Kevin Maher joins Arkessa as Managing Director

Appointment paves way to new growth for remote Internet firm Arkessa The remote internet and machine-to-machine specialist Arkessa has appointed Kevin Maher as Managing Director.

Arkessa delivers the connections needed for the creation of pan-European and global wireless data networks. Using 2G and 3G technologies, its remote internet links enable businesses to become more efficient while new concepts and operational models can become commercial reality. Kevin has 25 years’ experience of the mobile telecoms industry. He has held strategic roles in operations, engineering, product management and professional services at a number of industry-leading organisations, including Ericsson, Nokia and NEC. And before joining Arkessa he was Solutions Director at Huawei. Kevin said: ”The challenge Arkessa is embracing is to grow connection numbers rapidly into the millions while continuing to maintain its reputation for excellence in customer service. I’m committed to achieving that goal and relish the opportunity of working with such a motivated team at this exciting time.” Ian Orrock, CEO, said: “We’re delighted that Kevin has agreed to join us. His knowledge, skills and experience will prove invaluable as we move into a new phase of growth.” Arkessa, which was created in 2009 from the management buyout of VianetM2M has grown significantly since its move to Cambridge. As well as expanding sales and adding members to the team, Arkessa has created The Centre for Remote Internet: a massively scalable and secure management hub for data management and switching, hosted at Telehouse London by Japanese telecoms giant KDDI. Kevin is a graduate in Engineering from the University of Ulster, and was awarded an MBA by the University of Durham. Kevin will be speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Feb 14-17, 2011. If you would like to arrange a meeting with him, however informally, email him on kevin.maher@arkessa.com

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