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Charles Nelson Joins Kodiak Networks as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Customer Services
PLANO, Texas --(Business Wire)-- Kodiak Networks today announced that Charles Nelson, former president and CEO of Velocita Wireless, has joined the company as senior vice president, worldwide sales and customer services. Velocita was previously the Cingular Interactive business unit which was sold to affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management.
During his time with Cingular Interactive, Charles led unprecedented growth in the company's wireless data business, with network subscribers and revenues doubling on an annual basis over a five-year period. In addition, he developed, launched and executed a number of highly successful sales and marketing campaigns around industry vertical solutions including Cingular Messaging applications and the extremely popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail product.
"We are very pleased that Charles Nelson has joined Kodiak to lead our worldwide sales and customer services organizations," stated John Vice, president and CEO, Kodiak Networks. "He is a very accomplished professional with a reputation for being highly customer service oriented. Charles is deeply knowledgeable about the global wireless market and will lend a great deal of expertise to Kodiak's sales and support efforts."
Charles' career has spanned two decades and also includes sales management positions at Software AG, Falcon Microsystems and Xerox in the Document Systems and Printing Systems divisions. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from the University of South Carolina.
About Kodiak Networks
Kodiak Networks (www.kodiaknetworks.com) provides wireless operators with the Kodiak Connected Portfolio(TM), a comprehensive set of mobile solutions that help increase revenue, promote community/group-based communications, and improve customer retention. The Portfolio includes solutions targeted at business, family, and social networking communities; an integrated mobile applications suite; and client interfaces for open OS and embedded devices. Portfolio components are based on the Kodiak RTX, a flexible, multigenerational IMS platform, which easily scales from independent operators to multinational carriers utilizing 2G or 3G networks. Kodiak customers span the globe and include deployments in North America, Caribbean and Latin America (CALA) Europe, India, and Asia/Pacific.
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