Cedar Point Communications Names Tim Hanson EVP, Worldwide Sales and Customer Service.DERRY, N.H. -- Cedar Point Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1.5 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It is one of the world's largest amusement parks (by ride count) with 69 rides and currently holds the world record for most roller coasters with 17, one Communications, the leader in integrated packet-based voice and multimedia switching technologies for the cable telecommunications industry, announced today the naming of cable and telecommunications veteran Tim Hanson as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Customer Service. Hanson, who most recently had been a Partner in the Communications and High Tech unit of Accenture Ltd., will be responsible for Cedar Point's growing domestic and international sales activity, as well as for the development of worldwide support solutions for Cedar Point customers. "As the company's deployment opportunities increase, there is a growing need for a coordinated focus on meeting the customer's needs before, during and after the sales cycle," said Andy Paff, 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 Cedar Point Communications. "Tim Hanson's extensive background in helping create solutions that work for the cable industry and his reputation among his clients made him a logical choice for this position." A 25 year veteran of the telecommunications marketplace, Hanson has extensive domestic and international wireline and cable expertise in such areas as Broadband Markets and Business Models; Sales and Marketing; Telecommunications Network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. Solutions; Business Development; and Information Technology. With Accenture, he served as Client Partner for several leading cable system operators and worked with such companies as Comcast, Time Warner, Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). and AT&T Broadband. Prior to joining Accenture, Hanson had been telecom marketing manager with Itron, a Spokane-based manufacturer of computer equipment. Previously, he held positions as software development manager for Northern Telecom, member of the technical staff with AT&T Bell Telephone Labs and software engineer with Western Electric. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the University of Maine "UMO" redirects here, but this abbreviation is also used informally to mean the Mozilla Add-ons website, formerly Mozilla Update Should not be confused with Université du Maine, in Le Mans, France The University of Maine , in Orono, ME, and an M.S. in Computer Science and Information Systems from Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. . He is a member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External ). SAFARI C(Cubed) is the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP switch that incorporates -- at no additional cost -- all of the components that make up the PacketCable(TM) voice switching infrastructure, eliminating the need for operators to purchase, maintain, upgrade and regression test separate Call Management Servers, Media Gateways, Record Keeping Servers, Announcement Servers, Signaling Gateways, Ethernet Switches and CALEA CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act servers. Designed to accommodate not only current voice switching needs but also the anticipated migration to video telephony See videophone. and multimedia services, the PacketCable(TM)-qualified SAFARI C(Cubed) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for cable operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy. About Cedar Point Communications Cedar Point Communications' totally integrated voice and multimedia switches provide cable system operators with cost-efficient, less complex voice-over-IP alternatives to distributed soft-switching cable telephony options. Cedar Point's SAFARI C(Cubed) Media Switching System is a PacketCable(TM)-qualified, Carrier Class Cable (C "Cubed") solution that supports legacy circuit and PacketCable(TM) voice services, as well as video telephony and non-traditional SIP-based devices. The company is based in Derry, NH. For more information, please visit www.cedarpointcom.com. CableLabs(R) and PacketCable(TM) are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. |
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