Enikia Appoints New CEO.Business Editors WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2001 Enikia(TM) announced today the appointment of Mr. Kjell Andersson as President, 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. and Chairman of the Board of the powerline home networking company. Andersson joins Enikia from Omnipoint Technologies where as President and CEO, he provided the vision and direction for the company and its employees in the development of advanced wireless technologies. "Enikia is uniquely positioned to attain a significant role in the powerline networking See powerline network. industry," said Andersson. " I'm proud and excited to lead this vibrant company in such an exploding market segment of the networking industry." Prior to Omnipoint Technologies, Andersson spent 16 years at Ericsson in Stockholm, most recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Ericsson Radio Systems AB, head of business unit GSM, NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. and TACS (Total Access Communication System) An analog cellular phone system deployed mostly in Europe. It was modeled after the AMPS system in the U.S. In the U.K., ETACS (Extended TACS) transmits in the 871-904/916-949 MHz band. . In this position, Mr. Andersson was responsible for global sales and marketing, product development, production, supply and distribution, involving operations of 70 subsidiaries in 60 countries, with 20,000 employees and $5 Billion in annual sales. Andersson holds a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from CEDEP CEDEP Centro Brasileiro de Documentação e Estudos da Bacia do Prata (Brazil) CEDEP Centre European d'Education Permanente , Fontainebleau, France. "Kjell brings an impressive track record of execution and team building to Enikia," said Bob Dillon. "Enikia is poised to achieve significant successes and Kjell's addition to the management team will secure the company's objectives." Andersson replaces Dillon in the chief executive role. Dillon will remain with the company as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, responsible for alliances and strategic marketing. Founded in 1997, Enikia is a leading provider of standards-based, highly integrated powerline solutions that support audio, video, voice and data over the existing powerline infrastructure. Using advanced design methodologies, Enikia develops and supplies HomePlug-compliant integrated circuits for the home networking market, and products for the broadband powerline access market. Enikia is a founding member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance HomePlug is an industry trade group for power line communication. This organization of about 50 companies defines power line communication specifications. HomePlug 1.0 and AV are the two versions of the specification for home networking technology that connects devices to each and a participating member of the PLCforum, OSGi and CEA CEA carcinoembryonic antigen. CEA abbr. carcinoembryonic antigen CEA (Carcinoembryonic antigen) . For more information about the company, please visit our web site at www.enikia.com. Enikia and Bringing the Network Home are trademarks of Enikia Incorporated. All others are the trademarks, service marks, or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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