Norwood Systems appoints David Stanley- Brown as VP of Strategic Alliances
Norwood Systems appoints David Stanley- Brown as VP of Strategic Alliances Richmond-upon-Thames, UK - May 1, 2002 - Norwood Systems is bolstering its management team with the appointment of David Stanley-Brown as VP of Strategic Alliances. David will report directly to Paul Østergaard, Chairman and CEO of Norwood Systems. David's appointment is with immediate effect. David will be responsible for developing alliances with both fixed and mobile carriers, so that they can deploy EnterpriseMobilitytm at their customer sites. EnterpriseMobility, Norwood Systems' award winning networking platform, is a valuable added service for carriers to offer to their customers. Its increased in-building coverage will benefit mobile users, whilst allowing carriers to benefit from the cost of calls made over EnterpriseMobility. Carriers will, in turn benefit from increased ARPU and improved customer retention. David Stanley-Brown has a wealth of experience in the wireless office arena having worked for nearly twenty years in the communications industry. David most recently worked for LGC Wireless, a wireless optical networking solutions provider. Prior to that, David spent six years working for AT&T Wireless where he was Director of Sales for the Wireless Office offering. "I'm looking forward to working with Paul and the Norwood Systems' management team," comments David Stanley-Brown. "Norwood Systems is an entrepreneurial company and I anticipate developing strong business relationships with the carriers over the coming months and years." We are pleased that David Stanley-Brown has joined Norwood Systems," adds Paul Østergaard, Chairman and CEO of Norwood Systems. "His well- developed leadership skills and his wealth of experience and knowledge of the wireless sector will be a great asset to our company. I look forward to working with David to develop further our strong carrier offering over the next few months." NOTES TO EDITORS: About Norwood Systems Norwood Systems was founded in January 2000 to become the market leader in system connectivity software for short-range wireless based office networks for voice and data. Its award winning networking platform, EnterpriseMobility, tm delivers a wireless communications platform to connect Bluetooth mobile devices seamlessly with existing voice and data communication networks. Its customer and strategic partner base includes leading companies in the Telecommunications, Professional Services, Financial industries and the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Sector. The company has headquarters in Richmond- Upon-Thames, UK and a research and development facility in Perth, Western Australia. Further information on the company and products can be found at www.norwoodsystems.com Norwood Systems photography High Resolution images from Norwood Systems can be downloaded free of charge by the media from the Newscast Website: www.newscast-online.com EnterpriseMobility and InstantCoverage are registered trademarks of Norwood Systems. All other trademarks or registered trademarks belong to their respective companies. For further information: For Norwood Systems For Financial Dynamics Karen Worrall Edward Taylor Tel: +44 20 8334 8065 Tel: +44 20 7269 7295 e-mail: karen.worrall@norwoodsystems.com e-mail: edward.taylor@fd.com About Bluetooth The Bluetoothtm wireless technology is set to revolutionise the personal connectivity market by providing freedom from wired connections. It is a specification for a small-form factor, low-cost radio solution providing links between mobile computers, mobile phones and other portable handheld devices, and connectivity to the Internet. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), comprised of leaders in the telecommunications, computing, and network industries, is driving development of the technology and bringing it to market. The Bluetooth SIG includes promoter companies 3Com, Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Agere Systems, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba, and 2,491 Adopter/Associate member companies. For more information on Bluetooth, please visit its web site at www.bluetooth.com. Bluetooth SIG, Inc., owns the Bluetooth trademarks U.S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/05/01/20020501BIT00390/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/05/01/20020501BIT00390/wkr0002.pdf