Centerpoint Appoints Jay Bowker As Vice President of Worldwide Sales - Optical.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2001 Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc., dedicated to delivering high capacity transport systems that maximize performance in both optical and wireless networks, today announced the appointment of Jay Bowker as the vice president of worldwide sales - optical. In this position, Bowker will be responsible for building and supporting worldwide sales activities for Centerpoint's Lightwave Efficient Networks Solutions (LENSTM) family of high capacity optical transport systems. Bowker brings over 18 years of strong leadership experience in sales management, business development and customer service roles in the optical, switching and fixed wireless telecommunications arenas. "Jay's proven track record as a sales leader, along with his strategic and analytical skills, will be critical to Centerpoint's success in working with telecommunications service providers around the globe," said Dana Waldman, 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 Centerpoint. Prior to Centerpoint, Bowker held key positions with a number of high technology innovators including Alidian Networks, VINA Technologies, 3Com Corporation, OnStream Networks, and Cylink Corporation. Bowker has extensive experience in successfully building sales organizations from the ground up. Previous clients have included Fortune 100 companies and major carriers such as SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. and Time Warner Telecom Time Warner Telecom NASDAQ: TWTC is headquartered in Littleton, Colorado. The company provides managed network services, specializing in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VoIP and security, to enterprise . In addition, Bowker has expertise in the development of strategic, international Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ) relationships. About Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc. Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , is a rapidly growing optical networking company dedicated to delivering high capacity optical and broadband wireless systems that allow service providers to build highly scalable, dynamically flexible, cost effective networks. Centerpoint's optical systems utilize Subcarrier Multiplexing (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ) technology to aggregate and transport multi-service traffic within optical networks at rates of up to 20 Gbps per wavelength. The same advanced modulation techniques that are at the heart of SCM are also being used to dramatically expand throughput of broadband wireless networks, bringing high-capacity broadband services closer to the end-user, reducing operational and installation costs and maximizing carriers' revenues. Founded in 1999, Centerpoint is privately held and has secured approximately $200 million in funding from leading crossover funds, investment banks, strategic partners and venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . For more information, visit Centerpoint at www.centerpoint.com. |
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