FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 13, 2010
TIA Welcomes Five New Members to Its Board of Directors
Representatives from Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, OneChip Phontonics, Walker & Associates and Wirefree Join Board Overseeing Association that Advocates for Broadband Equipment Manufacturers
Arlington, Va. – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), which represents the manufacturers of broadband equipment, products and services for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, announced today that it has elected at five new members to its Board of Directors.
The new board members are:
- Allison Cerra, Chief Marketing Officer, Americas Region, for Alcatel-Lucent
- Jim Hjartarson, CEO of OneChip Phontonics
- Anil Kripalani, President of WirefreeCom, Inc.
- Mike Pellon, Vice President, Standards and Commercialization for Motorola
- Mark Walker, President of Walker & Associates
"On behalf of TIA, I wish to thank each new board member for agreeing to serve the ICT industry in this capacity," said TIA President Grant Seiffert. "Each has long been engaged in working with TIA to promote the growth and wellbeing of our industry and has individually expressed a personal commitment to work diligently to help carve a path to prosperity in this time of regulatory and economic uncertainty."
The new board members will bring new perspective to an already rich and diverse body that includes senior-level executives from ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, ANDA Networks, AttivaCorp, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Inc., GENBAND, Inc., Henkels & McCoy, ILS Technology, Intel Corporation, Intersect, Inc., LGE, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, OneChip Photonics, Openwave, Inc., Panasonic Computer Solutions Co., Powerwave Technologies, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corporation, Tellabs, Tyco Electronics, Ulticom, Inc., Walker & Associates and WirefreeCom, Inc. Advisors to the Board include FAL Associates and Telcordia Technologies.
About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents the global information and communications technology (ICT) industry through standards development, advocacy, tradeshows, business opportunities, market intelligence and world-wide environmental regulatory analysis. Since 1924, TIA has been enhancing the business environment for broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite and unified communications. Members' products and services empower communications in every industry and market, including healthcare, education, security, public safety, transportation, government, the military, the environment and entertainment.
TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Sign up for RSS feeds on TIA news at tiaonline.org.
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