TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wi2Wi Corporation ("Wi2Wi" or the "Company") (TSX-V: YTY) (Common Shares: 81,544,306) is pleased to announce that it has promoted Simon Best, previously Sales Director for Europe, Middle-East and Africa (EMEA), to Vice President of Global Sales. Mr. Best joined Wi2Wi as Director of Sales, EMEA in 2008 and has achieved major design wins for Wi2Wi since.
Mr. Best has over 30 years of industry experience in Sales and Field Support. He has previously worked for Texas Instruments, Harris, Marconi, SEEQ Technology, Silicon Concepts, and PLX technology. At those companies, Mr. Best sold communications, networking, and other semiconductor products for commercial and military markets. He has substantial experience with distribution & channel sales, sales management, and value / Solution selling. Mr. Best holds a B.Sc. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Portsmouth University in UK.
His major design wins to-date include the sales of Wi2Wi WiFi & WiFi-Bluetooth industrial-class products to the Leader in Business-Class Car Rentals globally, the Leader in In-Vitro Diagnostics Medical Devices worldwide, a Major European Vehicle Manufacturer, and the Leader in Infra-Red Devices worldwide. In his new capacity Mr. Best will oversee Sales and Field-Applications Engineering (FAE) for Americas, Asia and rest-of-the world, in addition to the EMEA.
Dr. Reza Ahy, Chief Executive Officer stated, “Simon is a seasoned Sales Executive with significant accomplishments at Wi2Wi. We have been systematically building up a pipeline of quality customers and industry leaders and Wi2Wi is currently engaged with over 30 Tier-1 customers worldwide (as part of Wi2Wi's over 200 customers). I applaud our Sales Team and look forward to working closely with Simon and the rest of our Sales Team to take our substantial number of our current design Wins/Ins into full production, winning new designs, and to significantly grow our revenue in 2014 and beyond.”
Dr. Hans Black, Chairman of Wi2Wi stated, “It is most gratifying that our marketing and sales efforts have resulted in the placement of our superior products within some of the best companies and industry leaders worldwide. Simon has been a major contributor to these achievements and now will help us take our Sales efforts to the next level of growth. My congratulations to Simon, and the rest of the Wi2Wi Sales team.”
Wi2Wi is a leader in industrial-class WiFi, WiFi-Bluetooth and GPS system-in-a-package (SiPs). Wi2Wi focuses on industrial (including Automotive), medical, infrastructure (including smart-home/smart building) and government markets worldwide. Wi2Wi’s products and value-added services provide highly integrated, multifunctional wireless sub systems as complete wireless connectivity solutions for the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and portable device applications globally.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Reza Ahy
Chief Executive Officer
(408) - 416-4200
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