Intune Networks, the company behind the world’s first programmable fibre optical packet switching platform that will handle future TV and web, has expanded into the US with the opening of its first office in Boston.
Intune has recruited two senior industry veterans to spearhead the company’s entry into the US market.
Jim Lowrie, a 28 year stalwart of the telecommunications industry, has been appointed as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for the Americas with responsibility for Sales, Business Development and Partnering opportunities for Intune’s expansion in the USA.
In addition Jim Aitken, another 20 year plus industry veteran, is joining Intune as the Senior Director Technical Marketing and Product Management, Americas. Jim will manage Intune’s product features and carrier outreach programmes critical to ensuring that Intune’s next generation technology is well understood and positioned with the leading American carriers.
“With the rollout of Intune’s commercial product this year, a base in the USA is critical for our expansion,” Tim Fritzley, CEO of Intune Networks explained.
“There are tremendous global opportunities for Intune Networks to deliver its innovative technology to help revolutionise how next generation networks and web services are developed and delivered. Our US employee base will be a key element in expanding Intune’s market coverage beyond the European carriers into North America and beyond.
“We are delighted to have brought in two such senior members of the telecommunications industry to lead our expansion into the US. Their depth of experience with other global equipment vendors and years of working with and for the leading carriers in the Americas make them uniquely qualified to help Intune maximize the opportunity is this large and crucial market,” Fritzley said.
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