IPWireless Appoints Industry Veteran Aaron Bennett as Executive Vice President Sales, Americas
IPWireless Appoints Industry Veteran Aaron Bennett as Executive Vice President Sales, Americas
San Francisco, CA – June 8, 2010 – IPWireless, a leading provider of 3GPP technology for new applications and markets, today announced the appointment of Aaron Bennett as Executive Vice President Sales, Americas. Bennett will lead IPWireless’ sales organization for mobile broadband solutions targeted at carriers, public safety organizations, state, local and federal governments and system integrators across the Americas. Since December 2009, IPWireless has more than tripled their sales force in the Americas.
Bennett joins IPWireless after an esteemed career that most recently included fifteen years at Alvarion, where he held various sales leadership roles focused on the company’s WiMAX/4G telecommunication and enterprise wireless solutions. At Alvarion, Bennett was responsible for generating several hundred million dollars in revenue and for building the nascent carrier market for WiMAX throughout North America and Latin America.
"I am delighted to welcome Aaron to IPWireless at a time when the company is poised to significantly expand its market share in North America as well as open up new markets in Central and South America for the company’s complete range of Government and Commercial 3GPP products and services,” said Dr. Bill Jones, chief executive officer of IPWireless. “Aaron’s proven track record of significantly growing revenues combined with his wealth of wireless technology and business leadership experience brings unique value to IPWireless. He will play a crucial role in driving sales efforts that will grow our business.”
“IPWireless’ culture of innovation and reputation for delivering wireless broadband solutions that are commercially proven to deliver very high performance are what attracted me to the company," said Aaron Bennett, executive vice president sales, Americas at IPWireless. "I'm excited to become part of the team, and be an instrumental part in helping the company achieve its longer term goals.”
Bennett received extensive training in electronics and intelligence from the U.S. Navy and served in the Desert Shield and Desert Storm campaign in the Persian Gulf in 1990-1991. He was honorably discharged in 1992.
About IPWireless
IPWireless broadens the horizons of 3GPP, the world’s preeminent mobile standard, to support a range of compelling new applications and untapped global spectrum bands. IPWireless and Sony have teamed on a joint initiative to research and develop 4G and Beyond technologies. IPWireless’ award winning mobile broadcast solutions have been tested by some of the largest mobile operators in the world, and allow device, chipset and network vendors to accelerate their offerings for Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB), the GSMA endorsed mobile broadcast standard.
The company’s proven high-performance mobile broadband solutions have been deployed by a set of marquee customers around the globe in both the commercial and government markets including T-Mobile, New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), and some of the first 700MHz deployments in the United States. IPWireless’ award winning mobile broadcast solutions have been adopted by some of the largest mobile operators in the world, and allow device, chipset and network vendors to accelerate their offerings for Integrated Mobile Broadcast (IMB), the GSMA endorsed mobile broadcast standard.
IPWireless is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and operates a technology development center in Chippenham, UK. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ipwireless.com
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