Bluesocket Adds Alex Kim as VP of Business Development to its Management Team; High-Tech Veteran to Lead Business Development for Leading Wi-Fi Company.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2003 Bluesocket Inc., (www.bluesocket.com) the leading vendor of open-systems solutions to control and secure Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), today announced that Alex Kim has been appointed Vice President of Business Development. In his role, Alex will be responsible for developing strategic relationships with OEM, system integrator, carrier, technology, and marketing partners. "As a key member of the team, Alex will focus on driving the rapid adoption of Bluesocket solutions for the evolving private/public WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network market," said Eric Janszen, 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 Bluesocket. "We are thrilled to have Alex bring his experience, strategic thinking, and energy to the team to continue the rapid expansion and sales growth of Bluesocket." As a veteran with almost two decades experience, Alex Kim brings to the position a solid track record in business development, sales, marketing and operations combined with strong knowledge of wireless and IP networking technologies. Alex was previously at InvisibleHand Networks, Inc. where he was responsible for negotiating strategic partnerships with Cisco, Equinix, and Enron, and led business development efforts with early adopters among IP-centric service providers. Before that, Alex was VP Business Development at public companies Spirent Communications and Wireless Telecom Group, where he worked directly with large customers such as SK Telecom, NTT DoCoMo, Verizon, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Samsung, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Nortel, and Lucent on various projects related to 2G/3G mobile systems and satellite communications. Earlier, Alex served as VP Marketing & Sales at Fibersense & Signals, Inc., Toronto, Canada and as a Networking Analyst for IBM Canada, Ltd. A truly global executive, and fluent in English, Korean and French, Alex has extensive experience working with technology companies, carriers and enterprises to build products and drive revenues in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Alex earned an MBA from The University of Western Ontario Western is one of Canada's leading universities, ranked #1 in the Globe and Mail University Report Card 2005 for overall quality of education.[2] It ranked #3 among medical-doctoral level universities according to Maclean's Magazine 2005 University Rankings. , an MS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission and a BS in Computer Science from MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology . About Bluesocket Bluesocket, Inc. (www.bluesocket.com) is a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area networks (WLANs) in enterprises, institutions and public hotspots in 30+ countries worldwide. Bluesocket provides hundreds of organizations including the National Security Agency, ATOS ATOS American Theatre Organ Society ATOS Air Transportation Oversight System ATOS Australian Treatment Outcome Study (National Drug & Alcohol Research Center) ATOS Advanced Topometric Sensor ATOS Automated Technical Order System KPMG Consulting, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. and Best Western Hotels with an elegant open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. |
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