Charles Industries Announces Promotion of Dick Hood to Vice President, Outside Plant Business Unit.ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. -- Charles Industries, Ltd. (Charles), a leading provider of network edge innovations for the telecommunications industry, today announced that Dick Hood has been promoted to Vice President - Outside Plant (OSP) Business Unit effective immediately. Hood has been elevated to the role of Vice President after having demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities as Charles's Director - OSP Business Unit; a position he has held since March 2004. As Vice President - OSP Business Unit, Hood is responsible for planning and managing the engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing activities of Charles' OSP Business Unit. The OSP Business Unit supplies communications service providers with a diverse line of copper and fiber optic enclosures, line conditioning devices, repeater housings, load coils and other telecommunications equipment. "Under Dick's leadership and direction, our OSP team has responded to the needs of our customers and has enabled Charles to take a leadership position in FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. enclosure design with our industry leading and RUS-accepted CFDP CFDP Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy CFDP CCSDS (Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems) File Delivery Protocol CFDP Career Field Development Program CFDP Council for Foreign and Defense Politics CFDP Coherent File Distribution Protocol and BDO fiber distribution pedestals," said Bob Novak, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and Senior Vice President of Charles. "I am extremely proud of our OSP Business Unit's accomplishments to date, and the near-future holds many opportunities for the team's continued growth. At GLOBALCOMM 2006, Dick and his team will introduce AdrenaLine(TM), a revolutionary technology able to deliver extended-reach triple play services over legacy copper plant." Hood brings more than 30 years experience in the telecommunications industry to his new role. The vast majority of his experience (1979 - 1996) includes responsibilities as a Product and Marketing Manager, Business Unit Manager and Product Line Group Manager for Raychem Corporation. Prior to joining Charles, Dick's primary focus was deployment of telephony over fiber optic communication solutions with FONS FONS Fiber Optic Network Solutions FONS Foundation Of Nursing Studies FONS Fleet Operational Needs Statement (USMC) FONS Forty-One Hundred Narrative Supplement (USCG) Corporation and Alcatel's Optical Fiber Division. Hood joined Charles in October 2003 as a Senior OSP Product Manager. In a very short period, Hood demonstrated the depth and breadth of his Outside Plant expertise and skills, earning him a promotion to Director - OSP Business Unit in March 2004. Hood is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, , where he received his Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies Degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is also a graduate of the Deming Management Method and has attended various workshops at Duke University's School of Business. Hood is a resident of Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is an affluent village in Cook County, Illinois and a northwestern suburb of Chicago. It is located about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. A 2003 Census recount gave the village a population of 76,422, the largest for a village in the United States . About Charles Industries, Ltd. Charles Industries, Ltd., is a privately held, diversified manufacturing and technology company servicing telecommunications, marine and industrial markets. Founded in 1968, the company is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000 and TL 9000 certified and employs more than 600 professionals in its Rolling Meadows, Illinois Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 24,604 at the 2000 census. Geography Rolling Meadows is located at (42.076209, -88.025911)GR1. , corporate headquarters and six U.S.-based manufacturing plants. For further information, please visit www.charlesindustries.com or call (847) 806-6300. |
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