomm.com; or visit FastComm on the World Wide Web at http://www.fastcomm.com . FastComm Communications Corp. (FSCX, NASDAQ) designs, manufactures, and sells access products for public and private digital networks. Its products include Packet and Frame Relay concentrators, Voice and Data FRADs, and WEB.router(TM) Internet access routers; T-1/E-1 ATM network access equipment; Frame Relay line testers to speed installations; leased line and Switched 56 CSU/DSUs; SuperView(TM) data switches for managing multiple remote async devices; and a family of high speed data compressors. -0- FastComm, stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. logo, WEB.router, FramePROTECT, LAN+Legacy, MaximumPRIORITY, FastRATE, and SuperView are trademarks of FastComm Communications Corp. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: FastComm Communications Corp. Ed Bursk, 703/318-7750 |
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