SkyWave Announces Executive Appointment in Response to Growing Opportunities and Expanding Global Initiatives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SkyWave Announces Executive Appointment in Response to Growing Opportunities and Expanding Global Initiatives Ottawa, Ontario - November 29, 2006 - SkyWave Mobile Communications, the leading worldwide distributor of D+ satellite communications products and services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Poirier to the position of Vice President of Sales. In this role, Mr. Poirier is responsible for development and execution of SkyWave’s global sales strategy. SkyWave is the industry leader in D+ satellite terminal sales with over 75,000 terminals shipped and deployed for wide-ranging applications in the world's most challenging environments. With an expanding partner channel of global service providers, this addition to the SkyWave executive management team will ensure SkyWave is well positioned to meet rising demand for its product and service offerings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Poirier holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and an MBA from Queen’s University. He commands over 20 years of experience in international high technology markets, focused on sales, marketing, business development and product management. His previous international industry experience includes postings in Singapore and the UK. Prior to joining SkyWave, Mr. Poirier served as Vice President of the HealthCare Security division at VeriChip Corporation, where he was a key member of the management team and was responsible for driving the company's global leadership in the healthcare security market. During his tenure at VeriChip, Mr. Poirier successfully integrated product portfolios acquired as a result of a merger while delivering consistent revenue growth. “Dan is a motivating, high energy and focused leader who knows our industry and how to lead a rapid growth sales organization," says Pui-Ling Stanley Chan, CEO and Managing Director for SkyWave. "His background and experience will benefit the business and our efforts to deliver essential, innovative products and services as well as exploring new opportunities for business expansion. Dan’s strategic thinking will enable us to develop a sales strategy to augment our growing leadership position in the global telecom market. I am pleased to welcome Dan to SkyWave as a compliment to our current executive management team.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. SkyWave Mobile Communications is the global leader for D+ satellite communications products and services. SkyWave designs and manufactures integrated D+ satellite terminals and provides network services to enable customers with dependable, low-cost, remote management and security solutions for fixed and mobile assets. SkyWave works with a global network of over 170 solution providers who provide industry-specific expertise in more than 40 countries. Solution providers trust SkyWave to deliver global, cost-effective, reliable, timely and scalable D+ services. As the leading worldwide reseller of Inmarsat D+ satellite network services, SkyWave is also first in terminal sales with an installed base of over 75,000 SkyWave D+ terminals. SkyWave D+ solutions are field-tested and proven reliable for industry-specific applications including marine, land mobile, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), government and defence. Established in 1997, SkyWave is a privately held company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, visit www.skywave.com. Website: http://www.skywave.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. Nerissa Young Marketing Communications Specialist email: public.relations@skywave.com phone: 613-836-6288 ext. 363 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2006 SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward this email to a colleague http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1101430246765&ea=submit%40theautochannel.com&a=1101468708695 This email was sent to submit@theautochannel.com, by public.relations@skywave.com Update Profile/Email Address http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oo&m=1101430246765&ea=submit%40theautochannel.com&se=4843&t=1101468708695&lang=en&reason=F Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=un&m=1101430246765&ea=submit%40theautochannel.com&se=4843&t=1101468708695&lang=en&reason=F Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Powered by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com SkyWave Mobile Communications | 1145 Innovation Drive | Suite 288 | Ottawa | Ontario | K2K 3G8 | Canada