Excel announces opening of west coast office; Company expanding regional sales and support operations.HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1995--Excel Inc., designer of innovative programmable switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. , has announced today that it is opening a regional sales and support office covering the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . The new office will be located in 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. and will support all Excel customers in California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). . "We are excited about this new office," said Bob Madonna, president of Excel. "It is part of a strategic expansion plan that was initiated earlier in the year. We have a number of customers on the west coast who will benefit from the availability of local sales support. In addition, there is a high concentration of significant business opportunities and strategic accounts on the west coast and our local presence is an important consideration in those situations." Deb York was named regional sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → for the newly created office. York has been with Excel for almost five years, most recently in the role of director of applications engineering. "Her experience managing Excel's customer support, education, technical publications and applications engineering functions will be an asset to the west coast operation," said Madonna. "This move represents a natural transition for York, since she has been the focal point focal point n. See focus. in providing major account management for a number of west coast based customers." The opening of the west coast office is part of a strategic expansion plan to regionalize re·gion·al·ize tr.v. re·gion·al·ized, re·gion·al·iz·ing, re·gion·al·iz·es To divide into regions, especially for administrative purposes. re the sales operations of the company. In addition to the new west coast office, Excel recently named J.C. Murphy eastern region sales manager for the company. The eastern region is managed out of Excel's Hyannis, Mass., corporate headquarters and covers the entire eastern seaboard. Additional office openings are anticipated in the near term in Dallas and later in Chicago and Atlanta. The company's new west coast office address is: Excel Inc. 2055 Gateway Place Suite 400 San Jose, CA 95110 Phone: 408/467-3888 Fax: 408/441-9152 The office will officially open on Oct. 1, 1995. About Excel Inc. Excel Inc. designs, manufactures, markets and supports a family of open architecture, programmable switching systems used in a wide variety of telecommunications applications, including Advanced Intelligent Networks (AIN), Personal Communications Services See PCS. and Networks (PCS/PCN), wireless local loop, wireless base stations, a wide variety of enhanced services, call centers and service bureau operations. The company markets its products through OEMs, systems integrators, application developers and service providers for deployment worldwide. Founded in 1988, Excel is based in Hyannis, Mass. CONTACT: Excel Inc. Paula Foster, 508/862-3000 |
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