DIRECTV Appoints John Shelton Senior Vice President of Sales and Distribution.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif. -- DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading digital television service provider, announced today that John Shelton has been named senior vice president, Sales and Distribution, DIRECTV, Inc. Shelton, who joins the company today, will report to John Suranyi, president of DIRECTV Sales and Service. Shelton will be responsible for the management of DIRECTV's distribution network and the development of sales programs for DIRECTV's independent dealer network, consumer electronics retailers, the Commercial and Multiple Dwelling Unit segments and Special Markets. "Along with his exceptional management skills, John has more than 20 years of sales and distribution experience in the wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. industry and brings with him an extraordinary record of success as an executive for one of the nation's premier wireless companies," said Suranyi. "He will be a tremendous asset to our senior leadership team and to the company as a whole as we look to further extend our leadership in both content and technology in the marketplace." "I'm excited to be part of a consumer-focused, innovative organization like DIRECTV," said Shelton. "And I look forward to contributing to the continued growth of the DIRECTV customer base and building on an already robust sales and distribution network." Shelton joins DIRECTV following a 13-year career at Nextel Communications Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. , where he served as North Region vice president since 2003. In this position he was responsible for more than half of Nextel's business throughout the Northeast and Midwest and was instrumental in advancing a number of new company initiatives including the launch of Boost Mobile, data services and sales force automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. . Prior to serving as North Region vice president, Shelton held a variety of executive level posts at Nextel, including senior vice president of Sales Distribution, and president of its Midwestern and Western regions. In those positions he was responsible for designing and implementing company-wide sales distribution plans for segment and channel expansion. Before joining Nextel, Shelton was president of Powerfone Corp., a company that provided specialize mobile radio services, and from 1986 to 1993, he held a variety of management positions with several leading cellular phone companies including PacTel, CyberTel, Bell Atlantic Mobile and U.S. Cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. . Prior to his career in wireless communication, Shelton was general manager at Group W Cable from 1983 to 1986. Shelton holds an accounting degree from the University of Richmond. About DIRECTV, Inc. DIRECTV, Inc. is the nation's leading digital television service provider with more than 15.4 million customers. DIRECTV and the Cyclone cyclone, atmospheric pressure distribution in which there is a low central pressure relative to the surrounding pressure. The resulting pressure gradient, combined with the Coriolis effect, causes air to circulate about the core of lowest pressure in a Design logo are registered trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc. DIRECTV (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. ) is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple television entertainment. DIRECTV is approximately 37 percent owned by News Corporation. |
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